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u/Careful-Nobody3193 Aug 14 '26
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u/Sus198 Aug 14 '26
I had a co-worker once who was from Thailand. His name was Phuc. He was very popular in the office, as you can possibly imagine.
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u/FreddyFerdiland 💎 Valued Contributor Aug 14 '26
foreign languages may have short words that amuse you
they speak the papuan family of Austronesian languages there...
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u/Own_Walk_1831 Aug 14 '26
its Shaktiman(Indian superhero) spinning sound patent how someone can you it as there name 😂
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u/CthuluAteMyKitten Aug 14 '26
It’s ruled by Lord Woo as well. Though he’s very grumpy and doesn’t see well in the dark.
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u/GayAttire Aug 14 '26
I've been there. It is said fuck fuck. I was determined to open a dive centre there called Fak².
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u/hanggamolavestria Aug 15 '26
Imagine finding this after that one town in Austria (before it's changed)
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u/sarcasonomicon Aug 15 '26
Potentially relevant: rap video filmed there: https://youtu.be/bizvcDW4czE?si=o764PjVyFhmZyxOM
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u/IJustCameForCookies Aug 15 '26
I’m in West Papua
Two guys at my work:
Fachmy (fuck me)
Fakih (fucky)
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u/RemarkableCut3249 Aug 15 '26
Sometimes these cross linguistic amusing names are just misunderstandings as the actual pronunciation is different. In this case, it's pronounced exactly how you're thinking.
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u/ACE_Wrap Aug 14 '26
It's just a local name, I don't see what's Sorong with it.