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nine_ktoday at 7:12 PM3 repliesview on HN

If the goal is something that reads weird for most Europeans, then try picking names from Finnish, Estonian, Hungarian, or Welsh.


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noir_lordtoday at 7:26 PM

My missus is Hungarian, I'm sure it's a lovely language but it just sounds like Klingon to me.

Which makes it hilarious when she's annoyed at the boy.

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decimalenoughtoday at 8:52 PM

Funnily enough, there are quite a few IKEA products with Finnish names. (Most are place names from northern Sweden, where there's a significant Finnish minority.)

throw-the-toweltoday at 9:57 PM

Now I want a HÉTFŐ desk, and a SZÉKESFEHÉRVÁR... something.