Thursday, May 12, 2011

LANGUAGE TRIVIA … BROTHERS GRIMM

 

The Brothers Grimm compiled 211 fairy/folk tales. The brothers Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm did not write their tales as original stories, but from folk stories handed down through the generations.

Their interest was in the early nineteenth century effort to create a German nation as at that time, modern Germany was divided into dozens of sovereign states.

Their efforts also included the creation of a German dictionary that brought together the many dialects in an effort to establish a single German language.

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