Difficult in the language of banana

Question

I'm looking for a name.
Totally uncommon, yet strangely familiar.
Starts with ein affirmation, ends with a metal.
Middle is a vulgar intensifier.
Extremely difficult in the language of banana.

What is my name?

Hint:

Banana is a loanword.

nicht... German, is it? ....hey, wait a minute... I might be on to something... — Mr Pie, Aug 20 '18 at 08:21
Okay, I think (ROT13) gur jbeq fgnegf jvgu "wn" orpnhfr gung nssvezngvba cneg ersref gb Trezna, nf "rva" zrnaf "ba" (nppbeqvat gb Tbbtyr Genafyngr). Naq onfvpnyyl, gur fvzcyrfg jbeq gb qrfpevor nssvezngvba vf rdhny gb nssvezngvir: "lrf". Va Trezna, gung vf "wn". $\ast$ However, I don't know the metal part. The vulgar intensifier part might refer to (ROT13) fbzr xvaq bs cuenfr/rkcerffvba vagrafvsvrq ol na npebalz be "grkg gnyx" nf gurl fnl. $\ast$ I am not too sure, though. I have a feeling that.. well.. (ROT13) Gur nafjre zvtug or LBHE anzr... $\ast$ I don't wanna look at the answer below... — Mr Pie, Aug 20 '18 at 08:44
...yeah that would explain the strangely familiar part, but the banana part? I don't know. — Mr Pie, Aug 20 '18 at 08:48
@jafe, is the banana difficulty how you came up with your username, or did you discover it afterwards? — El-Guest, Aug 20 '18 at 14:35
That's one nifty bit of trivia! (And my apologies for not noticing it was your name and not a username @jafe!) — El-Guest, Aug 20 '18 at 14:59

Eutherpy · Accepted Answer · 2018-08-20T13:30:37.937

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The name is

Jafe :D

Starts with ein affirmation, ends with a metal.

Affirmation is "ja" (means "yes" in German), and Fe is a metal (iron)

Middle is a vulgar intensifier

af ("as f***")

Edit: I am intrigued by the last clue, but figuring anything out is difficult since

we don't know for sure where the word "banana" came from - apparently it was originally an Arabic word, then integrated into a west-African language, and was finally introduced to us through Spanish and Portuguese :)

edited Aug 20 '18 at 13:30

answered Aug 20 '18 at 08:02

Eutherpy

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Too easy, huh? :P I wonder if anyone will figure out the monkey business on the last line. – Jafe Aug 20 '18 at 09:15
(ROT13) "Nssr" zrnaf zbaxrl va trezna, znlor gung vf jung gur onanan ynathntr vf ersreevat gb? – kscherrer Aug 20 '18 at 09:23
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Is it (rot13)whfg gurer gb znxr gur vavgvny yrggref fcryy bhg "Vg'f zr"? – Mohirl Aug 20 '18 at 09:34
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@jafe (rot13)V fcrnx n yvggyr ovg bs Trezna so that gave it away :) – Eutherpy Aug 20 '18 at 10:14
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I think you're right about that edit; see my answer below and feel free to add it! Great job solving this, @Eutherpy! – El-Guest Aug 20 '18 at 14:26
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And the initial letters of each line spell "its me", which is a rather huge hint. – Igby Largeman Aug 21 '18 at 07:15

score 16 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 20 '18 at 14:25

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To finalize @Eutherpy's answer, I just wanted to solve the banana business:

It is hypothesized that banana came from the Senagalese/West African language Wolof.

And in that language,

Jafe means difficult!!

answered Aug 20 '18 at 14:25

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score 3 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 20 '18 at 11:21

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I guess that Eutherpy posted just correct answer but I think it has another solution:

Justin

Affirmation:

Just

Metal:

Tin

What about vulgar intensifier?

Unresolved Sexual Tension

answered Aug 20 '18 at 11:21

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Pretty good fit, although not exactly uncommon. What about the last line? – Jafe Aug 20 '18 at 11:22
@jafe I don't know language of banana but I guess that lots of simple English words may be extremely difficult within. -OK I'm just justifying myself too much :) – mpasko256 Aug 20 '18 at 11:26

Difficult in the language of banana

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