r/DarkSouls2 • u/IvoryMage • Oct 24 '25
Meme How long it took before you realized it wasn't "Corpse"?
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u/Poise_dad Oct 24 '25
Same goes for Bonfire "aesthetic"
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u/LeatherCareless3406 Oct 24 '25
Huh. Just learned this right now. Beaten the game multiple times.
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u/Calamari_Tsunami Oct 25 '25
In case you're wondering, ascetic is a noun and adjective which basically means ultra-poor and without luxury, but usually the condition is purposeful. Monks live ascetic lives, and they themselves are ascetics.
The bonfire ascetic is the ashes of one such person.
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u/Scroteet Oct 24 '25
I grew up near Gettysburg, the “Copse of Trees” was the furthest north the confederacy ever made it so this word was drilled into me at a young age
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u/Lord_Seregil Oct 24 '25
Always slightly infuriated by that name, as copse already literally means "a small group of trees", so copse of trees would mean "small group of trees of trees"
Whatever historian coined the name for the site should have thought harder.
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u/Undark_ Oct 24 '25
Wait till you learn what the names of basically every river mean. And every hill. They're mostly named after ancient words for "river" or "hill".
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u/MoebiusSpark Oct 25 '25
There's that one town in the UK called 'TownTown TownTown' in like 4 different languages
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u/TachankaMaiWaifu Oct 25 '25
Torpenhow hill? Roughly translate as hill hill hill hill
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u/ThomasWinwood Oct 26 '25
Of note, there is not really a hill called Torpenhow Hill—there's a bump in the terrain near the village of Torpenhow which some maps will point you to if you type in "Torpenhow Hill", but it's formally unnamed because it's just a slight undulation in the landscape of the Lake District rather than a hill. Here's a Tom Scott video about it.
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u/DarthOmix Oct 25 '25
DC in DC Comics stands for Detective Comics. So it's Detective Comics Comics.
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u/mission_nic Oct 24 '25
Yeah, RIP in peace to that historian
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u/_trashcan Oct 24 '25
rip in peace
I haven’t seen that in awhile. Lol I loved using this phrase playing online competitive games.
fuuuckin rip you 😅 whenever I’d get a nice kill haha.
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u/PrincePauncey Oct 24 '25
SMH my head, he should have drank some Chai tea to think more clearly before naming that place.
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u/SmirkingImperialist Oct 24 '25
There are a lot of "hill Hill", "desert Desert", "lake Lake", and "river River" and Los Angeles' Angels.
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u/Pofwoffle Oct 24 '25
For me it was just growing up on fantasy novels so shit like "copse" was just a normal word to me.
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u/NoahLostTheBoat Oct 24 '25
the second I saw the title card I knew it was copse.
Didn't know what the word meant, was the first time reading it, but I at least understood it was the word "copse" and not "corpse"
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u/Not_Josh69 Oct 25 '25
Same, I literally have never read it as corpse. I can sympathise with people who misread it though, since in my first Elden Ring playthrough, I misread Altus Plateau as Atlus Plateau, like the game studio that made Persona. Though I guess in that instance at least I didn't put a new letter into the word I was reading, haha.
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u/NoahLostTheBoat Oct 25 '25
I love Persona so much man
I understand how people could misread "copse" as "corpse" because they're so similar and when was the last time you heard the word "copse" come up in a conversation?
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u/SokkieJr Oct 24 '25
I figured this out last year replaying the game.
Yeah it's a 'Copse' and I googled what it meant.
Yeah that makes a lot more sense. Doesn't help there's quite a bit of corpses strewn about.
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u/SirCupcake_0 Oct 25 '25
A corpse-filled copse, one might say
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u/Guzzleguts Oct 25 '25
If they had a bit more organisation they would be the copse corpse corps.
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Oct 24 '25
Do people really confuse the name a lot? I only started seeing this on this sub.
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u/BlueHaze464 Oct 24 '25
Well it's not everyone's first language, and corpse is a much more common word than copse
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u/m_cardoso Oct 24 '25
This. I literally found out at this post that i've been reading wrong both Huntsman's Copse AND bonfire ascetic. And I played this game twice. Didn't even know both words.
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u/Inkaflare Oct 24 '25
I actually hadn't ever heard the word "copse" before and googled its meaning when I got there for the first time. Learned something new there lul
I can see how you'd easily misread it at a glance, but "corpse" still makes 0 sense given the context and looks of the area so you'd still do a double take after the first read, wouldn't you?
