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minus-squareRexelpitlum@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up9·4 months ago“Grippe” is the German word for flu. I know that some German words have become unpopular during WW1. I read about e.g. the term “German Measles” being more widely used, but this literally contains the word “German”…
minus-squareverity_kindle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 months agoBetter catch that than “the evil”, which refers to leprosy!
minus-squareverity_kindle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 months ago“Grippe” was still used in American movies in the mid-1950s.
“Grippe” is the German word for flu.
I know that some German words have become unpopular during WW1.
I read about e.g. the term “German Measles” being more widely used, but this literally contains the word “German”…
Better catch that than “the evil”, which refers to leprosy!
“Grippe” was still used in American movies in the mid-1950s.