"Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire" (arch-duke-maxyenko) 08/19/2015 at 20:16 • Filed to: None

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LongbowMkII > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 08/19/2015 at 20:23

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I think that German was the primary language for a significant minority of Americans before WWI. The world wars made German a bit less popular.

RallyWrench > LongbowMkII 08/19/2015 at 21:53

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Yup. My dad’s family changed its name and stopped speaking German for that reason after WW1, they were first gen immigrants at that time.

Axial > LongbowMkII 08/20/2015 at 03:22

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What’s really fucked up is that “Germany is the enemy” was pretty much all Wilson’s idea before he managed to get the USA into the war on the side of the Entente. There was major public support for Germany until the Germans unwittingly gave Wilson’s propaganda machine the spark of truth it was missing when they sunk the Lusitania and sent the Zimmerman Telegram.

And the Lusitania wasn’t even innocent.

You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 08/20/2015 at 10:55

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Who’s the little guy? I can’t figure it out and it’s driving me nuts.

KnowsAboutCars > You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much 08/21/2015 at 16:13

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Probably Liechtenstein.

You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much > KnowsAboutCars 08/21/2015 at 16:31

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It appears that you are correct. The crown was added in 1937, which would make that the Leichtensteinball circa WWI.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_L…