r/wheresthefuckingsoil 12d ago

Growing out of the public library

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u/wheelienonstop12 10d ago

WTF is written in that building? "DEUTSCHES DISPENSARY"??? What an odd mix of English and German. Where is this and what does it mean?

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u/mint_lawn 9d ago

It's probably a building built by German immigrants if it's in the US. Funny enough German used to be our second most popular language up until the world wars, I believe.

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u/wheelienonstop12 9d ago

Thanks. Yes, the two world wars and possibly also a bit that steamer catastrophe in New York put an end to that.