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I don't get why you don't get it?
It's like someone from the UK who calls himself Prince Edward or whatever...
jetski-
I also don't get why you don't get it. 'Wily Brandt' was a nicer guy but it doesn't have the same ring.
Unless of course it's the new Tory historiography of 'We fought WWI for humanitarian reasons and Wilhelm represented cruelty whereas the British empire was a philanthropic project involving trains.' In which case 'Boo!'.
Fintan
Whats the reason somebody from Berlin calls himself "Kaiser-Wilhelm"? I don't get it, is that post-ironic?
sorry for OT.