Echoes that no one heard
Griechen-GAU. The groesster anzunehmender Unfall, the worst-case scenario. GAU, capital letters, short for nuclear-reactor meltdown. And recently used for financial meltdown.
Of course "Gau", only one capital letter, is the word for "shire" resurrected by National Socialists to label administrative districts in the third Reich.
And now Brussels, for which we can read -- after the downgrade of France's financial status, Berlin -- wants to monitor and to veto spending by Athens.
Griechen-GAU to Griechengau. A bit spooky, that.
Of course "Gau", only one capital letter, is the word for "shire" resurrected by National Socialists to label administrative districts in the third Reich.
And now Brussels, for which we can read -- after the downgrade of France's financial status, Berlin -- wants to monitor and to veto spending by Athens.
Griechen-GAU to Griechengau. A bit spooky, that.