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DoubleDongle@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

I just like to imagine there was a real person called Unga Bunga though. It seems statistically likely. Or some guy named, like, Andrew or something, but with absolutely no linguistic ties to any of the modern name’s roots, like it arose independently more than once.

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solidheron@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
Lol like Andrew meant star puncher in ancient language that no tale or legend can recall.

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- betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  It used to mean “land exploder” in the before-times.
  
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AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
If the name “Naomi” can occur independently in Hebrew and Japanese, it’s probably been popping up regularly since the beginning of language.

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- rockerface@lemmy.cafe ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  Naomi is the crab of names
  
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Flax_vert@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
“Long” is interesting. It’s an English surname, but there’s also Chinese people called “Long” as it means “Dragon”

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- DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  FYI: 龙 is not pronounced “long” lmao
  
  you do not pronunce the pinyin as if it were an English word
  
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  - Flax_vert@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    It’s got different tones, I know that
    
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    DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    None of the 4 tones of the pinyin “long” even sound like “long” in English. I mean the “o” does not represent the same sound.
    
    Sorry if I sound like I’m trying to start a debate for no reason, but as a native Mandarin speaker, it kinda triggers my OCD xD
    
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