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Saxons, Alemmani, Germanians, or Mutes. Anything but Deustch. (thelemmy.club)
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[-] huppakee@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours 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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