Message: "Another German sibset"

[Opinions] Another German sibset

by Anthroponomastics

12/6/2009, 7:34 AM

Brother Severin Koishi
Sisters Laura Satsu and Belle Natsue

Again, I love Severin. I also like the use of Japanese (?) middle names.

WDYT?

#German

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- ChopSocky (TheDreadedSockMonkey)

12/6/2009, 5:43 PM

I don't like Severin, but I like Laura Satsu and Belle Natsue.

- Helena (mellon.collie) +3

12/6/2009, 7:49 AM

Oh wow, they're all wonderful names (and yes, the mns are Japanese). Do you know if those siblings are of Japanese descent, or if the parents just happened to like the names?

I wonder about the kanji choice for Koishi... >:)

- Anthroponomastics +2

12/6/2009, 10:37 AM

Dunno. I'm not a fluent German speaker...I'm only in my 3rd year at school. I may be much closer to fluency than many of my peers, but still, I only speak enough to get the gist of written German. Thankfully nobody writes in Swabian German or I wouldn't be able to understand a single word...it's like another language! Unfortunately I think that may be the primary dialect spoken in my family.

- Helena (mellon.collie) +1

12/6/2009, 11:32 AM

It's all right, at least you can speak German (I am slightly green with envy, lol). I've always wanted to learn it, but never had the chance.

Forgive my ignorance, but I am unaware of Swabian German. Is it a regional dialect?

This message was edited 12/6/2009, 11:32 AM

- Anthroponomastics

12/6/2009, 3:52 PM

Yes it is a regional dialect.

It's spoken in the area of Baden-Wuertemburg (sorry for the "ue"...I don't know how to do umlauts or accents on this thing!). That's west of Bavaria. They have a very distinct dialect, that's so different from standard German or anything else it looks like an entirely different language, perhaps in a different family...I have an easier time reading Swedish, and that says something! I don't even know a word of it!
I think I forgot to mention that the post said nothing about Japanese...it did say something that looked a lot like fantastical or fantasy, but I can't be sure of the meaning.
I'm also learning French.

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