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I'm sure it happens, but I don't usually hear names with unfortunate meanings discussed in terms of offence or respect, but much more practical concerns: inabil

I'm sure it happens, but I don't usually hear names with unfortunate meanings discussed in terms of offence or respect, but much more practical concerns: inability to get the culture to take the name seriously, inability to register a business, that sort of thing. I'm not going to get strident at a Swedish company trying to launch a product called "slut", but at the same time I'm going to have trouble taking it seriously, and I'm probably not going to recommend it to anyone.

OJFord 6y ago
So if a Swedish company creates a revolutionary pesticide called 'BugSlut', you'll have no qualms recommending it to your green-fingered elderly relatives?
- solstice 6y ago
  Just put an ü or ø in there somewhere. Problem solved. /s
- wyattpeak 6y ago
  I think you may have misinterpreted my comment, I said the opposite of that.
  - OJFord 6y ago
    Ah sorry, I'd meant to reply to the same comment you did, making the same point really.