Talk:Frankenmuth, Michigan

message: people in frankenmuth are crazy about selling Bananas. --24.192.139.167 21:24, 1 November 2007
:That's funny...  I thought they were bananas about selling cheese.  --Lance E Sloan (talk) 17:20, 10 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Economy 

message: Im a bit shocked there is no mention of the tornado there.  It made National News when it happen.  It was building up over where i lived and took down all the skirting off our mobile homes we live in out in this trailor park.--Dr. Pizza (talk) 01:26, 13 June 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Nothing stopping you from adding it yourself.Asher196 (talk) 01:28, 13 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tornado of 1996 

message: I found:
* "Cross Ayes." Snopes
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message: The lead says, correctly, "The German word "Mut" means courage". That's the modern spelling introduced by the German Orthographic Conference of 1901. The old spelling was "Muth", which is why there's an h in the town's name. The "th" was pronounced the same as "t" in German, making it unnecessary, but English speakers pronounce it "th" in borrowed words. A similar example is "Neanderthal", which means "Neander valley". It's spelled "Neandertal" in modern German. I think it's slightly interesting, but not interesting enough for the lead, even as a footnote, but someone might find a place to add it to the article. Roches (talk) 07:46, 12 March 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: On another note, I'd like to add that "courage of the Franconians" is a very literal translation. In my mind this sounds rather like a fierce horde of fighters going into battle. I'd bet that is not what the original settlers intended. I think what they meant is rather a kind of steadfastness in face of the trials and tribulations of a frontier settlement. Or maybe more of a spirit of experimentation, to find out whether they'll make it. I'm not sure if "courage" is a good word to convey this. Come to think of it, "boldness" might capture best what I get from "Mut". --BjKa (talk) 12:23, 11 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Mut" vs "Muth" 

message: The article claimed that Franken was a Province in the Kingdom of Bavaria. Well, maybe you have an American book written by an American that you can cite as a great source, but it is still bullshit. As anyone can easily research, the Kingdom of Bavaria was divided into "Kreise", three of which had "-franken" in their name. Fact is, Franconia is a geographic and socio-cultural region, but was never a unified government entity. I took the liberty to change the sentence accordingly. --BjKa (talk) 12:06, 11 March 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Fun fact: True Franconians™ might take objection to being represented by the white-and-blue lozenge-pattern of Bavaria as shown in the town's crest. To them it is the symbol of the evil overlordship from which they'd rather be independent. The only proper™ symbol of Franconia is the red-and-white "Rake" ;-) --BjKa (talk) 12:35, 11 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Province