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I wonder if the Italian Giacomo Casanova would be as seductive if he was an Englishman with the corresponding name Jacob Newhouse
by gunfighthacksaw 4y ago
I wonder if the Italian Giacomo Casanova would be as seductive if he was an Englishman with the corresponding name Jacob Newhouse
- elldoubleyew 4y agoYeah doesn't have the same ring to it for some reason.
- zamfi 4y agoTrue. But also doesn’t have any of the cultural legacy that presumably impacts how you hear the name…
- coastflow 4y agoThe imagery of each of the words is significantly different. "Newhouse" inspires the image of what it says on the tin, a new house. Casanova inspires the image of a castle (Casa), and maybe something new ("nova") or even a supernova. It's also likely that most English language people know at least one "Jacob," so the name has baggage with past associations versus "Giacomo."
- Archelaos 4y agoFor the English "Samuel Pepys" seems to have worked. How does that translate into Venitian ("Italian" is an anachronism)?
- kwere 4y agoit would sound like "Samuele Pipino/Pipini"[0], a real surname in italy which is the roughly translation of the surname as it comes from pepin d'heristal or piper from latin (pepper). There isnt probably a drect translation from venetian, but one from italian [0]https://www.cognomix.it/origine-cognome/pipino.php https://www.cognomix.it/origine-cognome/pipino.php