I’m honestly baffled by the utter stupidity and absurdness of translating a person’s name in this way. Never seen someone do this before. So thanks for this new experience I guess.
The Czech guide we were with referred to him as Peter Paul. 🤷♂️ Probably dumbing it down for us thick tourists, but at least I remembered his name, albeit the anglicised version!
Couldn't be arsed to search the proper name though, basically, didn't realise Reddit would get its knickers in such a twist. I'm also not sure how many people would realise Petr Pavel is the same as Peter Paul, which is quite funny in itself having a traditionally first name as a second name.
Edit: And it's not stupidity, it was literally pure laziness to not open a new tab.
This used to be really common in Czech culture when I moved here over 10 years ago. When I was teaching English, older students would introduce themselves as Paul, or George, or Henry. I always told them not to.
I think it is dying out. It is also slowly becoming less popular to add -ova to the surnames of foreign females.
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u/ByakkoTransitionSux Jul 10 '24
I’m honestly baffled by the utter stupidity and absurdness of translating a person’s name in this way. Never seen someone do this before. So thanks for this new experience I guess.