My pet peeve is the Finnish name “Yrjö”. It comes from the Greek name “Geôrgios”, which means farmer, but nowadays the word “yrjö” means vomit. ‘Unique spellings’ like some “Everleigh” also drive me crazy.
My pet peeve is the Finnish name “Yrjö”. It comes from the Greek name “Geôrgios”, which means farmer, but nowadays the word “yrjö” means vomit. ‘Unique spellings’ like some “Everleigh” also drive me crazy.
When I was a kid we had a family friend (old man) named Gaylord. People would try to say it Gaylrd and he would correct them: “No, it’s Gay Lord.” It was the 90s and it made me uncomfortable as that was a popular school yard slur.