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Help[Surname] Re: Alighieri
in reply to a message by Giacomo
So because it comes from Germany, an Italian speaker would not be able to give any translation of Alighieri, right? Do you perhaps know the German name from which it derives?
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It was in old german, the medieval language ALAKER.
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That fits well enough. So what I heard was right: 2 of Europe's greatest literary figures were both called Shake-spear. How amazing. (This is considered so improbable by some people that they say it proves that 'William Shakespeare' was merely a PSEUDONYM, the implication being that his Works were not written by that certain schoolmaster from Stratford.)
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