January 23rd, 2006
I’m A Bear of Very Little Brain

Well, Piglet,

What I’m thinking about is this.

There is a root for England. Anglophile. Anglicize. Anglican.

There is a root for China. Sinophile. Sino-Soviet split.

There are three roots for France. Francophile. Gallic. Cheese-eating surrender monkey.

But there are no roots for Germany. If I want to pronounce a kid’s name by making the w sound like a v, am I Germanicizing his name? The phrase seems awkward.

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The Minister of Propaganda said:

Teutonic.

23.01.06 um 12:53 pm


The Minister of Propaganda said:

I answered quickly and failed to address all of your examples. “Teutonic” is like “Gallic,” and refers to all German speakers. “Germanizing” means “to give a German quality to.” And someone who loves Germany is a Germanophile.

A way to say “German” the way you said “French” is a little too easy, and since the Democrats are always getting in trouble when we talk about — ahem — Germany istory, I’m just going to leave that one out.

23.01.06 um 1:01 pm


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