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1. royal_+(OP)[view] [source] 2024-08-26 16:19:11
For instance, 'Longbottom' is translated quite literally, which can feel a bit silly.
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2. Increa+R3[view] [source] 2024-08-26 16:40:09
>>royal_+(OP)
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.
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3. psideb+qu1[view] [source] 2024-08-27 04:04:43
>>royal_+(OP)
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.
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4. 0xDEAD+kx1[view] [source] 2024-08-27 04:48:41
>>royal_+(OP)
Longbottom is the serious version, before that it was Stretcharse.
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5. rendal+wA1[view] [source] [discussion] 2024-08-27 05:46:08
>>Increa+R3
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.

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6. Bigano+Y32[view] [source] 2024-08-27 12:12:34
>>royal_+(OP)
In French he's called "Londubat", which phonetically means "long FROM the bottom", which is arguably even worse than the English name.
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7. ecocen+b62[view] [source] [discussion] 2024-08-27 12:30:55
>>rendal+wA1
"Talk about mud flaps My gal's got 'em."
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8. TRiG_I+Mo2[view] [source] [discussion] 2024-08-27 14:32:01
>>Increa+R3
It's silly, but it does feel like a real name. There are many such names in Britain.
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9. d0mine+HR3[view] [source] [discussion] 2024-08-27 22:01:06
>>psideb+qu1
Does it refer to a large valley? (lots of fertile ground) Perhaps, it is a punny reference to him being a pure blood.
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