Piotr:
>Many Slavic tribes, for example, derived their names from hydronyms. >But
>you seem to claim that somebody else named the Danes in that >manner (*dan-
>can't be a Germanic reflex of *da:nu-), and that they >accepted the
>foreigner-given name, which people are reluctant to do, >on the whole.
Hmm, that reminds of how homosexual community took "fag", "poofter", "homo"
and, hell, even "gay" itself and used it for themselves despite the angry
name calling by homophobe "breeders"... Don't worry, we have names for you
too. :) Maybe you'll use them one day and we'll all join hands in big
love-in! Similarly, the African-American community and the n-word. But I
suppose all in all, it is a rare phenom.
- gLeN
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