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Broomhilda von Shaft?

posted 7 years ago by fleischwolf (294)
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Sorry, but this name is total bullshit. First, the name is Brunhild. It has some variations, like Brunhilde, Brünnhilde, Brynhild and so forth, but it has nothing to do with a broom!

Secondly, no German word has a Sh, it's always Sch, especially in Schaft.

Now it would make sense if she had been named by someone not able to speak German, who had heard the name and didn't know how it's spelled. But she was named by her German masters.

Some research Tarantino did, I wonder why Walz didn't say anything.

[–] TaRaNRoD (1579) 7 years ago

And now let's calculate the level of relevance of this detail.... Oops, no relevance found. Result: No one gives a fuck but you.

[–] fleischwolf (294) 7 years ago

It looks stupid to a German speaker. It's like an Englishman being called Dshon Kooper.

[–] henchmanik (1) 7 years ago

Non-English Europeans have to be the most didactic and pretentious when it comes to the superficial aspects of spelling.

"It's like an Englishman being called Dshon Kooper."
You make it sound like any English speakers would care, whatsoever. If I had met someone named "Dshon Kooper", I wouldn't have blinked an eye. Let alone the fact that "Kooper" is a real surname, "D'Shon" isn't very conspicuous as names go. Also, I don't quite understand your example. "Dshon Kooper" isn't a very apt comparison to exemplify your gripes. Names within the English language are quite often erroneous or contrived by construction.

[–] KD637 (488) 7 years ago

It could be as you said, maybe he just didn't do the proper reasearch.
But, considering it's Tarantino we're talking about here, it wouldn't suprise me if he did it on purpose as a reference to Broom-Hilda comic strip from the 70s and the movie Shaft. And while i'm not sure about Broomhilda (I just found it on google), i'd bet this is exactly the case with Shaft.

[–] Renovatio (2990) 7 years ago

Shaft is a 70s style movie about a badass detective who breaks the rules to get the bad guys... The character is black... So i guess that's the reference...

[–] [deleted] 6 years ago

supposedly, this movie is a prequel to "Shaft".

[–] halomaniac88 (1736) 6 years ago

i agree, he does stuff like this on purpose

[–] Renovatio (2990) 7 years ago

It's just another cartoon name from Tarantino, made from references to junk movies of the past... It's adolescent culture..

Tarantino is not meant to be taken seriously... All of his ideas come from a mishmash of movies he saw while he was working at video stores... It's a bit silly that the critics have elevated his movies to such hieghts and project onto them a sophistication that simply isn't there...

He's doesn't strike me as the kind of guy who reads or does research...

[–] TheDemon (598) 6 years ago

Yeah, because a Southern slave trader would know exactly how to spell German names.
It's fiction. Who cares.

[–] Otter (24464) 6 years ago

This. A southern gentleman plantation owner would be poorly educated, and would be unlikely to ever have set foot outside his home county, or home state. Presumably this girl was named by her owner or her owner's overseer, neither of whom would have any idea of how to spell "Brunhilde" correctly.

No, the only thing weird about the name is that a slave seems to have a last name. WTF??? Slaves on Old South plantations weren't allowed family names!! When they were freed most took (or were given) their former owner's last name, for lack of anything better.