Saxons, Alemmani, Germanians, or Mutes. Anything but Deustch.

Submitted ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨Grumpus_Maximus@thelemmy.club⁩ to ⁨historymemes@piefed.social⁩

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huppakee@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
They came pretty close with the Brits, but then the Dutch and the Deutch become more and more two distinctive peoples and then Brits decided German was a better fit. I’d need a historian to explain the details though

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Gladaed@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Translating only the eastern term is weird.

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aeronmelon@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
“Sprechen sie Deutsch?”

“No, I don’t ‘Sprechen sie Deutsch!’”

Dialog from Stalag 17.

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