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.

  • @MothBookkeeper
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    11 year ago

    I came here to post this. Glad to see it’s where it needs to be.