• Uriel238 [all pronouns]
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    3 months ago

    Burger is short for Hamburger or Hamburg Steak a patty made of ground beef.

    Hamburg, I think, means town like a burgh, an autonomous municipal corporation. so a bürgermeister is the chairman of the town council. A mayor.

    Bürgerkrieg Bürgerkrieg is a town conflict. A war between towns.

    The best of times. The worst of times.