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Re: English
by Gaia (ciara23)
1/10/2023, 12:48 PM
in reply to a message by ari.
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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