[Magdalen] Derailment, Please Pray

[Scott Knitter]

On Thu, May 14, 2015 at 1:03 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

> Frankford is actually the English equivalent of Frankfurt in  German.
> Having
> lived in Frankfurt/Main, Germany for 3+ years, I always assumed that
> the "furt" was equivalent to "fort", but it isn't so.  Before Napoleon  got
> through with them, Frankfurt/M had the most impressive fortifications  in
> Germany.
>

Interesting. I'm thinking "-burg" is the German equivalent of -fort(ress).


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Scott R. Knitter
Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA