• RQG@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Whenever I said Baden-Württemberg to an English speaker they just say Gesundheit. 🤷🏻‍♂️

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      1 year ago

      They probably recognized enough to tell it was a Germanic language, but knows no German.

      That would be a very common response in my area, but it was settled prominently by German immigrants.

      There’s a subtle awareness you get growing up around people who are very proud of their Germanic heritage, but not in a racist way like some would assume from the south.