When we had our firstborn, she said, “How about we name him Mark, but with a C?”
I smiled and nodded and then told her I’d take care of everything with the name registration and birth certificate. When my wife looked at the birth certificate a few days later, she was confused.
“Honey”, she said. “Why does this say Cark?”
9 Comments
MetaPhrastes@lemmy.world · 28 pts · 3y
In Italy the name Mirko, imported from Slavic neighbouring countries, is quite diffused but it's not uncommon to ask «Do you spell it with a c or with a k?» because the k letter is not normally used in Italian spelling. To which the answer is often (joking) «Obviously with a k otherwise it would be a circus» due to the fact that Mirko and circo sound very similar in our language.
debeluhar@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 3y
Being a slavic, from slavic neighbouring country, it's really strange seeing you have name Mirko in Italy.
MetaPhrastes@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y
It was very popular in the 80s and 90s, indeed. With the new millennium it became slightly less "trendy" in favour of other "foreign-sounding" names. Trust me, Italians really like loans from foreign languages, even for peoples' given names. This often create a comic contrast with very Italian family names e.g. "Jennifer Fumagalli" or "Thomas Bongiovanni" which sound a little kitsch but it's also adorable.
RVGamer06@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
MetaPhrastes@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
It was worth it. It must remain for the memory of the posterity.
nodimetotie@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 3y
That's fine, it could have been "Mcrk"
androidul@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 3y
or Macr? 🤷♂️
PotjiePig@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 3y
Mack??
vivia@sh.itjust.works · 10 pts · 3y
It happened in a Starbucks. https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-hSdYkgHuRdU/VNuzCLxuMuI/AAAAAAAADWQ/yHeBV1XPfT4/s640/blogger-image-658967424.jpg
TheRealLDRMS@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y
It’s always funnier to actually see it!!🤣🤣