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Re:How English beat German as the language of science by tim333 on Monday October 13, 2014 @05:03PM (#8450658)
I think some people were embarrassed by German after WWII given that Germany's behaviour during WWII left something to be desired. My father and his parents emigrated from Germany, Anglicised their name and switched to English.
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