• AeronMelon@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    “Sprechen sie Deutsch?”

    “No, I don’t ‘Sprechen sie Deutsch!’”

    Dialog from Stalag 17.

  • huppakee@lemmy.world
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    They came pretty close with the Brits, but then the Dutch and the Deutch become more and more two distinctive peoples and then Brits decided German was a better fit. I’d need a historian to explain the details though