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Reply Wed 14 Jun, 2006 02:09 am
Can we call German people Teuton ,Fritz,Kraut or Dutch?
Do they like being called like that?
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Shapeless
 
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Reply Wed 14 Jun, 2006 03:14 am
"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.
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Phoenix32890
 
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Reply Wed 14 Jun, 2006 05:10 am
I think that the best thing to call German people are "German".
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Walter Hinteler
 
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Reply Wed 14 Jun, 2006 06:31 am
Re: German
10000kbps wrote:
Can we call German people Teuton ,Fritz,Kraut or Dutch?
Do they like being called like that?
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Setanta
 
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Reply Wed 14 Jun, 2006 07:28 am
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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Walter Hinteler
 
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Reply Wed 14 Jun, 2006 08:29 am
Setanta wrote:

I like referring to them as Dutchmen because i enjoy being obtuse.


Yes.
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dadpad
 
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Reply Wed 14 Jun, 2006 08:34 am
help!!! me what is meaning for sth obtuse plaes thnk very much? beautifull thanks for you most anticipate.
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Walter Hinteler
 
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Reply Wed 14 Jun, 2006 08:47 am
dadpad wrote:
help!!! me what is meaning for sth obtuse plaes thnk very much? beautifull thanks for you most anticipate.


Ask Phoenix, she's head of that department here Laughing
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