The word "danes" is correct and usable in written English.
It is a plural noun referring to people from Denmark or of Danish descent. For example, "The danes welcomed us into their home with open arms."
And whatever the Danes might think, it is actually pretty flat.
Here, in bold outlines and strong colours, looped around the magnificent Great Hall, you can trace the moment the Danes were expelled from the city in 920, or the day in 1761 the Duke of Bridgewater opened his eponymous canal, allowing coal from his mines to be delivered straight to the heart of "Cottonopolis".
The Danes are keystone cops, tripping over each other as they quit the city, while the duke – a confirmed teetotaller – looks suspiciously excited and flushed.
As the clock strikes four, a flare goes up, and the howitzers unleash fiery death on the helpless Danes.
Well-travelled Danes are used to the euro.
But whereas voters in Norway know to the day when an election will be held because of a constitutional ban on snap polls, Danes know only that they will be called to the polls at some stage before September 14th.
And it just so happens that the ancestors of the Danes and the French conquered England, contributing to the language's mixed nature.
The Danes said no to the euro when the issue was put to a vote in 2000.
Copenhagen cognoscenti had predicted that she would lose ground, thanks to the hostility of Mr Khader and because many Danes have become uncomfortable with her strident anti-immigration views.
He inherited a squad that contained two Danes, four Irishmen and 18 Britons.
Monetary policy is, in effect, already set in Frankfurt, with the Danes paying a small interest-rate premium merely to keep their own notes and coins.
