Yeah I don’t think Mo was saying ‘pasta then’ in a playful ‘because you’re Italian’ way - probably meant pasta again for the fat ****er
It's good there is a community vibe going on here and people getting together. Although I have noticed a few people missing...
Random Pasta Fact: A single strand of spaghetti is called a spaghetto, spaghetti is plural. Aren't you all glad I shared that useful information?
And here's a random bread fact (may have shared on here before): I'm French the word baguette, of course refers to the loaf, but can also refer to policeman's truncheon, a magic wand, or even a penis Potentially some French readers might have been confused about what kind of school Hogwarts was when the students started fighting with their wands...
The singular of Messi is Messo. Sounds like a joke, but it's not. Messo is the Italian word for 'messenger'. "Messi" family obviously has multiple people, which is why the surname is plural. Not sure if he would respond if you called him Lionel Messo though.
Messi as the plural form of Messo is similar to Alessi, the plural form of Alessio (meaning helper or protector). I think the reason for making the name plural is similar to the Spanish surname Fernandes/ez, as one example - meaning 'son of' as in adding to the singular form Fernando - a sort of... now there are more than one Fernando they have to be Fernandes.
"Son of" as in the rather obvious form of "son" on the end of Scandinavian surnames (and their Scottish derivatives). A remnant of a traditional patronymic system quite common in the past and which survives today in Icelandic culture, using "son" or "dottir" tacked onto the end of a parent's name as a surname. A variation exists in Welsh too, though not as a suffix. "Ap" translates as "son of", as in Dafydd ap Gwilym - meaning David son of William - in English.
Interestingly, Sweden has a naming law which means that parents have to submit their child's proposed name to the government for approval within 3 months of birth. The reason being that children shouldn't be given names that will "lead to discomfort, or for any other reason is unsuitable as a name".
I think it's Germany that has an approved list of allowed names for same reason as above. You can apply for a name not on the list but it has to go through approval. And Iceland they don't have surnames, they use the "-son" after the Father's name still.... Unless you're a foreigner,.they let foreigners use surnames but it is discouraged.
I find this stuff absolutely fascinating. Naming things, in general, fascinates me but especially people. Not to forget that in my grandparent's day, the matriarch of the family would decide on her grandchildren's names. The child would, for example, be called after the grandfather/mother with maybe another family name and then the third name which was to be the name they were known as. That's how my father and his brother were named. I won't use the real names but christened William George Henry and was known by everybody, all his life, as Henry. It was a very common practice. Granted now some children are called after a parent or grandparent and have a second name which is the name they use but not so widespread as it used to be. We tend to use the second and third names for passing on family names and have the first name as the unique name.
Another funny one is the there have been a number of Italian players with the surname Esposito, which means exposed or placed outside and traditionally a name given to bastard children.
A bit, yes - but the old git in me still has a preference for more traditional names over some of the atrocities perpetrated on the newer generations.
That's really interesting. Just to try and bring the thread back on track I looked up Slot as a surname, it's Middle Dutch for 'locksmith'.
