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When you see a term "Anglo-Saxon" in an article that isn't about medieval history, it is a sure sign of tinfoil. (However if you're wearing a tinfoil hat that
by guard-of-terra 12y ago
When you see a term "Anglo-Saxon" in an article that isn't about medieval history, it is a sure sign of tinfoil.
(However if you're wearing a tinfoil hat that doesn't mean THEY don't try to affect your thoughts)
- guard-of-terra 12y agoAn example of that, LA Times: http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-golinkin-ukraine-humanitarian-crisis-20150102-story.html http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-golinkin-ukraine-... "But after 4,700 deaths in eastern Ukraine and Crimea" How many deaths in Crimea? Somewhere under five. How many deaths in Eastern Ukraine? Still ~4,700 after subtracting Crimea.
- tribaal 12y agoThat is however the standard way in French to mean "the English-speaking world", specifically the USA-UK-Canada group of countries. Source: I'm French.
- shaurz 12y agoA more appropriate modern term is "Anglosphere".
- stannol 12y agoNot really, "Anglo-Saxon" is the standard term when speaking of the English speaking world in Germany. It has no "tinfoil hat" connotation at all.