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Knowing the more likely etymology, it's a little awkward when I see the billboards for a dentist in my area named Dr. Ficker.
by mbg721 5y ago
Knowing the more likely etymology, it's a little awkward when I see the billboards for a dentist in my area named Dr. Ficker.
- flyingcircus3 5y agoA city I used to live in has a Hilfiker Ln, named for the family that has lived at the end of that street, which is on a hill, for over 150 years. I've always wondered if that was coincidence or not.
- dhosek 5y agoSpeaking of misread signs, there's a Chinese restaurant on San Vicente in Los Angeles named Hunan Taste. More than one person has mistaken that first n for an m.
- colechristensen 5y agofick is German for fuck
- kenneth 5y agoHunan is a province of China known for delicious and incredibly spicy food.
- BrandoElFollito 5y agospicy as in "hot" or as in "full of spices (flavours)"?
- dhosek 5y agoYes, I'm somehow¹ more aware of these things than most Americans. It's mostly a typographical problem. The lettering choice on the sign tends to make it easy to see an n as an m. Other restaurants offering Hunan cuisine don't seem to elicit the same reaction anywhere near as much (or maybe it's just Hunan Taste's location at a well-trafficked intersection). 1. My brain is full of all sorts of random knowledge with no good explanation for how it got there, like names of Chinese provinces or how to conjugate French verbs.
- nickthemagicman 5y agoAnd disappointed when they saw the menu had nary a single human dish.
- treeman79 5y agoIn Southern California there was brand new restaurant with a very expensive neon sign called “Thai Porn” A week later a new equally expensive sign was being installed with the less provocative “Thai Food”