• fatalicus@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    9 days ago

    I wonder if they are aware that in Europe the Disney character is called Vaiana, because there is a porn star named Moana.

    • VådFisk@feddit.dkEnglish
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      9 days ago

      I got downvoted to hell for stating the same thing on reddit a couple of years ago!

      Also, the choice was not just to avoid association with the porn star. The name Moana was not legally available to Disney in several European countries so they had to find a different name

      • Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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        9 days ago

        i love the idea that disney would for some reason care about a porn star that barely anyone has ever heard about, as if search results for the name wouldn’t instantly be overwhelmed by the disney movie…

        the legal issues have to like 97% of the reason for the name change

    • Shard@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      9 days ago

      Thank you kind sir for the vintage research material.

      Apparently there were legitimate trademark issues also at play. Apparently its an Ice cream brand in Romania and a perfume brand in Spain.

  • Anvil Lavigne@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    8 days ago

    i mean, this is fine. i wanted to name my kid Skeletor Starscream. it’s the hiding it that’s the problem + why would you marry someone who’d appear to hate the thing you’re passionate about?

  • Zozano@lemy.lolEnglish
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    8 days ago

    “If it makes you feel any better, I considered the scenario in which you found the impetus for the name Maua. So a few weeks ago I Googled the name to find what else it means, and apparently it’s also a municipality in Brazil, pretty cool huh? Maybe we can take her there one day!”

  • Th4tGuyII@fedia.io
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    10 days ago

    I mean it’s a beautiful name, who really cares if it’s named after a genus of Cicadas? There are worse sounding “normal” names out there. Plus it’s named after OP’s passion, I think that shows a lot of love

    • VådFisk@feddit.dkEnglish
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      9 days ago

      I had to google that abbreviation and only came up with

      Adventures In The Beetroot Field (booking agency; London, UK)

      I eventually clicked on the reddit link though, after putting on some rubber gloves and taking a few anti-nausea pills. There i found the right explanation

    • Anas@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      10 days ago

      It’s a sister subreddit with more lax application of the rules. They did a few of those, mainly for April fools.

      • tempest@lemmy.caEnglish
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        9 days ago

        How can the rules be more lax? More than half of aita reads like rage bait written by chat for.

        • Anas@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          9 days ago

          There are many topics that aren’t allowed on the main sub (revenge stories, violence, asking for advice, etc.) that would be allowed on aitb.

          I’ve seen way more fake posts on other aita subs (r/AITAH, r/TwoHotTakes, etc.), the moderation on r/aita usually catches most obvious rage bait posts.

    • magnetosphere@fedia.io
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      10 days ago

      He should show her this. The fact that it means “flowers” in Swahili might help. It won’t solve the trust issues, but it’s better than nothing.

      • GBU_28@lemm.eeEnglish
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        10 days ago

        I mean if they aren’t Swahili why would they pick something randomly from that language?

        • magnetosphere@fedia.io
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          10 days ago

          The same reason a lot of people do: because it sounds nice. Plus, maybe flowers were what the cicada was named after. When someone discovers a species, they usually get a decent amount of leeway when naming it.

          • Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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            9 days ago

            honestly it’s not just a decent amount of leeway, it’s basically free game so long as you’re not outright offensive.

            There’s a gene called “sonic hedgehog”, and many other organisms with names that are specifically meant to just be funny and absurd.

  • Krauerking@lemy.lolEnglish
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    10 days ago

    I mean I have said I would want to name my kid Nodo-Chinko. It’s the Japanese word for the Uvula but it more directly translates to “throat penis”…

    So he could have done way worse.

    • protist@mander.xyzEnglish
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      10 days ago

      I’ve always been partial to the name Pubert myself. It’s pronounced “Pube-air.”

    • tiredofsametab@kbin.run
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      9 days ago

      I mean　チンコ (chinko) is still censored on at least TV, so I think it’s a little disingenuous to say it’s the word. The actual word is 口蓋垂 ( こうがいすい - kougaisui) whose kanji mean something like mouth, cover, and zig-zaggy thing (specifically a type of Shinto zig-zag paper design, according to my dictionary).

  • Zagorath@aussie.zoneEnglish
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    10 days ago

    He probably should have been honest and upfront about it, but he also named their kid after something he obviously loves, and I think that’s great. If she loved the name before knowing its origin, she should love it even more for being associated with something that at least one parent thinks is beautiful.

    • Sweetpeaches69@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      10 days ago

      The issue there is that she loved Moana. He thought she would get bullied for that name, so instead named her after a bug. He put his love for insects over his wife’s love, and tried to rationalize it to himself. But his rationalization doesn’t hold under the least bit of scrutiny, because more kids would tease her after being named after an insect than a Disney movie. The saving grace here is that the cicada doesn’t come up in Urban Dictionary (kids love that shit), and it comes up after the Brazilian municipality.

      Overall, I’d say he is the butt head, but it’s not a huge deal.