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Help needed on:- Battenberg/ Battenburg - German
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Bobby Darin
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4/21/2005, 9:27 AM
Meaning?
#German
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Anneza
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4/22/2005, 12:34 AM
No clue about the Batten bit, but -berg = mountain and -burg = town.
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Anneza
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4/22/2005, 12:36 AM
Still sleepy - sorry! The reason Lord Mountbatten got that name was to sidestep anitGerman feeling in Britain during the First World War. Battenberg with an E had been his family name. (Useful mnemonic.)
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