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I suppose that raises the question, if people from Berlin do indeed call themselves Berliners - do people from Hamburg call themselves Hamburgers? (genuine ques
by HPsquared 4y ago
I suppose that raises the question, if people from Berlin do indeed call themselves Berliners - do people from Hamburg call themselves Hamburgers? (genuine question)
- triceratops 4y agoYes. Hence also the names Frankfurter and Wiener (Wien is Vienna, in German).
- tasuki 4y agoI don't see why not. Hamburger means "of Hamburg". If you're thinking about the food item, it isn't a funny coincidence or anything, its name is derived from Hamburg. I'm not German nor a linguist, YMMV.
- Symbiote 4y agoYes. Compare "Danish" as an American term for a Viennese pastry, "he's Danish" doesn't sound odd. We don't generally abbreviate foods named after places, but: "Cheddar is 200 miles from both Sandwich and Stilton." These are all places in England.