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ArchivesRe: "Drumpf" (Trump's original last name)
in reply to a message by Lepic
Actually, the book that Oliver found the "Drumpf" surname, The Trumps: Three Generations of Builders and a Presidential Candidate, was published in 2001. That was 15 years BEFORE Oliver made the skit.
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Thanks for pointing that out. The fact remains that Drumpf is not a real name as you can see at http://www.verwandt.de/karten/absolut/drumpf.html. However, according to the info at tinyurl.com/hbprr9v, the original name was Trumpf which is simply a variant of Trump so the etymology is the same.
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Ancestry lists a few dozen historical records for the name Drumpf. Pfaelzisch often spells and pronounces words with a d, which in standard German are spelled with a t. Unlike Alemannic, Bavarian, and other varieties of High German, where linguistic differences reflect ancient "native" differences in pronunciation, Pfaelzisch and other Rhein- and Mittelfränkisch dialects may be considered a blend of Low Franconian (Istvaeonic) and High German (Irminonic), with more Low Franconian elements in the Northwest and becoming more like Upper High German in in the Southeast, as Frankish influences spread from the lower to upper Rhine, or Alemannic from the upper to lower Rhine.
This message was edited 8/3/2016, 3:39 AM
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