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

[-] Gladaed@feddit.org 5 points 5 hours ago

Translating only the eastern term is weird.

[-] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 3 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

“Sprechen sie Deutsch?”

“No, I don’t ‘Sprechen sie Deutsch!’”

Dialog from Stalag 17.

this post was submitted on 02 Jul 2026
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