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For instance, 'Longbottom' is translated quite literally, which can feel a bit silly.
by royal__ 2y ago
For instance, 'Longbottom' is translated quite literally, which can feel a bit silly.
- IncreasePosts 2y agoIt's silly in English too. Perhaps some British readers might be familiar with the name and its history/origins, but for most English readers, I suspect, it just sounds a bit silly, like he has a very tall butt.
- rendall 2y agoWashington, D.C. has the famous Foggy Bottom. Edit: America has a lot of bottoms, apparently: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_geographical_bottoms https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_geographical_bottoms Nowhere as grand as Aunt Mary's Bottom but South Dakota does have a Big Bottom.
- ecocentrik 2y ago"Talk about mud flaps My gal's got 'em."
- TRiG_Ireland 2y agoIt's silly, but it does feel like a real name. There are many such names in Britain.
- psidebot 2y agoAs someone with an English "bottom" as in bottom-lands surname, I appreciate the deliberate silliness of "Longbottom" while leaning into a very traditional British sounding name.
- d0mine 2y agoDoes it refer to a large valley? (lots of fertile ground) Perhaps, it is a punny reference to him being a pure blood.
- 0xDEADFED5 2y agoLongbottom is the serious version, before that it was Stretcharse.
- Biganon 2y agoIn French he's called "Londubat", which phonetically means "long FROM the bottom", which is arguably even worse than the English name.