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dkettchen · 2 years ago

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“I don’t even have a name in my own story”

ok but in said story’s defense: neither does Cinderella. Cinderella as a name is smth the english came up with for their translation, Aschenputtel is a (derogatory) job description, not a name

#dimension 20 spoilers #dimension 20 #dimension 20 neverafter #cinderella #aschenputtel #honestly pretty sure noone has names in og grimm fairytales #kind of what you get from collecting folk tales abt anything other than like named gods like various mythologies' pantheons #edit: ok to clarify for english/non-german speakers as I just had to block someone trying to um actually me without knowing fucking german #-ella implies a name or nickname therefore cinderella by its very nature is taking a noun and making it a name #Puttel is a word unto itself not a name suffix #Aschenputtel is fully just a noun not a name not even trying to be a name #(a derogatory one but a noun nonetheless)#I know 6 languages german is my second I've known it since I can remember had it for like 13 years in school and spent the first 19 years #of my life watching almost exclusively german TV #and english is my fifth and I am american-passing-level fluid in it #anyone who feels like um actually-ing me about my second language that they do not speak needs to please check their anglocentric privilege #or will get blocked under my zero tolerance 'no bad vibes' policy #this has been the second PSA of the day thank you for your attention #please don't be dickheads to strangers on the internet

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