Teutonic

17/02/2010

I wonder why the BBC has chosen the word Teutonic here (click thumbnail):

From the COED:

Teutonic · adj.
1 of or relating to the Teutons. Ø informal, often derogatory displaying characteristics popularly attributed to Germans.

Is it really wise for the UK’s national broadcaster to use a word marked by the COED as ‘often derogatory’ when describing another country?

Peter Harvey on 17/02/2010 at 13:40 | Permalink

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