Re:Love them or hate them, this couple reign in Russian lite...
by royal__ on Monday August 26, 2024 @12:19PM
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For instance, 'Longbottom' is translated quite literally, which can feel a bit silly.
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Re:Love them or hate them, this couple reign in Russian lite...
by IncreasePosts on Monday August 26, 2024 @12:40PM
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It'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.
Re:Love them or hate them, this couple reign in Russian lite...
by rendall on Tuesday August 27, 2024 @01:46AM
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Washington, D.C. has the famous Foggy Bottom.
Edit: America has a lot of bottoms, apparently: 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.
Re:Love them or hate them, this couple reign in Russian lite...
by ecocentrik on Tuesday August 27, 2024 @08:30AM
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"Talk about mud flaps
My gal's got 'em."
Re:Love them or hate them, this couple reign in Russian lite...
by TRiG_Ireland on Tuesday August 27, 2024 @10:32AM
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It's silly, but it does feel like a real name. There are many such names in Britain.
Re:Love them or hate them, this couple reign in Russian lite...
by psidebot on Tuesday August 27, 2024 @12:04AM
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As 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.
Re:Love them or hate them, this couple reign in Russian lite...
by d0mine on Tuesday August 27, 2024 @06:01PM
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Does it refer to a large valley? (lots of fertile ground) Perhaps, it is a punny reference to him being a pure blood.
Re:Love them or hate them, this couple reign in Russian lite...
by 0xDEADFED5 on Tuesday August 27, 2024 @12:48AM
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Longbottom is the serious version, before that it was Stretcharse.