Nice. Yup, I learned about the Tiffany Problem from Grey as well, but picked up the tidbit about Natalie from being married to one.

There are a bunch of obvious ones for last names. Smith, Tailor, Carpenter, Fletcher, etc from when urban families tended to keep the same profession.

Also, last names that end in “son” like Johnson, Thompson, Ragnarson. It’s just shorthand for “son of John”. Not sure if Ragnarson is a name that has survived to today, but it was the name that made me realize that connection when reading a fiction based on the execution of Ragnar and the subsequent Viking invasion of England by his sons. They were Ragnarsons but he was Ragnar Lodbrok (which just means he was hairy, if he even was a single person and not an amalgramation of a bunch of big Viking names).

It’s kinda funny with anime and manga. They use Japanese names for a bunch of stuff like special martial arts techniques or special moves. Not knowing Japanese, the names sound cool and mysterious.

Learning the actual translations, Treebeard is pretty par for the course.

Like from Naruto, Sasuke uses the Copy Wheel Eye (sharingan), Hinyata uses the White Eye (byakugon), and Naruto’s big move is Spiral Sphere (rasengan). Copy Wheel Eye’s upgraded version is called Kalidoscope Copy Wheel Eye.

They aren’t horrible names, but they feel less cool.

Though it would be funny if Saitama has special moves that are just other languages saying “normal punch” or “serious punch”. “Hip bump with moderate vigor” or something.

Edit: fixed spelling of byakugon

No. he just translated it into treebeard for localization for English speakers. educate yourself.

The man understood what language and names are used for, to say the least.

God forbid a nerd engage in some nerddom in such a non-nerd community as… checks notes rpgmemes

God forbid someone cracks a joke. leave it to some emotionally damaged nerd to get all bent out of shape from…checks notes a meme.

I don’t know what you’re referencing and planes aren’t really my specialty, but personally, I’m fascinated by the whole concept of the Instrument Landing System.

Unfortunately, I don’t think I have the technical understanding to confidently explain how it works, but it’s using the modulation of different radio frequencies and the ways they cancel out to indicate to pilots whether they’re correctly facing and approaching the runway. If the plane isn’t in the right approach path, certain side frequencies will come out stronger and can be used to determine the exact angle you’re off.

It’s friggin’ fascinating.

Anyway, were you referring to a specific part or just seeing if I can also nerd out about some other random topic?

Really? You use the meme that basically says “you’re dumping a lot of irrelevant info in the wrong place” and have the audacity to get pissy when they hit you back with…a different meme?

The gall to call someone “emotionally damaged” when you immediately read an attack from an exchange of memes.

so many names could be translated from the original language they come from.

Larry? that’s City of Laurels

Remember president Helmet Head, he should have used an helmet (Kennedy)

Prepare today

Check out @airplanefactswithmax on the social medias. He’s an airplane mechanic that always starts talking about airplanes, and it always devolves into a way too in depth lesson in lotr. Seems right up your alley!

Stick to your day job, m8. The jokes ain’t landing especially when the whole “joke” is a weak-ass personal attack.

Do better. Or better yet, give up.

might not have made you laugh, but you’ve got to admit, you’re going to be bent out of shape about my joke for at least a couple days.

go outside, touch grass. have a quiet moment and reflect on why a meme chapped your ass so thoroughly.

I actually feel kind of sorry for you that you’re so bent out of shape on something so fucking insignificant.

Also, Shire just means Farm.

And all of the evil characters/places have Arabic or Germanic sounding names.

I love his work, but he was racist. Same thing with Lovecraft, though Lovecraft was more xenophobic because he rarely left the house, and foreigners were scary.

You are an ass. Do better.

Which evil characters? Azog, Radbug, Morgoth, Sauron, Saruman. Not even remotely Germanic or Arab-sounding. Linguists have drawn comparison between Black Speech and ancient Mesopotamian languages, specifically Hurro-Urartian languages, which originated in what is now the Armenian Highlands. Again, not remotely Arabic, which is Semitic language. The only comparisons to Germanic languages I can think of in the Tolkien universe are dwarves and men.

If you’re gonna accuse a dead person of something awful, have your facts straight.