2 points

“I have a very particular set of skills…”

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Ha! My surname means “was once a pauper” in a language that has since morphed into another language in which my surname doesn’t mean anything anymore

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Well we have a bunch of surnames after animals where I live. In fact my own one translates to blackbird.

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14 points

Do you ever get the urge to just start singing in the dead of night?

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Not really but my gf keeps asking me why I am sending blackbirds to spy on her.

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10 points

here in sweden a goodly chunk of surnames are just straight up made up, shit like “nyquist” which even at the time was a hilariously pretentious way to spell “nykvist” and just means “new branch”.

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My surname means doctor, yeah don’t be fooled

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