Stop making fun of people’s names

RmDebArc_5@sh.itjust.works · 8 months ago

Stop making fun of people’s names

Nimux2@lemmygrad.ml · 8 months ago

Counterpoint : French aren’t people

ToucheGoodSir@lemy.lol · 8 months ago

I concur Nazi Germany agreed. Kill em all

Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.world · 8 months ago

I believed for a long time as a kid that the toilet was invented by John Crapper.

Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world · 8 months ago

Well, not the WHOLE toilet, but he did invent the Floating Ballcock!

Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works · 8 months ago

Ha! Must have been so disappointed when you learned it was Louis Toilette!

TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com · edit-2 8 months ago

Baseball great Albert Pujols has no doubt of their plural importance.

crazyCat@sh.itjust.works · 8 months ago

It wasn’t? I’ve believed this since I was a kid.

Got_Bent@lemmy.world · 8 months ago

I had a student some thirty years ago whose name was Oh Yu Suk.

It was difficult for me to maintain when I first saw it.

brbposting@sh.itjust.works · 8 months ago

Krafting@lemmy.world · 8 months ago

as French, it took me a while to get it…

Mubelotix@jlai.lu · 8 months ago

I didn’t get it

FlorianSimon@sh.itjust.works · 8 months ago

Balzac = Ballsack

Obi@sopuli.xyz · 8 months ago

Yeah it gets ruined because we actually read the accent aigu and that removes the double meaning completely. I had to think like a non-speaker to get it, it was quick but I had to go back and think about it.

CRUMBGRABBER@lemm.ee · 8 months ago

You did it you crazy summabich! Lemmy was worth it for me today.

Vaquedoso@lemmy.world · 8 months ago

You gotta honor the cock

Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee · edit-2 8 months ago

I think this is best read with the voice of Matt Berry.

After all, that’s his grandfather.

topher@lemm.ee · 8 months ago

GRAND-FAAAAAAAAAATHEEERRRRRRRRRRR!

dutchkimble@lemy.lol · 8 months ago

YE-ES

Nom Nom@lemm.ee · 8 months ago

This reminds me of Yoshie Takeshita

CuttingBoard@sopuli.xyz · 8 months ago

I wonder what horrors Dick Trickle has lived through.

crazyCat@sh.itjust.works · 8 months ago

Dude Balzac is my favorite author, he’s great. I recommend Lost Illusions.

fiend_unpleasant ☑️ @lemmy.world · 8 months ago

get a load of this guy… loves Balzac.

TheDarksteel94@sopuli.xyz · 8 months ago

Hehe, I bet his favourite drink is Le Coq hehehe

rtxn@lemmy.world · 8 months ago

Make fun of the shitty parents instead who named their kid X-A- (ah fuck I don’t know how to type that character, THE POINT IS FUCK MUSK)

brbposting@sh.itjust.works · 8 months ago

Nevada Alexander Musk (May 18, 2002)

Griffin Musk (April 2004)

Vivian Jenna Wilson (April 2004)

Kai Musk (January 2006)

Saxon Musk (January 2006)

Damian Musk (January 2006)

X Æ A-Ⅻ Musk (May 4, 2020)

Exa Dark Sideræl Musk (December 2021)

Techno Mechanicus Musk (September 2023)

Twins (names unknown, born November 2021)

Don’t be jealous of the deep meaning

Sam_Bass@lemmy.ml · 8 months ago

Honestly, scrotum scrutiny is a bit rude in most circumstances

Routhinator@startrek.website · 8 months ago

And circumcisions.

Hugh_Jeggs@lemm.ee · 8 months ago

My favourite was the guy on twitter having a meltdown because people kept asking him why he was in their shed.

Poor old Amin Yashed

Klear@lemmy.world · 8 months ago

Surprisingly relevant Monty Python

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x4740N@lemmy.world · 8 months ago

Anyone know the term for these so I can look them up