Just want to emphasize that english is a west germanic language, and that england only diverged from germanic civilization after 1840. So, assimilating germans is sort of a non-sequitur until at least a decade or two after german unification. The argument was and remains that america was (and outside of large coastal cities) institutionally and linguistically english but culturally and psychologically german.
Reply addressees: @razibkhan
Source date (UTC): 2025-01-04 18:20:35 UTC
Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1875608279470288896
Replying to: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1875607565180268687
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