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Wed 14 Jun, 2006 02:09 am
Can we call German people Teuton ,Fritz,Kraut or Dutch?
Do they like being called like that?
"Kraut" is an offensive derogatory term, so no, I don't think they like it much. "Dutch" refers to another nationality altogether, so they probably don't appreciate that either.
I think that the best thing to call German people are "German".
Because a German-speaking German would refer to himself as "Deutsch," Americans have traditionally referred to them as Dutchmen, even though that name also applied to the denizens of Holland.
I like referring to them as Dutchmen because i enjoy being obtuse.
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Ask Phoenix, she's head of that department here