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-squarela_tasalana_intissari_mata [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·edit-24 days agoNickolas and Alex variants sound like “fuck” and “pussy” in Arabic respectively, Caleb sounds like “dog”, Zach sounds like “butthole”
minus-squareMLRL_Commie [comrade/them, he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·4 days agoCaleb was the first I thought of with this too.
minus-squareGrouchyGrouse [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·4 days agoSo you’re saying that if the Romanovs ever come back the Arab comics are gonna have a field day roasting their princely names
minus-squarela_tasalana_intissari_mata [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 days agoKhrechov means “see shit” in arabic
Nickolas and Alex variants sound like “fuck” and “pussy” in Arabic respectively, Caleb sounds like “dog”, Zach sounds like “butthole”
Caleb was the first I thought of with this too.
So you’re saying that if the Romanovs ever come back the Arab comics are gonna have a field day roasting their princely names
Khrechov means “see shit” in arabic