You remind me that I still haven't read a few of his latest books. *has to find time, damnit*
That is rather unfortunate. Weirdly I was reminded of piilu (ducky) when I saw the name even though there is a word pilu (slit) that is at least not widely used in the meaning you mentioned.
I wonder if our names mean something vulgar in some language in the world. I know a few that do. :(
I still haven't read (or even seen) Unseen Academicals and I've yet to read any of his Tiffany Aching books. I'm not sure why, maybe it's the child protagonist that keeps me from reading them. That, and the annoying Nac Mac Feegles.
Piilu is also a Finnish word, though it's usually used together with kirves (axe). It means hewing axe (piilukirves).
I hope not! :( ...Do I dare to ask what those poor people are called and what their names mean in other languages?
I did read the Tiffany Aching books and Nac Mac Feegles were funny. Even in translation. A child going after the fairy queen with a frying pan is something you don't see often.
Interesting. Estonian piilu has no connection what so ever with an axe. The most common words with it are piilupart/piilpart (a kind of duck, used for Donald duck as well) and kummipiilu (rubber ducky). Maybe my connection with this word came first because I have a friend who uses kummipiilu as an alias. XD
Reet, I guess the Estonian form of Reeta, means arse in Dutch for example. Hm, I can't think of more first names, but there's this article that lists Kokk (English with creative spelling), Kukk (Swedish) and Kulli as unfortunate Estonian surnames and Katarina Witt, Paul Munn and Charlie Putz the other way around. If you know one of them, you basically know them all, just think female for Witt and Putz.
I KNOW RIGHT. The same thing jumped out for me too. After a while you don't even notice though. Kind of like after a while of watching One Piece you stop reading the name Nami as meaning "yum".
I got over it pretty quickly too, but sometimes I slipped and then it was all "pussy in the jungle whut DX".
Now that I think about it, Japanese names do that quite a lot. I mean, there's Kana (chicken, in case curious foreigners are reading this), Sakura (I used to call crayons that), Kamina (a certain kind of a fireplace), Hana (faucet) etc.
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Populäärimusiikkia Vittulajänkältä? :D I've actually seen it. ...And yes, I saw it with a few friends just because the title was so funny. We were all surprised when it was actually quite good.
True fact I just learned: The Pajala Municipality has a part commonly called Vittula(jänkä). Apparently and appropriarely the name comes from the amount of children born there. XD
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That is rather unfortunate. Weirdly I was reminded of piilu (ducky) when I saw the name even though there is a word pilu (slit) that is at least not widely used in the meaning you mentioned.
I wonder if our names mean something vulgar in some language in the world. I know a few that do. :(
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Piilu is also a Finnish word, though it's usually used together with kirves (axe). It means hewing axe (piilukirves).
I hope not! :( ...Do I dare to ask what those poor people are called and what their names mean in other languages?
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Interesting. Estonian piilu has no connection what so ever with an axe. The most common words with it are piilupart/piilpart (a kind of duck, used for Donald duck as well) and kummipiilu (rubber ducky). Maybe my connection with this word came first because I have a friend who uses kummipiilu as an alias. XD
Reet, I guess the Estonian form of Reeta, means arse in Dutch for example. Hm, I can't think of more first names, but there's this article that lists Kokk (English with creative spelling), Kukk (Swedish) and Kulli as unfortunate Estonian surnames and Katarina Witt, Paul Munn and Charlie Putz the other way around. If you know one of them, you basically know them all, just think female for Witt and Putz.
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Now that I think about it, Japanese names do that quite a lot. I mean, there's Kana (chicken, in case curious foreigners are reading this), Sakura (I used to call crayons that), Kamina (a certain kind of a fireplace), Hana (faucet) etc.
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True fact I just learned: The Pajala Municipality has a part commonly called Vittula(jänkä). Apparently and appropriarely the name comes from the amount of children born there. XD
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