[WikiEN-l] Naming convention: popularity vs. correctness

Tom Parmenter tompar at world.std.com
Mon Feb 10 01:38:54 UTC 2003 

Of course, "German" is no more Deutsch (or Dietsch) than "Dutch" is.
"Dutch" is at least cognate with what they call themselves in their
own language, whereas "German" is is a Celtic name that has never been
used by any of the many Teutonic peoples.

Tom Parmenter
Ortolan88

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