Re: Anglicization of names (was Re: Language naming terminology)

John Cowan wrote:
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> Nik Taylor wrote:
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> > Anyways, is this a common phenomenon in other cultures, or is this
> > largely restricted to Anglo-Saxon cultures?
>
> Oh, no, it is quite general.
Actually, I should have been clearer - I knew it existed in other
cultures, what I wanted to know was whether it was as common in others.
Apparently it is.

>         Many a Pennsylvania *Carpenter*, bearing a name that
>         is English, from the French, from the Latin, and there
>         a Celtic loanword in origin, is neither English, French,
>         Latin, or Celt, but an original German *Zimmermann*.
And most Millers in the US are from German _Mu"ller_ (sp?).

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