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Google it.

Ah. Yeah, perhaps, but that was a normal, common word that the bad guys used because it sounded scary, but which still has its original meaning. It's not a word I'd primarily associate with those particular bad guys.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werwolf

probably not a good idea to pick a username sounding closely to that stuff.

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werwolf

(Or, direct link to using google translate to get the gist

https://de-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Werwolf?_x_tr... )

I get what you’re saying. I wouldn’t pick it for myself. Still, he’s from Switzerland where German is a local language, and that’s a normal German word outside the Nazi usage. It wasn’t one of the ones they invented themselves.

I think it’s closer to, say, “beer hall”, which isn’t inherently Nazi even though “beer hall putsch” was their thing. They can still have beer halls.

Isn't "Werewolf", a common D&D monster (well, actually probably uncommon or even rare in D&D world, but you get what I mean), has the same pronunciation? I guess the Nazis just picked something that sound scary and stealthy.

You are aware that there are languages other than English, and that the author is Swiss?

It may even blow your mind that Google searches are not in fact the same for other people, and can vary in time, location, and the individual searching for something.

So perhaps you should explicitly say what your concern is?

When I search for werwolv, I get the person's github entry, and the german entry for 'Werewolf' https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werwolf

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