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DG's Time Travel Journal Day 28: We Gather Together
Pierre de la Mer ~ sometimes slightly worried but never panicking ~ Posted Nov 28, 2013
" ... they didn't believe in sex, so they died out ... "
I know a few people who needs this gospel to be spread - but in the spirit of thanksgiving I shall refrain from delving further into this issue 
On another note: Ever wondered why there seem to be millions of Dutch in the US - and hardly any German?
I may have missed something but what word from the language of the Netherlanders sounds anything like "Dutch"?
- or "Deutsch"?
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Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor Posted Nov 28, 2013
I think it has more to do with the fact that early migration took place before there were any of these relatively modern countries.
For instance, my relative can't wrap their heads around the notion of 'British'. They specify english, irish,Scots, Welsh. That's what happens when your ancestors moved before the Act of Union.
Ditto for the Dutch. They were all low Germans, as far as the neighbours were concerned.
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Pierre de la Mer ~ sometimes slightly worried but never panicking ~ Posted Nov 28, 2013
Yeah, that's probably it - for the most part, anyway. Up until 1940-1945 I should think
(Not that I don't understand why German migrants after 1940 or so preferred to call themselves Dutch - I would have done the same, I'm sure)
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Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor Posted Nov 28, 2013
Since 1917, the whole subject of German has been fraught.
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Pierre de la Mer ~ sometimes slightly worried but never panicking ~ Posted Nov 28, 2013
Indeed.
"The House of Windsor... was founded by King George V ... on 17 July 1917, when he changed the name ... from the German Saxe-Coburg and Gotha ... due to the anti-German sentiment in the British Empire during World War I"
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Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor Posted Nov 28, 2013
That's about the size of it. It's why the enormous German contribution to US history goes largely unnoticed todoay.
And why people didn't make too much noise about Dwight Eisenhower's ancestors. Who were good Mennonite farmers, and probably would not have been thrilled to have a professional soldier int he family. 
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Vip Posted Nov 29, 2013
To be honest, I think a lot of British people (myself sometimes included) don't quite get how being British works, either. It does make for a bit of an identity crisis sometimes.
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Galaxy Babe - eclectic editor Posted Nov 29, 2013
I hope you and Elektra had a lovely Thanksgiving Day yesterday
GB 
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Pierre de la Mer ~ sometimes slightly worried but never panicking ~ Posted Nov 29, 2013
The British Isles is a melting pot, has been for thousand of years, and should be proud of it. In any case no reason the be ashamed 
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Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor Posted Nov 29, 2013
Thanks, GB, we had a lovely day. 
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