Taking names (with meanings) from other languages and then calling them "bad scrabble hands" as if you're not just mimicking every Brit who is angry that our languages use their Latin letters in ways they don't like.

English names are all just jobs. Tanner. Weaver. Miller. Chandler.

[–] Sinisterium@hexbear.net 9 points 1 month ago

I only like REAL english names like Æthelstan, Ælfflæd, Hyglac or Laȝamon

[–] UmbraVivi@hexbear.net 9 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I know a Brit whose first name is Classic

[–] Bruja@hexbear.net 8 points 1 month ago

classic

[–] KuroXppi@hexbear.net 8 points 1 month ago

classic

[–] ProfessorOwl_PhD@hexbear.net 8 points 1 month ago

Hey now, English names can also be place names (eg Atwater, Beckham, Howe) or French (Beaumont, Granger, Romilly etc).

[–] GladimirLenin@hexbear.net 6 points 1 month ago

Gooner, also

[–] SuperNovaCouchGuy2@hexbear.net 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

English names are all just jobs.

lmao also https://www.ancestry.com/last-name-meaning/coomer

[–] Muinteoir_Saoirse@hexbear.net 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)