Re: Renaming the FTP Masters
On Fri, Nov 05, 2021 at 06:35:43AM -0700, Felix Lechner wrote:
> > I'm a native German speaker and "Führer" is widely and
> > completely uncontroversially used in German in lots of contexts
>
> That is, as you noted, somewhat true for the word "master" as well,
> but your portrayal of a wide and unequivocal acceptance of the word
> "Führer" in German society is fictional. [3] I am from Berlin, and
> people hesitate to use the word anywhere near its historical
> meaning—except in fringe groups. [4] Finding synonyms is a common web
> search. There are 683 of them. [5]
I am also a native speaker of German. All examples that Karsten gave
(you didn't quote them) are correct and current German and
uncontroversially accepted in Germany.
Grüße
Marc
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