THE YOUNG GERMAN.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 4, 22 August 1914, Page 4

THE YOUNG GERMAN.

A correspondent of the “Christian World” points out an amusing phase of r the new patriotism of young. Gernans. It seems that “pure language” dubs have sprung up all over ,Gev-_ ijuany whose object is to eliminate from the German language all foreign wbrdS] lie gives,,the following curious examples: “Words like .-telephone, telescope, geography, arithmetic,' 'botany',: automobile, and thousands of others, the creation and outcome '.of our now rnd complicated civilisation, have been assimilated by every language under the sun, but the German purist will have none of them, .because his new patriotism will not permit him to be beholden to foreign countries for any part of his language. Re says *faripsaker’ for telephone, ‘far-seer for telescope, ‘earth-knowledge’ for geography, ‘counting-science’ for arithmetic, ‘plant-knowledge,’ for botany, ind ‘power-car,’ for He ibolishes the convenient title ‘captain’ from the army, and speaks of a ‘headnan’ of infantry and a ‘riding-master’ of cavalry. Everyone knows what a cigar is; the German purist suggests ‘rauch-rolle’ —a smoke-roll—and sees nothing funny in it.”