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Help[Opinions] Re: Thoughts on Wolfgang?
in reply to a message by JemimahGertrude
I don’t think of it as an English word name though, since the meaning in German is different than the English ‘wolf gang’.
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It's not technically an English word, but it could function as one.
If I was in the wilderness and asked, "Do you think there's a wolfgang around here?"...whoever was with me would probably think I was weird or joking, but they'd understand my meaning (pack of wolves) without difficulty. Maybe they'd even start looking for tracks (a wolf path) in response; if they found any, they could point at a path and say, "Yes, there's a wolfgang here," and it'd make sense.
If I was in the wilderness and asked, "Do you think there's a wolfgang around here?"...whoever was with me would probably think I was weird or joking, but they'd understand my meaning (pack of wolves) without difficulty. Maybe they'd even start looking for tracks (a wolf path) in response; if they found any, they could point at a path and say, "Yes, there's a wolfgang here," and it'd make sense.
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But "wolf" is still "wolf" in English, and if your first name is Wolfgang people are probably going to call you Wolf as an inevitable nickname. Wolfgang is technically only two syllables, but there are so many consonants between that it feels like it "needs" to be shortened even though most two-syllable names don't. And it is longer than other two-syllable names. (Try to say 'Wolfgang' in the same amount of time it takes to say 'Benny'-- it's pretty much impossible. They're both two syllables but one is a lot longer).
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