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   Quick, name three important businessmen from 18th century Vienna.

   No?

   Okay now try composers.

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     Violinknitter (violinknitter@wandering.shop)'s status on Wednesday, 17-Dec-2025 23:42:24 JST Violinknitter

     Shout out to that time Ludwig van Beethoven tried to start going by Ludwig von Beethoven so it would sound like he was from the aristocracy…

     …and the aristocracy was like “Absolutely not! ‘Van’ you are and ‘van’ you will remain.”

     Anyway, we *totally* remember those people’s names now

     Paul Cantrell repeated this.