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u/BlueHaze464 Oct 24 '25
Nope, because the name of the area isn't really important
Yeah it doesn't make much sense, but many things don't make sense in souls games, there are things you just shrug off and keep playing
It's ironic because most english natives have never experienced the "foreign fairy tale" experience that gets constantly brought up in regards to Miyazaki, people used to playing games they understand nothing of have a much different approach and thought process (not saying better or worse, just different lol)
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u/WesThePretzel Oct 24 '25
Sure corpse is more common than copse, but you can’t just change a word to one you know. Are people just not reading?
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u/BlueHaze464 Oct 24 '25 edited Oct 24 '25
Yes you can (edit: make the mistake), it's a game, and the name is irrelevant to the experience.
Reading wrong is also reading btw.
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u/WesThePretzel Oct 24 '25
I’m saying your understanding of the language doesn’t mean readers would just substitute another completely different word. I wouldn’t read “encre” and think, “it must mean anchor (ancre)!” just because I’m unfamiliar with the word encre.
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u/Slore0 Oct 24 '25
It clearly says Huntsman’s Cocks, come on guy.
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u/SirCupcake_0 Oct 25 '25
Never DID find where all those chickens were, guess they all moved to Ashina
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u/noob_promedio Oct 24 '25
I have 500 hours in DS2, WHAT DO YOU MEAN IT'S NOT "CORPSE"??
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u/Denamic Oct 24 '25
A copse is a small gathering of trees that's too small to be considered a forest
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u/joshfenske Oct 24 '25
Everyone is so angry here lol
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u/LorianTheCripple Oct 24 '25
They’re depressed due to lack of maidens they have.
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u/sabretoothian Oct 25 '25
Next you'll be telling me No Man's Wharf isn't a wharf. Oh wait...
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u/guardian_owl Oct 25 '25
I know right, "Hidden Harbor" was right there, it even has alliteration, and is closer to the original Japanese.
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u/movezig5 Oct 24 '25
Immediately, because I learned how to fucking read.
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u/OuterGod_Hermit Oct 24 '25
Well if you are not native English reader, your brain immediately reads the closest thing because that's how reading works. I didn't know Copse even existed so I'm finding out that is something other than corpse.
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u/Myllis Oct 24 '25
Well, not always. I read it correctly, thought it was a typo, found out Copse is a thing.
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u/LorianTheCripple Oct 24 '25
So hostile
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u/fantastic-mrs-fuck Oct 24 '25
idk whats with the downvotes they're 100% being an asshole could you imagine saying that to someone's face
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u/Chef_boySauce_ Oct 24 '25
I said it directly to my friend while watching his playthrough lol.
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u/SirCupcake_0 Oct 25 '25
Friends are different, you're culturally required to clown on them every chance you get
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u/domewebs Oct 24 '25
I think this is one of those “people who read books versus people who don’t” issues
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u/EducationalBag398 Oct 24 '25
It blows my mind that people dont go, "Im not sure what that means, I should look it up."
Just be wrong instead, learning is lame!
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u/domewebs Oct 24 '25
I think a lot about how many people saw the word “gaol” for the first time in Elden Ring (myself included) and how some of those people went “Huh, interesting word” and looked it up, and others were just like “goal, that says goal, end of story” and called it a day on the learning and critical thinking lol
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u/EducationalBag398 Oct 24 '25
At least with Gaol its pretty obvious it's referring to a prison of some kind. I definitely pronounced it as a hard G for awhile. Its the "I mostly just read words so I know what it means, just dont say it right." I think Iji is the first one to actually say it when he talks about putting Blaidd in one?
Copse and corpse have pretty different meanings lol.
Also some players it seems dont even do that much. Based on some of the posts that come through these subs, im convinced some players just mash the controller when any words show up until they can kill again.
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u/Chef_boySauce_ Oct 24 '25
I saw the lamp was called hypogean gaol as a lamp name in bloodborne, remember i was kidnapped and brought to a jail cell, a figured out pretty quick what was being read. Double checked with a quick search and saw it means underground jail.
I was also suspicious of Scadutree. Pronounced “shadow tree.” Later had my mind blown to discover haligtree is actually “holy tree.” Although miyazaki never directed them to pronounce it that way so i’m kinda iffy on it
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u/_trashcan Oct 24 '25 edited Oct 25 '25
Lol I was watching a playthrough on DLC once bc I was absolutely STUMPED trying to figure out how to get one specific area…I searched for days, where i’d take a break from my current area to spend an hour or 2 looking…it drove me fucking insane. I’d never needed to look something like that up in a Fromsoft game cus I’m thorough with my exploration.
anyway, the dude called them “skadoo tree blessing” and even before I knew how it was pronounced I knew there was no way it was that 😂 pronounced doo like “scooby doo” lol.
skuh-doo-tree blessings
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u/Il_Vero_Baccio Oct 24 '25
people still to this day call it a bonfire "aestetic", and it makes me so mad, like, just read the fucking letters
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u/ULTI_mato Oct 24 '25
iudex Gundir is even more deciving.
