Trolling with names for Lizardmen?

Armilianus

Hi bois,

Just here to lighten up your day.

I'm from the Netherlands, meaning Dutch is my mother tongue.
By now I have become quite convinced that a Dutch employee at CA is having some fun with the lizardmen character naming. Since they're all supposed to be Inca-based, I suppose you can get a little... creative.

Some examples to show you what I mean:

Geef'eten: Dutch for 'give me food'.
Friqan'del: Seems pretty much like frikandel, the most popular snack at snackbars in the Netherlands.
Klo'aca: Cloaca. You can figure that one out for yourselves, I hope

I've actually seen many more of these pass by. Good stuff ^^

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Armilianus said:

Hi bois,

Just here to lighten up your day.

I'm from the Netherlands, meaning Dutch is my mother tongue.
By now I have become quite convinced that a Dutch employee at CA is having some fun with the lizardmen character naming. Since they're all supposed to be Inca-based, I suppose you can get a little... creative.

Some examples to show you what I mean:

Geef'eten: Dutch for 'give me food'.
Friqan'del: Seems pretty much like frikandel, the most popular snack at snackbars in the Netherlands.
Klo'aca: Cloaca. You can figure that one out for yourselves, I hope

I've actually seen many more of these pass by. Good stuff ^^

lol

yolordmcswag#6132

They propably are, but it's a long tradition for games workshop characters. Consider that the most powerful and revered lizardman of all time is a frog named Kroak.

Draculasaurus

yolordmcswag said:

They propably are, but it's a long tradition for games workshop characters. Consider that the most powerful and revered lizardman of all time is a frog named Kroak.

A dead frog, no less.

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Draculasaurus said:

yolordmcswag said:

They propably are, but it's a long tradition for games workshop characters. Consider that the most powerful and revered lizardman of all time is a frog named Kroak.

A dead frog, no less.

Frog OR Toad

ASyrian#2378

Thats GWs style since the beginning.

Look Lord Kroak is just the sound a toad makes.

TiqTaqTo is just the Childgame

And so on

kevManiac#4754

It is funny indeed. I think people thought Dutch sounds a lot like the ancient Aztecs or something... XD

To add a few (because I think its funny):
- Potte'qe Vet (literaly a jar of fat)
- Strapt-op-staart (someone standing on a tail)
- Jokke'broq (someone who made a habit out of lying)
- Cho'qomel (chocolate milk) etc.

LordCommander#3741

I suspect the dark hand of Eva Jobse...

Sir_Godspeed#8395

Yeah, it's been known since the launch of WH2 in 2017 that the Skink characters have very punny names in Dutch. Generally assumed to be due to a Dutch employee or something like that.

The punniness is building on a tradition of GW, as shows above (tic tac toe, croak, etc.), even Tehenhauin used to be pronounced and spelt more like "teeny-weeny".

Captain_Rex#1635

And so the never ending story of funny warhammer names and Dutch words continues 😂

#902441

ASyrian said:

Look Lord Kroak is just the sound a toad makes.

Croak is also British slang for dying.