[geeks] Languages [was Re: New Tech Schools: Digital Harbor in Baltimore]

[Joost van de Griek]

On 4/13/07 9:13 PM, der Mouse wrote:

>> And their hunnish forefathers (Atila is a popular Hungarian name),
>> even though they call their country Magyar, unlike everyone else.
> 
> That reminds me of Germany and German.  Most languages, countries,
> ethnicities, have at least somewhat visibly related names in various
> languages.  For example, English, anglais, engelsk, angliskii
> [transliterated], Englisch(?); French, frangais, fransk....
> 
> But German...German, allemand, tysk, Deutsch - all over the map.  If
> there are relationships lurking, they're far better hidden than they
> are in most cases.

Bear in mind that Germany is a federal state. There's Bavarians, Saxons,
Prussians (well, Prussia is Poland, now, but still), etc.

The Romans called pretty much everything north of the Rhine "Germania". In
that sense, I (a Dutchman) am also German.

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