I need a word translated!

[rcraigharman at hotmail.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 17894

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Dinah" <bludger_witch at y...> wrote:
> Yes, they are called Hinkepank in German and Hinkypunk in English.
> Don't know why they changed that name, after all they left the
> others mostly intact. Though "Schnatz" for "snitch" never fails to
> amuse me <g>.

It's a question of sound.  "Hinkypunk" if left in that spelling
might be rendered as "Hing-kü-poonk" in German.  "Hinkepank"
conveys the sound of the original much better.

....Craig