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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 333983, member: 39&quot;]Since I am just a few kilometers away from Neanderthal <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> let me add that the name of the man the valley was named after was actually Joachim Neander. But it was somewhat common among the &quot;literate&quot; in those times to latinize or graecize (sp?) one&#039;s name, and the original name of the family was Neumann indeed.</p><p><br /></p><p>Good. I mean, Neumannthal would have sounded ... less classy, hehe. By the way, when a new museum was built at the site a couple of years ago, they picked the spelling with the &quot;th&quot; again as that is the term or version that is internationally known. Thus the Neanderthal Museum is in the Neandertal ...</p><p><br /></p><p>The word T(h)aler comes from a place called Joachimsthal (now Jáchymov, CZ) where silver was found. The coins from those mines were called Joachimsthaler or just Thaler. And that is basically where currency names such as taler, dollar, daalder, tolar etc. come from.</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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