BEER Ch. 3 Horst

[Kai Frederik Lorentzen]

Horst, before 1905 only common among aristocrats,  was the most popular 
German name for boys in 1934; since 1965 it's practically not used 
anymore. Why? Well, it simply sounds too Nazi like in contemporary ears 
... Today there are also connotations of stupidity: "Vollhorst" is an 
equivalent of "Vollidiot" (complete idiot). I doubt that Pynchon was 
aware of that.

http://www.beliebte-vornamen.de/5014-horst.htm


On 21.10.2013 03:57, Dave Monroe wrote:
> Horst Loeffler
>
>
> Horst is a Germanic word (see horst and Horst) cognate with English
> hurst, both derived from Proto-Germanic *hurstiz, meaning "elevated
> land overgrown with shrubs", "thicket", or "eyrie" (the nest of a bird
> of prey).
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horst
>
> The name is of Old High German origin, meaning "man from the forest",
> "bosk" or "brushwood". In modern German, "Horst" is also the
> equivalent of English aerie, the nest of an eagle.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horst_%28given_name%29
>
> In physical geography and geology, a horst is the raised fault block
> bounded by normal faults or graben. A horst is formed from extension
> of the Earth's crust. The raised block is a portion of the crust that
> generally remains stationary or is uplifted while the land has dropped
> on either side.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horst_%28geology%29
>
>
> German (Löffler) and Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name for a
> maker or seller of spoons, from an agent derivative of Middle High
> German leffel, löffel ‘spoon’. In the Middle Ages spoons were normally
> carved from wood, or more rarely from bone or horn.
>
> http://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=loeffler
>
> ... the name could be considered to have made a great contribution to
> the feudal society which became the backbone of modern Europe.
>
> [...]
>
> http://www.houseofnames.com/loeffler-family-crest
>
>
> Harley knucklehead
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harley-Davidson_Knucklehead_engine
>
>
> Maid-Rite
>
> http://maid-rite.com/
>
> Casual dining restaurant chain founded in 1926. Centered in the
> Midwest with headquarters in Iowa. Home of the "loose meat sandwich,"
> which looks like a sloppy joe minus the tomato sauce.
>
> http://bleedingedge.pynchonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Chapter_3#Page_21
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