The Picard ManeuverM to Lemmy Shitpost • 10 months agoJennifer Lawrenceimagemessage-square42arrow-up1760arrow-down128
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minus-square@NABDadlinkEnglish7•10 months agoWhat about three first names? Does the third one cancel out the second, or is the effect cumulative?
minus-square@Viking_Hippielink6•edit-210 months ago“Von” isn’t a first name, it’s German for of/from. Same with the Dutch “Van”, the Italian “da”, the French “de” (though that one might mean "the ", I’m not sure) and several other examples from different languages
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•10 months agoThe Thomas family in my town always names their first son Thomas. Thomas Thomas the fifth is the most recent heir to this sobriquet.
Never trust a man with two first names.
What about three first names? Does the third one cancel out the second, or is the effect cumulative?
“Von” isn’t a first name, it’s German for of/from. Same with the Dutch “Van”, the Italian “da”, the French “de” (though that one might mean "the ", I’m not sure) and several other examples from different languages
The Thomas family in my town always names their first son Thomas.
Thomas Thomas the fifth is the most recent heir to this sobriquet.