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Message:: [QUOTE="Hobo, post: 333969, member: 11521"]I remember studying about Neanderthal Man when I was in school. (Sorry, Creationists. I'm not trying to start a debate about Creationism here.) Fossils of a prehistoric human were found in Germany in the mid-19th century. That creature became known as "Neanderthal Man" after its discovery location in the Neander Thal or Neander Valley. (Thal is German for valley.) We incorrectly learned to pronounce the word Neanderthal, just as it is spelled. (Don't ask how our teacher taught us to pronounce Helena, Montana.) Interestingly, the Neander Thal was named after a German named Neumann. In German Neuman means "new man" and Neander is the Greek translation of "new man". So Neanderthal Man is literally "New Man Valley Man". The Germans pronounce thal 'tal'. About a century ago Germany updated their language so that words would be spelled as they are pronounced. So thal became tal and Neanderthal became Neandertal. We in the US have yet to fully recognize the correct spelling or pronunciation.  What does this have to with this thread? Thaler is a German word whose spelling was changed a century ago to taler and is pronounced toller regardless of the spelling. Many believe our word dollar came from the word thaler.  That's your history lesson for the day. Class dismissed.[/QUOTE]