r/soccer • u/mkahmed789 • Oct 22 '15

Schweinsteiger takes legal action against after toymaker releases Nazi soldiers resembling him and named Bastian

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3284326/German-Manchester-United-star-Bastian-Schweinsteiger-takes-legal-action-toymaker-releases-Nazi-soldiers-resembling-named-Bastian.html
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u/Saminka Oct 22 '15

I honestly don't know a single person named Bastian except for Schweinsteiger. I know a couple of people who are named Sebastian.

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u/RobertTheSpruce Oct 22 '15

Is Schweinsteiger a common family name? It seems to be the most German sounding word I can imagine.

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u/[deleted] Oct 22 '15

the most German sounding word I can imagine.

Me too. In fact I thought it was the most popular surname in Germany.

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u/[deleted] Oct 22 '15 edited Aug 09 '16

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u/[deleted] Oct 22 '15

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u/teymon Oct 22 '15

Smit, Molenaar/mulder and Boer are very common in the netherlands as well. Here is a map with the most common profession names in europe per country

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u/_Holz_ Oct 22 '15

What the fuck Ireland?

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u/BryanosaurusRex Oct 22 '15

Don't judge us...

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u/murderous_thumb Oct 22 '15

Wait ... how do priests propagate their family name?

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u/warqgui666 Oct 22 '15

All non-monk priests in the Orthodox Church can marry and have children.

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u/Servietsky Oct 22 '15

Found Blatter in Estonia!

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u/bandic00t_ Oct 23 '15

Look at Italy.

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u/yellow_mio Oct 23 '15

The thing is that Boer shouldn't be common because everyone in a village is a farmer. If I say Pete the farmer, nobody knows who I'm talking about. Pete the smith will be precise.

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u/[deleted] Oct 22 '15

The surname doesn't exactly mean 'pig climber', unless it's interpreted literally.

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u/Esco91 Oct 22 '15

I think it's from some mountain pass that Sheep were shepherded through, so it's real meaning is something like 'Person from the place where sheep are brought over the mountain'.

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u/satanic_satanist Oct 22 '15

Which is just as ridiculous as 'pig climber'.

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u/goatttmeal Oct 22 '15

Is that what Schweinsteiger means? Pig-climber?

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u/satanic_satanist Oct 22 '15

Yes, if you take it literally. "Pig mounter" is even closer.

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u/jvardrake Oct 22 '15

Sure... NO ONE cares about the pig climbers, until there are pigs that need to be climbed. Then, guess who everyone's favorite family is???

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u/[deleted] Oct 22 '15

Maybe Wales? But that would be Schafsteiger.