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Wait, so the guy's name means orgasms? Oh dear oh dear. This must cause problems for Turkish men in Finland. Kind of like the unfortunate Indian family name Dik
by timje1 10y ago
Wait, so the guy's name means orgasms? Oh dear oh dear. This must cause problems for Turkish men in Finland. Kind of like the unfortunate Indian family name Dikshit.
- manuelleduc 10y agoAFAIK it might be more common than you think. I have a female friend who's firstname is Fanny and another one who's lastname is Cocq. They both expect a few laugh when they introduce themselves in english speaking countries.
- ffggvv 10y agoDick is a english name. I don't see the problem.
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- eknkc 10y agoMy last name is koc (turkish..) and it's funny to observe english speaking people trying not to spell it like "cock".
- denzil_correa 10y agoMost English speakers would not know that the sound of 'c' in the Turkish alphabet is closer to the 'j' in 'joy'. The presence of the alphabet 'ç' also adds to more confusion. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkish_alphabet#Sounds https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkish_alphabet#Sounds
- elros 10y agoBut wouldn't Koc be pronounced something like "Kodj"?
- afsina 10y agomore like /koCH/
- stevekemp 10y agoIn Edinburgh there is "Cockburn Street", which is pronounced "Co-burn": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cockburn_Street,_Edinburgh https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cockburn_Street,_Edinburgh (Also the Cockburn Association.)
- dash2 10y agoIrresistibly reminded of http://www.lettersofnote.com/2009/10/we-all-feel-like-that-now-and-then.html http://www.lettersofnote.com/2009/10/we-all-feel-like-that-n... . Apologies.
- mda 10y agoUfuk Uras is also Turkish https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ufuk_Uras https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ufuk_Uras
- DonHopkins 10y agoFlikr originally had a hard core community of a certain demographic in the Netherlands. [1] http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Flikker http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Flikker
- rickette 10y agoThe 'kut' part in 'orkut' means pussy (as in vagina) in Dutch. It was always clear to me from the get go why orkut wouldn't succeed in the Netherlands.