English Words Verboten in Germany

Lee Hadden Writes:
\”Word lovers may be interested in a new trend to eliminate English words
creeping into the German language usage through globalization. Politicians
and other \”Kultur Fuhrers\” are beginning a populist move to create an
\”Academy for the Cultivation and Protection of the German Language,\” similar
in concept to the French Academy, which will search for German language word
substitutes for foreign words being used in German.

The English press, as usual, is having a lot of fun with this. One
English tabloid ran the story under the headlines
\”Germans Haff Vays of
Banning English\”


Read more about it in the Washington Post

February 26, 2001 by Uncategorized 0

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