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Or perhaps he had an ancestor who became notorious...
There's a joke about Giuseppe, who built the bridge in the town, but they don't call him Giuseppe the builder. It goes on in that vein until Giuseppe says "but you f*** one goat..."
Fuchs=German for fox http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Fuchs though not pronounced like the naughty English word.
The word you want is the French word for seal: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/phoque Not spelled like the word, but yes it sounds just like the English word you are looking for.
No doubt a great source of amusement for kids taking French in High School or College but especially HS--I can hear the giggles and laughs now and asking the teacher how to pronounce it!
A good word in one language is sometimes a bad word in the other....
Or perhaps he had an ancestor who became notorious...
ReplyDeleteThere's a joke about Giuseppe, who built the bridge in the town, but they don't call him Giuseppe the builder. It goes on in that vein until Giuseppe says "but you f*** one goat..."
I think I've seen a family name spelled "Manlowe".
ReplyDeleteI wonder how much of a change in spelling/pronunciation could have resulted in "Manlove".
One of the early Philadelphia censuses lists a guy whose last name would be spelled Fuchs today. But back then, it had a k, not an h.
ReplyDeleteFuchs=German for fox http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Fuchs though not pronounced like the naughty English word.
ReplyDeleteThe word you want is the French word for seal:
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/phoque Not spelled like the word, but yes it sounds just like the English word you are looking for.
No doubt a great source of amusement for kids taking French in High School or College but especially HS--I can hear the giggles and laughs now and asking the teacher how to pronounce it!
A good word in one language is sometimes a bad word in the other....