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Re:Love them or hate them, this couple reign in Russian lite... by royal__ on Monday August 26, 2024 @12:19PM (#41358744)
For instance, 'Longbottom' is translated quite literally, which can feel a bit silly.
Re:Love them or hate them, this couple reign in Russian lite... by IncreasePosts on Monday August 26, 2024 @12:40PM (#41358983)
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 (#41364852)
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 (#41366815)
"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 (#41367968)
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 (#41364474)
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 (#41373605)
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 (#41364654)
Longbottom is the serious version, before that it was Stretcharse.
Re:Love them or hate them, this couple reign in Russian lite... by Biganon on Tuesday August 27, 2024 @08:12AM (#41366678)
In French he's called "Londubat", which phonetically means "long FROM the bottom", which is arguably even worse than the English name.