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I disagree. Again, if the German government demanded everybody call Germany "Deutschland", I'd say "we've been calling Germany 'Germany' for hundreds of years.
by dash2 2y ago
I disagree. Again, if the German government demanded everybody call Germany "Deutschland", I'd say "we've been calling Germany 'Germany' for hundreds of years. The English word for Deutschland is 'Germany'. People are entitled to use the language they like, nobody is stopping you promoting 'Deutschland' and seeing if that takes off." It is not analogous with an individual person's name.
- darby_nine 2y ago> The English word for Deutschland is 'Germany'. Sure, right up until people start using Deutschland. Prescriptivist attempts to control language will always fail.
- chucksta 2y agoThen English would be using a German word, much like the rest of the english language. It doesn't magically make it English
- darby_nine 2y ago> It doesn't magically make it English It does if people use it enough.
- dash2 2y agoIt sounds like we don't disagree!