LL-L 'Genealogy' 2006.07.11 (07) [E]

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L O W L A N D S - L * 11 July 2006 * Volume 07
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From: Luc Hellinckx <luc.hellinckx at gmail.com>
Subject: LL-L 'Genetics'

  Beste Gabriele,

You wrote:

> That's right, of course. But the mental images that arise when we hear that
> someone is of Irish, Italian, and Inuit descent, are much clearer and a lot
> more colourful than what we know (or think we know) of Teutonic and whatnot
> ancestors (don't even remember most of your list, history has never been my
> favourite subject) a great many centuries ago, and therefore it just seems
> "cooler" because it immediately evokes certain concepts (may they be fact or
> prejudice).

Maybe you think so because you actually have American reactions in mind. In
relation to that mindset, "Teutonic" may not immediately trigger very "roman"tic
images; perhaps because "Teutonic" makes up for such a large part of the cultural
heritage already?

On the other hand, I remember very well how anything referring to Germany, both
in China and Japan was very often viewed as almost "extraterrestrial",
"extraordinary", out of this/their world.

Kind greetings,

Luc Hellinckx 

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