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My pet peeve is the Finnish name "Yrjö". It comes from the Greek name "Geôrgios", which means farmer, but nowadays the word "yrjö" means vomit. 'Unique spellings' like some "Everleigh" also drive me crazy.

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[-] LazaroFilm@lemmy.world 30 points 1 year ago
[-] fubo@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago

It's a perfectly good duck name.

[-] AmosBurton_ThatGuy@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago
[-] BloodyFable@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago
[-] AmosBurton_ThatGuy@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

Ahh right. Clearly I need to get my ducks in a row.

[-] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 year ago
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[-] bingbong@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago

Adolf "Trump" Musk 🤢

[-] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

My great grandfather was born before the name was a no no and was named Adolf. When he came to the US he changed it to Allen.

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