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HelpRe: nicknames/names/surnames that no longer work in modern times
in reply to a message by paul_skinsale
Titty
Gay and Gaylord
Lesbia (I'm a lesbian myself, so I'm not trying to insinuate that being gay is wrong, but you know why this name s a bad idea...)
Benito (?)
Oral
Dick, obviously
And I've always felt sorry for Neville Longbottom. Blame, Bullock, Pratt and Idle are pretty bad surnames, too, aren't they? How do you pronounce the surname Fuchs in English, btw?
FYI (?)
In Norway the name Vidkun is a big no-no and no one is called Quisling.
Here in Sweden, a well-born man called Jacob Johan Anckarström shot king Gustav III at an opera masquerade (the king died a few days later) and the Anckarström family got so totally dishonored that they changed their name to Löwenström and donated funds for a hospital as a gift of appeasement. Today there is a Löwenström hospital close to Stockholm, but no Anckarströms! (Jacob Johan was hanged, btw.)
Does the sea exist
Because of our longing?
My PNL
http://www.behindthename.com/pnl/3258/61573
Gay and Gaylord
Lesbia (I'm a lesbian myself, so I'm not trying to insinuate that being gay is wrong, but you know why this name s a bad idea...)
Benito (?)
Oral
Dick, obviously
And I've always felt sorry for Neville Longbottom. Blame, Bullock, Pratt and Idle are pretty bad surnames, too, aren't they? How do you pronounce the surname Fuchs in English, btw?
FYI (?)
In Norway the name Vidkun is a big no-no and no one is called Quisling.
Here in Sweden, a well-born man called Jacob Johan Anckarström shot king Gustav III at an opera masquerade (the king died a few days later) and the Anckarström family got so totally dishonored that they changed their name to Löwenström and donated funds for a hospital as a gift of appeasement. Today there is a Löwenström hospital close to Stockholm, but no Anckarströms! (Jacob Johan was hanged, btw.)
Does the sea exist
Because of our longing?
My PNL
http://www.behindthename.com/pnl/3258/61573
This message was edited 5/4/2015, 11:45 AM
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Fuchs = Fyooks. :-)
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a name nerd would do that, but your average person in an English speaking country would say "Fucks".
There is also a difference between "mispronunciation" "pronunciation of a foreign word that has been assimilated into English".
There is also a difference between "mispronunciation" "pronunciation of a foreign word that has been assimilated into English".
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