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Re: English
by Gaia (ciara23)
1/10/2023, 12:19 PM
in reply to a message by Fiammetta
Well no kidding German is more used and legitimate as a name than English, but I was just saying the two are not that different popularity aside.
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- ari.   +3
1/10/2023, 12:34 PM
Not really. English is, well, English. It means English in English. German is used in Russia and Spanish speaking countries, and sounds nothing like the Russian or Spanish words for German.

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- Gaia (ciara23)   +2
1/10/2023, 12:48 PM
Maybe it’s because I’m American and I see German literally as a nationality or language. Even though it is it’s own separate name derived from another name. I was just saying of course as English speakers we’re bound to find English as a given name bit idiotic.Genuine question; Do Germans name people German?
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- ari.   +1
1/10/2023, 12:59 PM
There are, according to Forebears (not the best source out there!) Germans named German - but I imagine a) most are immigrants b) it's less problematic than being named English in an anglophone country, as the German word for German isn't German.
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- Gaia (ciara23)
1/10/2023, 1:57 PM
Ah, that is true. I just imagined English in America was like being a Britton in England, or being named France in France. Hell, even America in America. But I see the point.

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