Originally Posted by
redgunamo
Ze Chermans, innit. Along with their Viking cousins. "Star .." comes from their word Steuer meaning "steering, or to steer; from the days when ships went from two steering oars to just one. Most people are right-handed so the port side (Back, in their money) would always be at the steering chap's .. well .. back.
As they say, Steuern zahlt man von rechts wegen; Taxes (another meaning for "Steuern") are paid from the/because it is, right. So you can easily remember it.
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