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.

  • JokeDeity@lemm.ee
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    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.