[Dixielandjazz] Dixielandjazz Digest, Vol 195, Issue 19

Steve Voce stevevoce at virginmedia.com
Mon Mar 18 14:34:11 EDT 2019


I bought, from Germany, a wooden construction for my cats to play on. 
It's called ein Katzenbaum -  a cat tree, to you.

Steve

On 18/03/2019 17:36, Ken Mathieson wrote:
> Hi Guys,
>
> I'm not trying to be referee but the German noun Waller means pilgrim 
> or traveler, while there are a few German words for catfish in my 
> dictionaries and probably several more in local dialects. The 
> commonest seem to be Katzenfisch (natch), Wels/Katzenwels and, less 
> common, getigerte Hai, although quite how a fresh-water fish comes to 
> be called a tiger-striped shark is a mystery to me. Either way, I much 
> prefer Waller's Yacht Club Swing to catfish any day.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Ken
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