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Why are they the Brothers Grimm and not the Grimm Brothers?
by martyvis 2y ago
Why are they the Brothers Grimm and not the Grimm Brothers?
- jszymborski 2y agoJust an archaism
- blahedo 2y agoThe German is "die Brüder Grimm" and early English translations preserved that order, which is unusual but not completely unknown in English; then it stuck.