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minus-squarehperrin@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up55·7 months agoPeople named Lana: 😒 People named Kcidymkcus: 😏
minus-squareѕєχυαℓ ρσℓутσρє@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up35·7 months agoI know a guy whose actual name is Anal. It means fire in our native language lol. Not a nice name to have when you’re (unfortunately) in the US.
minus-squarehuppakee@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up6·7 months agoA lot of people (including the prime minister lol) are called Dick in the Netherlands.
minus-squareacockworkorange@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 months agoEver heard of Tricky Dick? It’s what the newspapers were calling Richard Nixon after the Watergate scandal.
minus-squareѕєχυαℓ ρσℓутσρє@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up7·edit-27 months agoBangla. But it’s a loan word from Sanskrit (i.e. Tatsama), so it’s the same in many north Indian languages as well. I don’t think it’s used as a name outside of Bengal, though. (It’s pronounced like Awnawl in Bangla, and Awnawlawh in Sanskrit.)
minus-squarehelpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·7 months agoPoor kid, hope he got it changed
minus-squareѕєχυαℓ ρσℓутσρє@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·7 months agoNot a kid. Also, I think he’s fine with it. He grew up in India, so it wasn’t a big deal.
minus-squarehelpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·7 months agoMy bad, I missread your comment. I though he was raised in an English school, and had to deal with the translation growing up.
minus-squareTriflingToad@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·7 months agoanal & suckmydick for those wondering
People named Lana: 😒
People named Kcidymkcus: 😏
I know a guy whose actual name is Anal. It means fire in our native language lol. Not a nice name to have when you’re (unfortunately) in the US.
A lot of people (including the prime minister lol) are called Dick in the Netherlands.
Ever heard of Tricky Dick? It’s what the newspapers were calling Richard Nixon after the Watergate scandal.
What language is that?
Bangla. But it’s a loan word from Sanskrit (i.e. Tatsama), so it’s the same in many north Indian languages as well. I don’t think it’s used as a name outside of Bengal, though. (It’s pronounced like Awnawl in Bangla, and Awnawlawh in Sanskrit.)
Poor kid, hope he got it changed
Not a kid. Also, I think he’s fine with it. He grew up in India, so it wasn’t a big deal.
My bad, I missread your comment.
I though he was raised in an English school, and had to deal with the translation growing up.
anal & suckmydick for those wondering