[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] "Squareheads"... D:)

[Ed S]

Germans tend to see things in black and white so come across very square to 
others.
The German language is supposedly a soldier's language
The French language is for lovers  .........      wonder if that means 
Germans are cold fish!!


What do you call a German's hat        ---------              A block heater

How many aspirins does a German take for his 
headache        --------          Four, one for each corner




At 04:32 PM 16/12/04, you wrote:
>Hello Lloyd and listers,
>Logging onto www.AskJeeves.com gave this result for Lloyd's question of 
>why people call us "Square Heads"
>
>      "Squarehead: Germans, Swedes & Norwegians Shape of head, late 
> 19th/early 20th century American word."
>
>
>
>This is not an in-depth definition, but my German born and raised husband 
>explained this term to me many decades ago.  It is probably why I married 
>him, they have a very unique sense of life.  He said: "This is a slang 
>term developed hundreds of decades ago.  It came from families who were 
>extremely poor and little to no room for all their children to sleep at 
>night.  The mothers would stand the children in a corner, and regularly 
>rotate them 90 degrees for comfort.  Soon, the shapes of the children's 
>heads became evident and was a stigma of poverty; the New World was only 
>too glad to have a fond name for this situation."  He also stated he 
>should know as it happened to him before he immigrated to Canada and is a 
>Canadian Citizen!
>    Hope this has been of some help Lloyd,
>Donna Baxmeyer
>President, Edmonton & District Chapter AHSGR-I
>torhaus at telus.net
>
>---- Original Message ----- From: "Lloyd Friedrick" <lloydfriedrick at telus.net>
>To: "Ger-Rus-HER" <GR-HERITAGE at LISTSERV.NODAK.EDU>; 
><ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org>
>Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2004 1:33 PM
>Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] "Squareheads"
>
>
>>A junior member of my family tree has asked me:
>>
>>"Why do people call us squareheads?"
>>
>>This is a slang expression and before I answer him I want to be sure that 
>>I am
>>using the proper origin of this word.
>>
>>Help
>>
>>lloyd friedrick
>>
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