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<div>Dear Fritz,</div> <div> The expression refers to the wife of the the head of state. The state in question being a republic.The use of a word for the husband of the head of state of a republic is interesting. The question gets more ionteresting when it refers to modern organizations. How does one refer to the spouse of the Mayor of Berlin? I refer to the official role that such a person may be called upon to perform. What happens if the head of state - republic - is a bachelor? I vote for CONSORT. A word which states the relationship that exists between two pople from the point of view of protocol. May I suggest that we check with the office of protocol of the Federal Republic of Germany and see what they have to say?<BR><BR><B><I>Fritz Goerling <Fritz_Goerling@sil.org></I></B> escribió:</div> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"><!-- Network content
--> <DIV id=ygrp-text> <div><!-- Network content --> <DIV class=Section1> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=black size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Today I had a discussion with anglophones (Americans and Brits) and Germans about the use of “First Lady” which has been borrowed from American English into German to refer to the wife of a head of state or of the federal president or of the chancellor of <ST1><ST1>Germany</ST1></ST1>. Correctly it should be used for the wife of the federal president of <ST1><ST1>Germany</ST1></ST1>, the latter being above the chancellor in terms of protocol. However, it is also used for the wife of the chancellor. But what
if the chancellor is a woman like Angela Merkel? She would not be referred to as the First Lady. And, if so, how would her husband be referred to?<O></O></SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=black size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">As the common language on this list is English, I would like to learn how this issue is handled among anglophones. I learned today that neither the Queen nor Tony Blair’s wife are referred to as First Lady. Nor was Margaret Thatcher, who was called the “Iron Lady”<O></O></SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=black size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">though. The Brits in the above-mentioned discussion said that “First Lady” is an Americanism.<O></O></SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=black size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Well, here is George Bush jr.’s
unusual definition: “The most important job is not to be governor, or first lady in my case.”<O></O></SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=black size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Has the Americanism “First Lady” been borrowed into other languages and how is it used?<O></O></SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=black size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><O></O></SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=black size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Fritz Goerling<O></O></SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=black size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><O></O></SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><O></O></SPAN></FONT></div></DIV><!--End group email -->
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