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One of my greatest linguistic surprises was to find that in German nightmare is 'Alptraum'. I looked at some part of the Swiss Alps on most days for twelve years – living near Zurich & Bern – and could never work out what made them so nightmarish, since they were generally white. Now I'm back in England and have so many black nightmares – related either to age, condition or medication, I know not which – that I could do with the Jungfrau, Eiger or Moench riding into my dreams from time to time......!!
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