going back to a previous topic - the name of a brand of cheese I love. The name is actually a derivation of the German surname of the inventor - Kuhn. Maybe give the name of the cheese a title that actually befits its German origins. Schmidt or Braun would come across as safe choices, but please, please avoid the following:-
Himmler. Hesse. Goering. Mengele.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_SS_personnel
but these are a few names on a list of many. These four are just some obvious ones to avoid. One of the names on the list would create a world of problems.
Kraft.
Now looking up German surnames and keeping in with the four letter theme
Beck.
no one with that name has ever done anything controversial, have they? Not a term of derision in the language of a given region or country?
there is a Beckmann and a Wippenbeck on the list, but no Beck.
here's something else. How many people are going to supermarkets asking for the cheese - what's it called now?
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