Talk:German cuisine/Archive 19
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Different names for the Thurigian meat section
Being a Thuringian native, I'd like to correct the names of Rotwurst and Mett. Unfornately I have no citation, but nobody ever says Rotwurst and Mett here. Rotwurst and Mett are from West Germany, in Thuringia itself Rotwurst is called Blutwurst ("blood sausage"; which makes also a lot more sense for me) and Mett is Gehacktes (which is literally "hacked").
Would it be okay, if I would change the Names, but leave the links as they were?
Thanks in advance and greetings --Declaya (talk) 08:42, 7 August 2015 (UTC)
- Hi Declaya,
- we're writing an encyclopedia, not a tourist brochure, so generally accepted terms need to be used - people need the information what it IS, not the local word for it. My suggestion would be to add the local term in brackets, e.g. Mett ("Gehacktes") or Mett (called "Gehacktes").
- Kind regards, Grueslayer
Let's talk. 09:08, 7 August 2015 (UTC)
Well, and here is the problem. In the area of the former GDR nobody knows what "Rotwurst" means. It's not like that there is one word for Rotwurst/ Blutwurst in the German language that's understood everywhere. It's more like both words exist next to each other. As the paragraph is about Thuringia, I would change it or at least explain it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by JenWen123 (talk • contribs) 16:30, 20 September 2018 (UTC)