When translated literally, the German word for glove is "hand shoe". Yes, you heard right - a shoe for the hand.
And in case you don't buy it, they literally hang - a - hand from the post to squelch your incredulity. You do see the linguistic rebellion beginning to surface, don't you? :)
Makes sense to me!! My daughter, Catie, is taking German in college. She loves the language. I'll have to pass on this bit of information to her. ;) Carla
News to me , I was not aware that hands and feet were interchangeable.. but what do I know. Each to their own differences. Have you ever meet a 'stubborn Dutchman' I digress, that's a topic for another time :D
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Makes sense to me!! My daughter, Catie, is taking German in college. She loves the language. I'll have to pass on this bit of information to her. ;) Carla
News to me , I was not aware that hands and feet were interchangeable.. but what do I know.
Each to their own differences.
Have you ever meet a 'stubborn Dutchman' I digress, that's a topic for another time :D
Nice post Alli.
Hugs,
Pam i am
LOL! rather odd.
(i was getting icky about the rabbit pelts too - i agree w/ younger daughter! i don't do fur!)
That totally makes me want to make a shoe glove design. Haha!
Hand shoe. Makes perfect sense. :)
Very interesting. I can see it now, 9 inch heels on gloves!
Handskoen in my First Language...Afrikaans!!
German language is very logical on one hand but on the other all this "der, die, das":)
Not too far away to need da shoe. I see a lot of beachwear in the window.
It's kind of cool and a little creepy that it is hanging down over the door.
Learned new and interesting thing today .."hand shoe". Wishing you great weekend Allison :)
oh. This looks rather odd to me. Kind of makes me feel strange;)
Did you shop for a shoe for the hand?
:)
Wow, isn't that cool,I will always remember that now!
Hmmm interesting, but are there more like this for other parts of apparel?
I never knew that but it kind of makes sense.
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