XPost: comp.os.linux.misc   
   From: bowman@montana.com   
      
   On Sun, 4 Jan 2026 11:02:09 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:   
      
   > On 04/01/2026 05:42, rbowman wrote:   
   >> On Sat, 3 Jan 2026 19:51:44 -0500, c186282 wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>     Someone else suggested 'Germanic' ... but that may just be a   
   >>>     random association based on 'how it sounds'. Besides, the US   
   >>>     founders did not LIKE the Germans - they were mercenaries for the   
   >>>     Redcoats, and pretty nasty too.   
   >>   
   >> The first German language newspaper in the colonies was published by   
   >> Ben Franklin.   
   >>   
   > In anthropology 'Germanic' refers to a broad group of peoples who   
   > inhabited NW Europe at or about the time of the late Bronze age onwards   
   >   
   > So Czechs, Dutch, Denmarks ,Swedes, swiss, flemish, Austrian as well as   
   > the English and Germans are all 'germanic'.   
   >   
   > It was the Romans, who encountered the Germanii, who coined the term to   
   > refer largely to 'anyone who doesn't speak Latin'   
      
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