OberFuhrer, the Hobourg Special Hero!!!

[PrinzMegaherz]

Most of the Hoburg names are silly.
Obstfreund means fruit friend.

The word führer itself has a very strong association with world war 2 and rarely used in its original meaning. You will find it however in combination with various other terms, like Lokführer as the guy who drives a train, or bergführer as the one who leads you trough the mountains

[johan osterman]

Originally posted by Boron:
... or worst case they are nazis

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We all have tiny moustaches and polished boots. Prior to becoming a teacher Kristoffer wanted to become an architect. Ever so often we march down Malmoes streets alongside General Ludendorf and stage a coup d'etat.

[Cainehill]

Originally posted by johan osterman:

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Originally posted by Boron:
... or worst case they are nazis

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We all have tiny moustaches and polished boots. Prior to becoming a teacher Kristoffer wanted to become an architect. Ever so often we march down Malmoes streets alongside General Ludendorf and stage a coup d'etat.

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Good thing y'all do have a sense of humor, as many people would have been tremendously insulted by someone suggesting that they might be nazis.

[Sly Frog]

Look, oberfuhrer itself is an actual German word for an army rank, meaning something akin to a senior colonel in the U.S. army. It has nothing to do with Hitler or anything else, other than the base word fuhrer. Suggesting otherwise is akin to saying that "dictation machine" is funny because it shares a root with dictator.

[vigabrand]

I find it interesting that some people take offense to a fictional character's name because it has a certain german title in it, but at the same time play a game that has blood slaves who are sacrificed, can summon demons and devils in it, and can cast spells that destroy or hurt thousands upon thousands of people (albeit fictional). Chill out, it's just a game. BTW doesn't Sturmbanfuhrer mean sergeant in german? I think the title is used in different ways and doesn't need to be associated with evil in every sense.

It's actually a Brigadier General.

A Lieutentant Colonel is a Obersturmbannfuhrer.

Edit: Misread the Senior Part of Colonel, Slyfrog.

Also interesting note: The actual term for the Fuhrer (Adolf Hitler) would be Oberste Fuhrer in Wemacht and in SS rank was Der oberste Fuhrer der Schutzstaffel. Der Fuhrer Adolf Hitler.

If you see a Hoburg named that, maybe you'd have a point.

[ July 13, 2004, 21:02: Message edited by: Zen ]

[Norfleet]

Shouldn't this discussion be over already, based on some invocation of some important Internet law whose name eludes me?