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What's the dumbest nickname you've ever given one of your pets? (self.asklemmy)

submitted 8 months ago by toomanypancakes to c/asklemmy

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I have a lot of runners up, like Amrito for Amy, or Bradinglesmirch for Briar, but I think the dumbest has to be Scott Von Scott of the Scottsdale Scotts Who Did Scott So Scottily in the Battle of Scotteen Twelve.

So I ask you, what's the stupidest thing you've ever called your furry friends?

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 8 months ago (1 children)

We had a lovely cat when I grew up, she was completely black, with short but compact fur, and tuffs on her ears.

For this to make sense, I need to talk about Swedish grammar...

In Swedish grammar we have two genus for words:

"Utrum" words get the suffix "(e)n" in their definitive form.

"Neutrum" words get the suffix "(e)t" in their definite form.

These words also get the en/ett article in front of it when talking about a signular unspecified item.

Example:

Car - bil, a car - en bil, the car - bilen

Table - bord, a table - ett bord, the table - bordet

Now, the Swedish word for cat is an utrum word:

Katt, en katt, katten.

One of the nicknames we used to call our cat was the neutrum defined form: "kattet".

Which if I am looking back at this comment is a funny nickname, with a stupidly complex explanation to non Swedish speakers.

[–] Quazatron 8 points 8 months ago

We forgive you because of ABBA, Roxette and Besta.