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Cline (surname)
Cline is a surname. It is an anglicisation of the German name Klein (surname), Klein. Notable people with the surname include: *Alan Cline, American computer scientist *Aleisha Cline (born 1970), Canadian skier *Alex Cline (born 1956), American drummer *Alfred Leonard Cline (1888–1948), American serial killer *Alice C. Parker, née Cline, American electrical engineer *Amy F. Cline (born 1974), American judge *Ben Cline (born 1972), American politician *Bill Cline (born 1943), American football player *Bob Cline (1933–2020), American politician *Bruce Cline (born 1931), Canadian ice hockey player *Cass A. Cline (1850–1926), American pioneer *Catherine Ann Cline (1927–2005), American historian and author *Charles Cline (other), multiple people *Chris Cline (1958–2019), American businessman *Curly Ray Cline (1923–1997), American fiddler *Cyrus Cline (1856–1923), American politician *David Cline (activist) (1947–2007), American veterans activist *David B. Cline ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anglicisation
Anglicisation is the process by which a place or person becomes influenced by English culture or British culture, or a process of cultural and/or linguistic change in which something non-English becomes English. It can also refer to the influence of English culture and business on other countries outside England or the United Kingdom, including their media, cuisine, popular culture, technology, business practices, laws, or political systems. Linguistic anglicisation is the practice of modifying foreign words, names, and phrases to make them easier to spell, pronounce or understand in English. The term commonly refers to the respelling of foreign words, often to a more drastic degree than that implied in, for example, romanisation. One instance is the word "dandelion", modified from the French ''dent-de-lion'' ("lion's tooth", a reference to the plant's sharply indented leaves). The term can also refer to phonological adaptation without spelling change: ''spaghetti'', for example ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |