DearZach and List,

I was corrected firmly one day in my student years at Oberlin, having 
said "Von" for several years, and being pig-headed and totally convinced 
that it therefore sounded correct and /was /correct, the weight of the 
authority of Fenner Douglass and the information that Vom was a 
contraction of Von and Dem for the masculine Himmel, Heaven. My 
Cassell's offers  Dem Himmel sei Dank by way of example. Heaven be 
praised, thank Heaven.

So be it,

Malcolm on a day of Bedeckter Himmel, overcast sky - somewhat related to 
Gedeckt.


Zach wrote:

I've seen some write "Von Himmel Hoch Da Komm Ich Her" and others
use "Vom Himmel Hoch Da Komm Ich Her" so which is correct Von or Vom?

SDG,
Zach

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