ConcreteHalloween [none/use name]@hexbear.net to askchapo@hexbear.netEnglish · 4 days agoSo I recently learned there's was a Chinese emperor named "Cao Pi" which sounds like "Cow Pee", which made me wonder if there are English names that sound funny in other languages.message-squaremessage-square37fedilinkarrow-up145file-text
arrow-up145message-squareSo I recently learned there's was a Chinese emperor named "Cao Pi" which sounds like "Cow Pee", which made me wonder if there are English names that sound funny in other languages.ConcreteHalloween [none/use name]@hexbear.net to askchapo@hexbear.netEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square37fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareInui [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·4 days agoNewer games actually started pronouncing names correctly. Idr where it started but I was amazed when it turns out you don’t pronounce it Cow Cow either.
minus-squareSorosFootSoldier [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·4 days agoYeah I think it was when I heard an Chinese American let’s player pronounce his name correctly as Taso I was like “ohhhhhhhh”
minus-squarebuilt_on_hope [she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 days agoConversely the first time I heard a British friend pronounce it “cow cow” I cried with laughter
Newer games actually started pronouncing names correctly. Idr where it started but I was amazed when it turns out you don’t pronounce it Cow Cow either.
Yeah I think it was when I heard an Chinese American let’s player pronounce his name correctly as Taso I was like “ohhhhhhhh”
Conversely the first time I heard a British friend pronounce it “cow cow” I cried with laughter