Rainier Wolfcastle

Doesn't Wolfcastle sound more like an English name rather than a German name? I know the McBain guy is the latter, but replacing "castle" with "burg" (German for "castle," BTW) would definitely confirm his Austrian heritage. Then again, it's just a show...

[email] (Jeremy Gallen) wrote in news:[email]:

Maybe it's a stage name. Afterall Tom Cruise's real last name is Mapother.

The German word for castle is Schloss (I don't have a German keyboard so the spelling is onomatapeic).

"freedom" wrote in message news:94Yj9.10789$[email]...

: Schloss? Is that what a castle sounds like?

Or did you mean "phonetic"? :oP

Jeremy Gallen wrote in message news:[email]...

burg is german for city, like Hamburg, or Nuremburg (sp?)

Both "die Burg" and "das Schlo�" (or Schloss) mean castle. City is usually written as "die Stadt."

Hamburg could be getting its name from a castle (don't know the etymology), and Nuremberg (with an e in the last syllable, not a u) might be getting its name from topographical features- "der Berg" is usually taken to mean "mountain."

Jeremy Gallen wrote in message news:[email]...

I always thought that was part of the joke. He has a Germanic accent and still plays characters with names that originate from the British Isles.