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| Ichiro Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 6209 days ago 111 posts - 152 votes  Speaks: English*, Japanese, French Studies: Spanish, Mandarin, Korean, Malay | Message 57 of 140 10 February 2008 at 9:29am | IP Logged | ||
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There's another urban legend - I do so hope it's true - that the Japanese government abandoned the Kunrei romanisation after their warship the 'Titibu Maru' docked at New York, and released hundreds of Japanese sailors into the city with the word 'Titibu' written on the forehead of their naval caps.
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| raeve Diglot Groupie GermanyRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6362 days ago 65 posts - 66 votes Speaks: EnglishB2, German* Studies: Swedish, Serbian, Spanish | Message 58 of 140 11 February 2008 at 6:21am | IP Logged | ||
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I've heard about German people called "Peter Silie", Petersilie means parsley, or the more unfortunate "Axel Schweiss". Pronounced the same, Achselschweiss means underarm perspiration...
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| Gilgamesh Tetraglot Senior Member England Joined 6242 days ago 452 posts - 468 votes 14 sounds Speaks: Dutch, English, German, French Studies: Polish | Message 60 of 140 23 February 2008 at 7:32am | IP Logged | ||
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| Earle Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 6315 days ago 276 posts - 276 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: Norwegian, Spanish | Message 61 of 140 23 February 2008 at 6:48pm | IP Logged | ||
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I once met a gentleman in Munich named Herr Hufnagel (horseshoe nail). He owned a roofing factory, so I guess he could have changed it to "Dachnagel." I have an Icelandic friend who shortened his name, when naturalized as an American citizen. Problem is, he shortened it from "Asplundh," (he was Norwegian on the paternal grandfather side, hence the Norwegian name) very common in the states, as it's one of the largest tree-trimming companies, with orange trucks running around with "Asplundh" on the side. He shortened it to "Asp." A Norwegian friend of mine refers to him as "Mr. Snake." Then, I have an Austrian friend named "Niedersuess." To me, it just sounds like an artificial sweetener, but German friends always snicker on hearing it...
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| leosmith Senior Member United States Joined 6550 days ago 2365 posts - 3804 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Tagalog | Message 62 of 140 23 February 2008 at 9:45pm | IP Logged | ||
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At my new job, I was walking aroung the halls, and noticed an interesting name plate: Miles O. Johnson.
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| showtime17 Trilingual Hexaglot Senior Member Slovakia gainweightjournal.co Joined 6084 days ago 154 posts - 210 votes Speaks: Russian, English*, Czech*, Slovak*, French, Spanish Studies: Ukrainian, Polish, Dutch | Message 63 of 140 15 May 2008 at 4:14pm | IP Logged | ||
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I know a lot of Thai girls have names ending with "porn". And some of them are from Bangkok.
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| rlf1810 Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 6340 days ago 122 posts - 173 votes Speaks: English*, German, Slovak | Message 64 of 140 17 July 2008 at 1:49pm | IP Logged | ||
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There is a Slovak hockey player in the NHL with the name Miroslav Šatan. Of course, on his jersey the Slovak character Š is written as S. Satan.. A quote from the NHL website says 'Satan played in every game in the 2006-07 season and was one of three..' Worth a chuckle.
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