[Moo] Birthday retainers

[Sallie Montuori]

They've both been in common use for years, Erich.  Perhaps
"Stierbachii" is not gramatically correct as "Stierbacher" is, but
then, neither are a lot of things people say.

Alys

On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 17:40, Dexter Guptill <3fgburner at gmail.com> wrote:
> A Latin suffix on a German name?
>
> On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 5:33 PM, Denise McMahon <gerkeeper at mac.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hmmm... I thought we were Stierbachii. And does it really matter what we
>> call ourselves so long as  no one calls us late to dinner?
>> gleefully,
>> Rowan B.
>>
>> On Jun 23, 2008, at 8:04 AM, Dexter Guptill wrote:
>>
>> The correct term, actually, is "Stierbacher". "-er" is the most commonly
>> used adjectival suffix for German placenames.  Blame the whole group-name
>> and (originally) German atmosphere of the place, on me.
>>
>> On Sun, Jun 22, 2008 at 11:26 PM, Cecelia Hughes <hughescecelia at yahoo.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Good Stierbachians!
>>>
>>> (Is that a word?  Or did I just make it up?)