Germans Stick With Unflattering Surnames
 
 BONN, Germany (Reuter) -- Thousands of Germans are keeping unfortunate
surnames such as Kotz (Vomit), Moerder (Murder), Brathuhn (Roast chicken)
and even Hitler, even though they could legally change them, a magazine
reported Sunday.
 
 The German phonebook lists hundreds of people with the surname Faul
(Lazy), Fett (Fat), Dreckmann (Filth-man), Dumm (Stupid) and Schwein (Pig),
the weekly Focus magazine said in an advance release ahead of publication
Monday.
 
 Unflatteringly named Germans said that they mainly had problems with their
names as children and that later in life they had decided not to bow to
social pressure to change them.
 
 "Why should I have a different name from my father and grandfather?" said
one Herr Schwein.
 
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*" But Alice is not a German name." he said.
"Well there were twelve in the family and when my father saw me , he
said:'Das ist Alles.'" she replied. *
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