This Swedish troper was greatly surprised once he learned that Haäge-Dazs not only was not from Germany, but actually supposed to sound Scandinavian!

this german troperete was just completely stunned to hear that people believe Haäge-Dasz is believed to be german as it is almost unpronouncable for us. Hell, the combination of 'aä'and 'sz' is unknown in the german language.

While packing boxes to move we put some camping supplies in a box, which I marked "El Campo" (Spanish for "The Countryside") in the Spanish section as a stupid joke. Since I tend to be strict about this stuff I also marked it "Equipo de campamento" (Camping Equipment in REAL Spanish).

I once made a Japanese character for a tabletop roleplaying game, and cobbled together a surname which sounded appropriate without really understanding the language. Some time later I looked up that one possible translation for that word is "spine like a wooden spear", which quickly led to the character receiving the nickname "Mister Stick-up-his-ass" in our group.

My German teacher once told me that one of his older students tried to cheat on a paper by copying something that she thought was German from a website. Turns out, it was Danish. She somehow failed to notice the Ø symbol, which is never used in German.

Whenever a telemarketer or a stranger I have no intentions of seeing again asks me for my name, I tell them I'm Japanese and my name is 'Anthony Imasu' (Anonymous). Imasu is not a surname but an aspect used in Japanese grammar. I wanted to research realistic surnames so I can use it as a fake name but I thought "nuts to that".

I'm guilty of using this when creating side characters in my {{Naruto}} fanfics, though I've come close to hitting the nail on the head regarding whether or not it's a real Japanese name. Ones I've made up: "Araya", surname; "Udori", also surname; "Mikuni Aiza", full name; "Hiromaru", first name; and so on and so forth...