• fahfahfahfah@lemmy.billiam.net
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    4 days ago

    I think this one has been explained by the fact that there was a lot of typos on VHS tape labels and such when we were kids

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      I doubt those typos are the reason people misremember, but it does show how easy it is to get the name mixed up

      • vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works
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        3 days ago

        Between that and also the suffix stein is a lot more common than stain. Hell the ein ending is practically lousy in much of the Germanic tongues.