• Dzso@lemmy.world
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    19 hours ago

    A lot of Hungarian family names are based on location. They basically translate to things like “Croatian Esther” and “German Andrew”, or with village names. My phone is the same: I’m nomadic and people’s names end up being where I know them from: “Steve Bangkok”, “Nora London”, “Maxine Cape Town”

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      17 hours ago

      I put place and a word or two of the context I met them. In my case it’s usually the instrument they play like:

      Jane (NOLA music clarinet)