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minus-squareѕєχυαℓ ρσℓутσρє@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up31·edit-21 day 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-up3·17 hours agoA lot of people (including the prime minister lol) are called Dick in the Netherlands.
minus-squareacockworkorange@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 hours agoEver heard of Tricky Dick? It’s what the newspapers were calling Richard Nixon after the Watergate scandal.
minus-squareѕєχυαℓ ρσℓутσρє@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-211 hours 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-down1·1 day agoPoor kid, hope he got it changed
minus-squareѕєχυαℓ ρσℓутσρє@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·23 hours 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-up2·17 hours agoMy bad, I missread your comment. I though he was raised in an English school, and had to deal with the translation growing up.
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.