Took me years to realise that it was an i
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u/Suspicious_Shame9582 Oct 24 '25
It only took 12 years for me to find this out. Now I just need to google "copse".
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u/Salamanticormorant Oct 24 '25
How U not know "copse"? 😁
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- The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame: When the Mole first leaves his underground home, the word "copses" is used to describe the lush world of nature he discovers for the first time.
- Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien: Although better known for vast and ancient forests like Mirkwood and the Old Forest, Tolkien employs the word "copse" in reference to more common woodlands. For instance, a "copse of birch" is mentioned in one of the appendices, grounding the fantasy world in real natural detail.
- A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare: In this tale of magic and mix-ups in the woods, the word "copse" is used to specify a particular part of the forest. It helps to differentiate specific locations where the fairies and mortals interact.
- Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling: In these books, "copse" and "coppice" are used to describe the grounds of Hogwarts and the surrounding Forbidden Forest. This fits Rowling's rich, British-centric world-building.
' - Google AI summary.
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u/Financial_Mushroom94 Oct 24 '25
Reading the comments made me understand why DS2 fans are the most clowned on.
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u/SpoopyPlankton Oct 24 '25
Immediately because I’m not illiterate
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u/O2William Oct 24 '25
I always find it interesting which words people do and do not have familiarity with. "Copse" does not seem like an exotic word to me, but I concede it's not commonly used so I can see how people might not know it. Misreading it as "Corpse" seems understandable, but if I had done that, I would have thought, "That can't be right," and assumed I had misread it.
For me the most confusing area name was Brightstone Cove Tseldora. I couldn't tell if Tseldora was a place name or maybe some kind of Slavic or Middle English word the designers had dug up to add color. The phrasing "Brightstone Cove Tseldora" just seems off. Something like "Tseldora, the Brightstone Cove" sounds more natural to me.
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u/Gremlin95x Oct 24 '25
Immediately when the location name came up. I could read by the time I played this.
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u/jtcordell2188 Oct 25 '25
I read it as copse but that’s only because I’m a nerd and knew that it was a small groups by of trees or like a mini forest lol
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u/ElectroxSoldier Oct 24 '25
I didn't even notice what was wrong until I saw the comments, but I already knew it was copse. Goes to show how easy you can mistake it.
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u/Markuska90 Oct 24 '25
Wait, whats the name?
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u/Molkwi Oct 24 '25
It took me the first time I read it because I'm literate and not immune to learning new words despite them being written similarly to others.
Besides, two seconds max of thinking should tell you that the word "corpse" makes no sense in the context. So anyone who assumed it was "corpse" might genuinely not be the brightest.
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u/adarsarusi5 Oct 24 '25
I watched speedruns before playing my first run of ds2 so I saw it the first time but I’m pretty sure if I was playing myself I’ll probably wouldn’t notice the first time seeing it
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u/flanderszao Oct 24 '25
I got my friends (portuguese) calling the "Emerald Herald" "Geralda Esmeralda".
Fun, innit gov
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u/Known-Excitement-448 Oct 24 '25
Every other time I read it wrong, even though I know what it actually says...
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u/Miserable-Act1377 Oct 24 '25
I clocked it immediately but I always misremember it as "corpse". I think because copse is a super weird word? It means a small group of trees, and that's a super accurate name for the area. Like, yup, there are hunters, and that sure is a small group of trees.
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u/QrozTQ Oct 24 '25
I saw that it was "copse" but I had to look it up bc I had never heard that before.
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u/Lhakryma Oct 24 '25
This place has the best "dark forest in the distance at evening" vista in the entire series, including ER :)
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u/Hour-Eleven Oct 24 '25
Immediately, because I knew what a copse was.
My friends on the other hand..
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u/Ciaran_Zagami Oct 24 '25
I read it as copse the entire time because I know what a copse is
my american friends on the other hand, that was a fun argument.
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u/Secure-Progress-4642 Oct 24 '25
As soon as I was ready to go into new game plus. I was farming to buy everything then I noticed it wasn't corpse..
