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Originally Posted by allison13
Haha, okay, can you explain to me how Hilde's name is messed up? I took German just for a couple years, so I'm not any good at it, but I ALWAYS had this feeling that there was just something wrong about her name. Is it just pronounced wrong in the dub, or is it just...not even close to anything German?
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Not even close to anything German. There's absolutely no word in the entire language that starts with 'schb'. You'd have to mash to words into one to even get that combination, like uh, Mar
schbaum.
While Schbeiker may sound German to any foreigner's ears, it's absolutely grating to anyone who has a grasp on the language. Kinda like what Wu Fei is to the Chinese.
Schweiker works, though I'm not sure what that would mean. In any case, wasn't the idea behind the absurd names not to offend any real people? At least those who have full names.