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Time to change the English language (media.piefed.social)
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[โ€“] Zwiebel@feddit.org 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

The german translation calls them 'Elb/Elben' instead of 'Elf/Elfen' for some reason

[โ€“] Ediacarium@feddit.org 4 points 3 days ago

This was done in the German translation to avoid confusion with 'Elfen' from German folklore: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elf