Originally posted by Nai Fohl
That is debateable. In fact my first name was quite popular in the German language area (Germany and Austria) in the early 80s but as I said it's hard to pronounce it right if you grow up speaking English.
Is it Adolf? Just Kidding, don't get mad. Just curious, does anyone still name their kid Adolf in Germany? No offense intended.
Originally posted by Darth_Glentract
Is it Adolf? Just Kidding, don't get mad. Just curious, does anyone still name their kid Adolf in Germany? No offense intended.
LOL. No.
And well...I don't think there are people that would name their kid "Adolf" but I can't tell for sure since we have some "neo nazis" over here that might think that would be a good idea (although that child will most likely hate the parents for doing so).
Originally posted by Lord Janus
Being a Nazi in modern day Germany is a bigger offense than it is here.
Well...I know that. But that's most likely because we have many people here still alive that did experience the horror of that regime. Victims as well as commiters. And I don't really think that "Nazis" in other countries do really have an idea what Nazis in Germany were and did.
But I'm curious. What is this name, if you don't mind me asking?
My first name is "Florian" being named after a catholic saint who is famous for stopping a town from burning down by throwing a single bucket of water into the fire (therefore he is the patron saint of firefighters).
And really...native English speakers can't pronounce that name right. They try it for two or three times and then give up (because you have to pronounce it like flO-rI-An with the capital letters being stressed - and most native English speakers pronounce it "Floryan" like "Meg Ryan"😉. 😛
Originally posted by Nai Fohl
Well...I know that. But that's most likely because we have many people here still alive that did experience the horror of that regime. Victims as well as commiters. And I don't really think that "Nazis" in other countries do really have an idea what Nazis in Germany were and did.My first name is "Florian" being named after a catholic saint who is famous for stopping a town from burning down by throwing a single bucket of water into the fire (therefore he is the patron saint of firefighters).
And really...native English speakers can't pronounce that name right. They try it for two or three times and then give up (because you have to pronounce it like flO-rI-An with the capital letters being stressed - and most native English speakers pronounce it "Floryan" like "Meg Ryan"😉. 😛
Ack I cant get it down the rI part screws me up.