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Sorry, Deutsch people (discuss.tchncs.de)
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[-] samus12345@lemmy.world 55 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Germany: "Fine, fine, we're Germany to you. You could have called us Dutchland instead of using that for people from the Netherlands, but whatever."

USA: pointing to people who settled Pennsylvania from Germany "Pennsylvania Dutch!"

Germany: ಠ_ಠ

[-] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago

Could be worse, I know that some Germans who settled in the US got the name Black Germs cause they were from the black forest.

[-] Vittelius@feddit.org 2 points 1 month ago

Also the Dutch angle in cinema, named after the expressionist German film of the early 20th cinema (think Nosferatu)

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