Feedback from asker 11:04 Aug 9, 2017
Thanks for all your comments so far, I'm glad it wasn't just me.... Here's the preceding sentence: Seit Mr x den Begriff vom Weißen Siedler in abfälliger Manier hinter dem Rücken seiner Mitbürger verwendete, bekam er einen giftigen Beigeschmack. It's modern German (2014) and written by a journalist. On reflection, I'm now confident that the "er" in the original sentence is referring back to the "Beigeschmack", which would give us something like: "Ever since Mr X employed the term “white settler” in a disparaging manner behind the backs of his fellow citizens, it started to acquire toxic connotations. It smacked of envy and exclusion." What do you think? |