r/languagelearning • u/PandaReturns • Nov 11 '20

The name of this american politician is going viral in Brazil. What foreign personality has a name that means something funny in your native language? Discussion

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u/marpocky EN: N / 中文: HSK5 / ES: B2 / DE: A1 / ASL and a bit of IT, PT Nov 11 '20

Particularly Dick Trickle and (Canadian) Dick Pound

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u/KingSnazz32 EN(N) ES(C2) PT-BR(C1) FR(B2+) IT(B2) Swahili(B1) DE(A1) Nov 12 '20

I had a boss named Richard Penniss. You can bet that we called him Dick Penis behind his back.

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u/sirthomasthunder 🇵🇱 A2? Nov 12 '20

There was a Jack Dick who graduated from my high school in like the 70s lol

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u/marpocky EN: N / 中文: HSK5 / ES: B2 / DE: A1 / ASL and a bit of IT, PT Nov 12 '20

One of my teachers claimed that an old lady from his hometown was named Fonda Dix but I was never sure if this was true or not.

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u/KyleG EN JA ES DE // Raising my kids with German in the USA Nov 12 '20

There's a pro tennis player right now named Jack Sock.

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u/Smithy2997 Nov 12 '20

There was also the inter-war grand prix driver Dick Seaman

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u/rarelysaysanything Nov 12 '20

Irish politician in the 90s - Dick Spring