Serendipity is a wonderful thing
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kaberettAs none of you have any particular reason to remember, my grandmother was an Austrian.
My mother was asking me today about Progress On The PhD, and followed up by asking what the next chapter was going to be on, then -- not expecting to recognise the volcano name.
"Popocatepetl--" I said...
"-- is der Berg in Mexiko, yes yes, oui oui, si si, so so!" she replied.
Turns out there's a 1951 German music hall song about it that she was taught as a nursery rhyme... and it's on YouTube.
My mother was asking me today about Progress On The PhD, and followed up by asking what the next chapter was going to be on, then -- not expecting to recognise the volcano name.
"Popocatepetl--" I said...
"-- is der Berg in Mexiko, yes yes, oui oui, si si, so so!" she replied.
Turns out there's a 1951 German music hall song about it that she was taught as a nursery rhyme... and it's on YouTube.
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Date: 2019-04-27 10:38 am (UTC)