Comments on: The Name “von Korncrake” http://www.korncrake.com/2007/04/06/the-name-von-korncrake/ The Website of Herr Professor Doktor Boethius P. von Korncrake Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:03:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Mr. Peperium http://www.korncrake.com/2007/04/06/the-name-von-korncrake/#comment-5 Mr. Peperium Fri, 06 Apr 2007 19:53:24 +0000 http://www.korncrake.com/2007/04/06/the-name-von-korncrake/#comment-5 Fascinating. One question though: Could your English great-grandmother, Lady Edna Featherstonhaugh-Woolfardisworthy, whip up a really top-knotch toad-in-the-hole for her lovesick descendent of the toad eater? Probably not. I suppose that, being a solid 19th Century Teutonic family, were they trying to downplay that aspect of the family story in favor of their proud peasant-slaughtering heritage. Fascinating. One question though: Could your English great-grandmother, Lady Edna Featherstonhaugh-Woolfardisworthy, whip up a really top-knotch toad-in-the-hole for her lovesick descendent of the toad eater?

Probably not. I suppose that, being a solid 19th Century Teutonic family, were they trying to downplay that aspect of the family story in favor of their proud peasant-slaughtering heritage.

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