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HelpRe: Thoughts on these names?
in reply to a message by Mar
- It'd be horrible to find out after you've named someone that you've named them 'ugly' is a major world language.
The Spanish word for "ugly" is actually feo (which will be fea when in reference to something female), not feia:
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/feo#Spanish (in English)
Somewhat related fun fact: the American sitcom Ugly Betty was based on a Colombian telenovela with the title Yo soy Betty, la fea ("I am Betty, the ugly one").
"It is no measure of health to be well-adjusted to a profoundly sick society." ~ Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895-1986)
The Spanish word for "ugly" is actually feo (which will be fea when in reference to something female), not feia:
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/feo#Spanish (in English)
Somewhat related fun fact: the American sitcom Ugly Betty was based on a Colombian telenovela with the title Yo soy Betty, la fea ("I am Betty, the ugly one").
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I never said the Spanish word was "Feia."
I said "ugly" was pronounced "FAY-ah" and it is. It's a female the name is referring to so...
It's not my first language, but I have lived in Mexico so I speak well enough Spanish that "fea" was my immediate thought when reading "Feia."
I said "ugly" was pronounced "FAY-ah" and it is. It's a female the name is referring to so...
It's not my first language, but I have lived in Mexico so I speak well enough Spanish that "fea" was my immediate thought when reading "Feia."
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Yes, it really is too close for comfort for me. Especially since it isn't at all impossible we might live in Spain in the future. I reckon Spanish people might snicker when they see a girl named this..
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