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Old 12-16-2013, 11:38 AM
 
Location: West Coast of Europe
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The letters "u" and "n" used to be written completely the same way, so they put a little dash on top of the "u" to make it a little bit easier to distinguish them.

See: Kurrent - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia and Sütterlin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Yes, lots of Germans do that, me included, I always make a line above the u. I remember my Spanish professor asking me to stop it as she got confused because of accents
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Old 12-16-2013, 04:55 PM
 
Location: Wonderland
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So there is a "Rathaus" in Heilbronn too. Not just in Hameln.
LOL Just about every town in Germany has a rathaus!
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Old 12-16-2013, 06:55 PM
 
Location: San Francisco
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Is that near the Rhababerbarbarabarbarbarenbartbarbierbierbar?


Rhababerbarbara Eine Quatschgeschichte - YouTube
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Old 12-16-2013, 07:34 PM
 
Location: Massachusetts
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LOL Just about every town in Germany has a rathaus!

That's for sure. Every town seems to have Rathaus in Germany.
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Old 12-17-2013, 12:06 AM
 
Location: Monnem Germany/ from San Diego
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That's for sure. Every town seems to have Rathaus in Germany.
Not surprising, most towns in the US have a town or city hall.
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Old 12-17-2013, 05:21 AM
 
Location: Tricity, PL
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Is that a photo of an ashtray?
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