[WikiEN-l] Naming convention: popularity vs. correctness

Sean Barrett sean at epoptic.org
Mon Feb 10 03:25:57 UTC 2003


Let's compromise: Pennsylvania Allemani.

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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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