Talk:Straub

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[edit] Thief?

Could someone give a reference or quotation linking Straub and thief? Unless proven, this might seem offensive. --_N_e_g_r_u_l_i_o 20:18, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

I'm a Straub, and I looked up my surname in two German name dictionaries several years back and the two name definitions I found in both dictionaries, which by the way had different authors and publishers, were "thief" and "scruffily haired, dishelved person." Also growing up I had heard from family and relatives that Straub meant thief, so amongst people with the name Straub this is an interesting family fact, not an offensive term, and that's why when I wrote this article I inserted this information.David Straub 01:32, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

Could you please write a reference linking to the dictionaries you read? --_N_e_g_r_u_l_i_o 04:04, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

I'd like to, but I live in China now and don't have access to the dictionaries anymore. I read them while working in a library in Minnesota. SorryDavid Straub 14:00, 18 October 2006 (UTC)