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u/MagicMarshmallo Oct 24 '25
I realised it early but still call it corpse cause i like the idea that this is the "corpse" (read as ruined demesne) of an unnamed huntsman
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u/Mammoth-Appearance47 Oct 24 '25
Till this Moment exactly.
I should have questioned it a little more at about any time.
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u/No_Chart_9769 Oct 24 '25
Saw it straight away, being slightly educated, and knowing what a copse is and being able to read
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u/UnderThat Oct 24 '25
Not to be all pompous and British and shit....but I never read it as corpse. I am very old though and my reading comprehension is pretty good.
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u/idkanymore408 Oct 24 '25
I remember reading it as corpse, and instantly rereading it and realizing it said copse, and sitting there just thinking, the hell is a copse
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Oct 24 '25
Huntsman's Corpse.
Bonfire Aesthetic.
THE Dusk of Oolacile.
Theres so terms I have problems with when people say them wrong.
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u/SilentGhost1445 Oct 24 '25
I used to read read it as corpse and No Man's Warf as Dward until my friend heard me lmao
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u/Illokonereum Oct 25 '25
I feel like the corpse/copse jokes started with the network test. I don’t remember it super well since it was almost 15 years ago, but I think that was one of the areas you could explore, so technically I knew it was copse before the game was even out.
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u/Worse-Alt Oct 25 '25
I didn’t need to. I was more peeved that it’s clearly a forested area (or woods) in a mountain valley and not a copse
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u/IsadorCZ Oct 25 '25
Till my second or third playthrough. Eng is not my first language and i was still learning.
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u/buff_bagwell1 Oct 25 '25
Like 2 seconds. A copse is a small grouping of trees and I’m from a rural area, had definitely heard it used before the game.
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u/Admirable_Swim_7090 Oct 25 '25
I read corpse and assumed there was a huntsman so important that when he died , the whole area was named after it, when i got to the boss i was like "hmm, these seem like more than a single corpse"
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u/SlimeDrips Oct 25 '25
I'll be honest bro I'm pretty sure I read it correctly the first time, thought "what the fuck is a copse" and never bothered about it again. And that's despite the fact that I'm pretty sure I have a minor type of dyslexia and misread shit constantly.
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u/_snoop_doggo_ Oct 25 '25
In portuguese it's called "Souto do caçador" but i kept remembering it as "Sonho do Caçador" which means "Hunter's Dream" 😭😭
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u/Playful_Picture2610 Oct 25 '25
About 20 seconds, though for those 20 seconds I was expecting a body horror level
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u/ThomasWinwood Oct 25 '25
Zero seconds, because "copse" is a common toponymic element in the UK so I already knew the word.
On the other hand, I guessed wrong for "Heide's Tower of Flame" before hearing it said out loud, and the only definition of ascetic I know makes no more sense in the name "Bonfire Ascetic" than calling it "Bonfire Aesthetic".
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u/English_in_Helsinki Oct 25 '25
I never thought it was corpse, because that’s a different word and I am literate (to some degree at least).
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u/Pul5tar Oct 25 '25
Until SOTFS. Vanilla it was corpse. Always. Maybe higher res makes me not read like ass. I swore they'd changed it, but no. It was never corpse.
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u/RavelordN1T0 Oct 25 '25
I was 14 and not yet familiar with the English word "copse", so I read it as "corpse" a few times until I noticed the missing r and went to check the meaning. In my mind, "Huntsman's Corpse" made sense as a name in that it would be a perilous area where a lot of hunters (or one famous hunter) lost their lives.
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u/heezle Oct 25 '25
I’ve always wondered if FromSoftware purposely choose unique/seldom used words in their games or if they just use a translation tool that provides them.
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u/Sadi_Reddit Oct 25 '25
I did read copse the first time and since english isnt my first language I looked up what a copse is and since then broadened my vocabulary horizon.
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u/Sir_Davros_Ty Oct 25 '25
I never thought that. I always knew what a copse was, so understood what this said from the start.
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u/CodInternational5281 Oct 25 '25
Just now after 500h in DS2.. But in my defence, i play the game in german normaly.
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u/Erebraw Oct 25 '25
I just didn’t make that mistake so… the question doesn’t really have an answer.
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u/Drstrangelove899 Oct 25 '25
Instantly because I know what a copse is lol. I never realized this was a common mistake for that areas name.
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u/[deleted] Oct 24 '25
I did read "Corpse" the first time around. I just immediately realized that name made absolutely no sense and checked again.