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Bugs Bunny sang a song called "Any Bonds Today?" on tv back when I was young. (Long time ago) It must have been during the Korean War.
I heard a version of it, not by Bugs, that referred to WWII. It was quite patriotic and I'm pretty sure Irving Berlin wrote it.
"First came the Czechs, and then came the Poles, and then the Norwegians, with three million souls. Next came the Balkans, then Belgium and France, they fell every one, with hardly a chance..."
Quite a history lesson there. I wonder if the song was ever done as a cartoon.
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quote:Originally posted by Major D. Saster: It's a rather solemn form of salute, which you find in english as "hail to". So, it's "Hail to Hitler".
Further, the german adjective "heil" means "safe, in good health", and the german verb "heilen" means "to heal". So I guess the deeper meaning is "long live Hitler".
The same double meaning exists in English, except that the words are spelt differently: there is "hail", and there is also "hale" - but this word only tends to exist as part of the phrase "hale and hearty" nowadays.
Furthermore, the greeting "hail" has a much more common variant - "hello". So, translated into modern idiomatic English, what all those Germans were saying was actually "Hello Hitler!"
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quote:Originally posted by Delta-V: What about "Heil, Myself!"?
The Fuhrer is coming, the Fuhrer is coming, the Fuhrer is coming! Heil Hitler! Heil Hitler! Heil Hitler!
Heil myself Heil to me I'm the kraut Who's out to change our history Heil myself Raise your hand There's no greater Dictator in the land!
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quote: "Also, in Australia, it has also been forbidden by law, albeit indirectly, by banning all racist salutes and accompanying phrases and categorizing Nazism as "racist.""
There was no cite for this on Wikipdedia and, frankly, I find it hard to believe. I've certainly never heard of any such law. I've tried Googling but got nowhere - does anyone have any idea one way or another?
Or did someone confuse Australia with Austria?
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