A lot of Hungarian family names are based on location. They basically translate to things like “Croatian Esther” and “German Andrew”, or with village names. My phone is the same: I’m nomadic and people’s names end up being where I know them from: “Steve Bangkok”, “Nora London”, “Maxine Cape Town”
I put place and a word or two of the context I met them. In my case it’s usually the instrument they play like:
Jane (NOLA music clarinet)
Don’t they mean “Hank Propane”?
No no, this one sells cocaine and cocaine accessories. Trust me you do not wanna mix up cocaine and propane.
That was beautiful. " go pew pew pew pew"
Did you not see the fishing episode?
Please, Hank Cocaine is my father. Call me Hank Dank.
I meet mostly moms. So I save them with their name and their kid’s name and sometimes the location we’ve met (usually a playground nickname) on my phone. Sarah Noah Locomotive, Madlene Jacob Crown, Vitali Pasha Poop.
Poor Pasha Poop, do they even know?
Is that the Hank Cocaine who’s friends with Steve Buttstuff?
Makes me wonder about the connotations behind Emily Dickinson’s family name…
I have a lot of:
<Name> Sparky
<Name> Company (position)
<Name> (kids name) School/Playgroup/Community GroupNote: I work with a lot of electricians.
My family name comes from beer making in Germany. But I hate the taste of beer.
Is that you Mr.Brauwasseraufbereitungsanlage?
Wait, what’s a “Cooper”?
Someone who makes barrels.
“Fassbinder” in German, a quite common last name. So Michael Fassbender means “Michael Cooper.”
Küfer or Böttcher also exists.
Huh now it’s got me wondering if that’s where the word “cooperate” comes from. Maybe it takes more more than one person to make a barrel.
No. “Cooperate” is co-operate. Co means “with” or “together”.
So “work together”
Joe Boring
