Thomas...I, looked up Karl Lagerfeld, but found no correlation with my post... Herr Ernst von Konigsberg
I like a bit of jest. I'm just not completely sure if I got your point in the initial post. It seems that a lot of people are referred to as a "rootin' Teuton", among them Karl Lagerfeld. That's why I mentioned him. What/Who did you have in mind? Thinking about it, that "Ernst" could be a play on my nick Stearn. I'm afraid that's all I can come up with. Incidentally, my nickname actually refers to Laurence Sterne, the writer. I just modified the surname a bit to make the reference less obvious.