That is fine and good, however, during WWII, they (the British) renamed the breed the ALSATIAN....because they could not bring themselves to call anything that was good, "german" regardless of what it was....so it is again a case of situational ethics....i.e. "...it is okay to do/say/identify something depending on the situation..."....Pauline Pauline Moon www.ropajagsd.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Jeanne Marcovitz To: gsd list mail Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2011 :16 AM Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Spelling GSD According to encyclopedia brittanica it is listed as German shepherd A breed f herding dog etc ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2011. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org SUBSCRIPTION:http://showgsd.org/mail.html NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================