Sex & the Swastika

Hubert Mania mania at welfen-netz.com
Tue Jan 11 14:56:46 CST 2000


> > Perhaps, also, he wanted to keep the word play of "Geli" = "gaily",
>> which wouldn't really fit in with Katje's character but does fit nicely
with
>> Geli Tripping's character.
>
>
> Besides, the name's first syllable seems to refer to "Ge",
> which is a parallel name for "Gaia" the earth goddess.


Okay, but only within the freedom of your private fantasy. As a native
German speaker  I can assure you, that
Geli is definitely the German diminutive form of the name Angelika.





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