Let's compromise: Pennsylvania Allemani.
-----Original Message----- From: wikien-l-admin@wikipedia.org [mailto:wikien-l-admin@wikipedia.org]On Behalf Of Tom Parmenter Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2003 17:39 To: wikien-l@wikipedia.org Cc: wikien-l@wikipedia.org Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Naming convention: popularity vs. correctness
Of course, "German" is no more Deutsch (or Dietsch) than "Dutch" is. "Dutch" is at least cognate with what they call themselves in their own language, whereas "German" is is a Celtic name that has never been used by any of the many Teutonic peoples.
Tom Parmenter Ortolan88
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