Gestern

Welches so ferne sieht

There was some question over a confusion of Wieners with Prussians.  As a public service I offer this explanation.  Even in Germany millions of people do not understand Ostdeutch, as the following PSA indicates:


Now my own personal excuse is that my Folk were Badners, who came from Oberhausen & Niederhausen in the aftermath of the '48.  Of course, not many understand Badner, either:



When you speak German, try changing your ich to i and your bist to bish.  Once when I asked the Mut if she still remembered her prayers in German - which had still been a required course in school in her time - she answered me:
Fadder onser der du bish 'n himml....

Here is the Badnerlied, though pretty much in standard.  It is the only "national" anthem with a line for "the pretty girls," in this case, of the Black Forest:


Now southwest Germany was Schwabenland and even so far as Munich they are Schwabies.  They are sort of like the country-western of Germany. 

Which you may be able to tell by their rap-musik

Or how when Swabbies dominate the galaxy far far away, they want to return home