dear hans hahn
if your question relates to its origin and introduction i n t h e U K c
o n t e x t*, i had the fortuitous benison of today having heard the term
so mentioned at a guest lecture accompanying the current HEATH ROBINSON
exhibition at liverpool's - prestigious! -
WALKER ART GALLERY (recently dubbed 'The Walker').
the speaker, MARK BRYANT, "author and cartoon historian"**, in examining
the H.R.'s humorous ills. connected with WWs I*** and II, ascribed the
origin of the (british-)english use of the word 'Hun' to "a 'Daily Mail'
journalist", indeed in WWI.
i hope this helps a bit. i now keep hearing the noel coward song...
Gruß, m... r...
anmerkungen:
* i have read silke meyer's instructive e-mail;
** (co-)author of, inter alia, 2 authoritative dictionaries of british
cartoonists;
*** including a book of cartoons entitled 'Hunlikely'!
--On 24 June 2004 08:53 +0100 Hans Hahn <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Dear colleagues,
> irrespective of the football season, I would like to know whether
> anybody can help mje trace the origin of the word 'Hun' with reference
> to Germans. My 'hunch' is that it was introduced around the time of
> WW1 and if US war propaganda is anything to go by there are plenty of
> posters showing German soldiers in Nibelung-like uniform.
> Hans Hahn, Brookes.
groeten
Michael Rigelsford
(Nederlands/Dutch - Honorary Senior Fellow, University of Liverpool)
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