>>>And you wouldn't have wanted to be a "maid of all works"; they had to do everything from clering out and relighting the range every day, to scubbing floors, making beds, helping prepare food, usw.
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>>Spoken like a true European... "und so weiter", sagst du?
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>Jah, das ist richtig

Das aitsch ist nicht necessary, ja?

The great vowel shi(f)t is still a mystery.

>>Thought I wouldn't notice, pay expensive attention etc, stb, itd.
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>Expensive attention?

Well surely not free if it has to be paid. Since attention is probably open source, I think the term is contradictory.

And btw, I thought you'd ask about the stb and itd.