When you break out random name knowledge unexpectedly and everyone around you is impressed
Summary
[name_u]Story[/name_u] time: I was in [name_m]German[/name_m] class and a student asked if [name_f]Jenny[/name_f] would be pronounced jenny or yenny (Js in [name_m]German[/name_m] usually make the y sound). [name_f]My[/name_f] teacher (and Germans can correct me if sheâs wrong) said she believes itâs âjennyâ. Then there was a short discussion about why [name_f]Julia[/name_f] is âyuliaâ in [name_m]German[/name_m]. I was like, âQuick etymology lesson⊠[name_f]Julia[/name_f] is the Latin form of [name_m]Julius[/name_m] - think [name_m]Caesar[/name_m] - so was used in antiquity and evolved alongside the [name_m]German[/name_m] language. [name_f]Jenny[/name_f] is a short form of [name_f]Jennifer[/name_f], which is a Cornish name that only became popular outside of Cornwall in the 19th and 20th centuries. Since itâs a recently imported name, it retains its J sound.â Everyone was like âwhaaaaaat?!â
so so satisfying!! in my mythology class last semester, i was the only one who knew how to pronounce any irish names so i told everyone, and i also explained that oisĂn means little deer, hence the myth about him being raised by a deer!
less impressive than what happened to you but i felt very smart nonetheless
Agreed.
Some names are so overwhelmingly common in an English context that it overshadows any use the name might have had with its German pronunciation before. It doesnât even have to be from an English speaking country originally. Jason comes to mind, but also Delilah or Abigail. I honestly wouldnât be sure how to say them in German Alice is somewhat 50/50.
I donât think this really fits in this category, but I wanted to share! I saw this post on the forums of my pregnancy app, and it is so true! I find myself browsing the photo reviews for birth announcement discs and personalized puzzles all the time! Itâs so fun!
I was talking with some of my family, and somehow it came up that I thought one of my teachers was a secret âberry or just namenerdâ because she keeps giving random, name-related assignments. Someone goes âthatâs your grandfatherâs middle nameâ, and since no one knew what a namenerd was, everyone gets really confused about why my great-grandmother named him âMartin Namenerdâ (not real name) and told no one. After a bit we managed to clear up that his middle name is [name_u]Barry[/name_u]
[name_f]My[/name_f] [name_f]English[/name_f] Teacher has named all of her glue sticks to encourage students to take care of them. They all have stereotypical old people names and the box they live in is called âthe retirement homeâ.
Their names are
[name_m]Clive[/name_m] (RIP)
[name_m]Hank[/name_m] (RIP)
[name_f]Dorothy[/name_f] (RIP)
[name_m]Brian[/name_m]
[name_m]Bob[/name_m]
[name_f]Brenda[/name_f]
(Thereâs others that I canât remember the names of currently)
[name_m]Clive[/name_m], [name_m]Hank[/name_m] and Dorothyâs replacements will be:
[name_f]Sandra[/name_f]
[name_m]Quinton[/name_m]
& [name_m]Klaus[/name_m] (named for the [name_u]Twilight[/name_u] character)
Alice is somewhat 50/50.
that moment when you run out of daily likes, so you just log out of nameberry for the day