It’s a fact that ArenaNet never checks whether specific names (like most of the Norn names, for instance) are spelled and pronounced correctly in the original English version. But I have also noticed that they seem to have a tendency not to check whether made-up names might actually have a (funny) meaning in other languages.
I have come across quite a few throughout the history of GW that made me crack up, because — pronounced in German — they actually had a certainly unintended meaning.
Here are my five favorites from GW2:
- Eitel: eitel = vain
- Geileis: geil = h*rny, Eis = ice
- Harschaf: Haar = hair, Schaf = sheep; haarscharf = by a hair’s breadth
- Kakifein: Kaki = khaki, fein = elegant; kackfein = (vulgar expression for) posh
- Kakkilak: Kacke = poo, Lack = varnish
Have you encountered any in your language?
