XPost: rec.arts.sf.written, alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, sci.math   
   From: tkoenig@netcologne.de   
      
   Thomas Heger  schrieb:   
   > Am Dienstag000011, 11.11.2025 um 09:04 schrieb The Starmaker:   
   >> On Tue, 11 Nov 2025 08:45:27 +0100, Thomas Heger    
   >> wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> Am Dienstag000011, 11.11.2025 um 00:36 schrieb The Starmaker:   
   >>>> Now, Albert Einstein also mentions "Europeans"...   
   >>>> but I'm from Brooklyn New York so I have no idea what he means   
   >>>> by "Europeans"!   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Are French people "Europeans"??? Is French a language or a Race????   
   >>>   
   >>> Actually 'French' is the name of a certain dressing.   
   >>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Like for example, is Spanish a Race or a language?   
   >>>   
   >>> It was also the name of a very dangerous flu.   
   >>>   
   >>> Actually 'spanish' is quite a useful word and could address all sorts of   
   >>> things, like e.g. wines, cheese and oranges, which stem mainly from the   
   >>> county 'Spain'.   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>> That country is mainly located in Europe (partly in Africa).   
   >>>   
   >>> The citizens of Spain are called 'Spaniards'.   
   >>>   
   >>> Most of them use the language 'Spanish', but not all, because some speak   
   >>> Catalan, Mallorquin or Bask.   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>> ...   
   >>>   
   >>> TH   
   >>   
   >> So, you're German...is dat a language or a race?   
   > 'German' is mainly a language. But it means also a country named   
   > 'Germany', where the citizens are called 'German'.   
      
   If you want to be pedantic, the country is called "Deutschland",   
   which means literally "Land of the people".  The people are called   
   "Deutsche".  It is not by chance that this sounds very similar to   
   the English word for the Netherlands, "Dutch".   
      
   > These Germans are not what is called a race.   
      
   Certainly not.   
      
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