Re: Codename "de" (was Re: Country names in national languages)
| From: | Roger Mills <romilly@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, May 12, 2002, 4:03 |
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Andreas Johansson wrote:
>>jp: Doitsu (from the german pronunciation)
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>Is it known why they didn't make it "Doichi" or something else that keeps
>the [S]?
Possibly, via Dutch "duits"-- although in the 16-17 C. it was probably
written "duitsch", and pronounced who knows how??? [d9HtS]? [d9Htsx]?
perhaps heard as [doits] by the Japanese(?), or already [d9Hts] as nowadays?
(Just guessing)
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