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Subject: Re: [HUNGARY-L] Magyar
Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2001 05:44:23 EST


In a message dated 11/2/2001 10:36:00 PM US Eastern Standard Time,
writes:

<< had five major ethnic groups in the old country's population (SNIP) {+
Austrians, (SNIP). . . . . . .>

I hate to be sooooo picky - but for those who are beginning with the basics,
I think this is more properly stated as German. Austrian - at most, was a
nationality. In the historical perspective, German conveys the idea of
culture and language bound up as an ethnicity, Austrian does not.

Linda


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