Talk:A.E.I.O.U.

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[edit] Tetragrammaton

"AEIOU may also have represented a transliteration into Latin or German of the Tetragrammaton"

Isn't it actually 'IEOUA' which represents the Tetragrammaton? Knyght27 00:37, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Contemporary sour comment

I read in a book by Dr. Otto von Habsburg that when things seemed to be going poorly for Kaiser Friedrich (I think) people interpreted the letters as meaning "Allererst is Oesterreich verloren" "First of all, Austria has lost." J S Ayer 00:00, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] A Quibble

These versions refer not to the small Austria of today, but the huge Habsburg empire over which "the sun did not set". this is in the article, well I think that "It is Austria's destiny to rule the whole world" is perfectly applicable to modern Austria and plenty Austrians think it too. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.150.120.28 (talk) 14:26, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

Habsburg Austria was never so large to be always under the sun. Habsburg Spain, maybe, but this doesn't really apply to them. Lorpius Prime (talk) 06:48, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

Well, Charles V was of the house Habsburg and he was also ruler of Austria between 1519 and 1521. Of course you are right that he might not have thought to rule over Austria (and Spain), but over Spain (and Austria). --Wirthi (talk) 21:50, 30 January 2008 (UTC)