Jakylla@sh.itjust.worksM to Linguistics Humor@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 5 months agoPersonally I prefer NASA's pronunciation, which is "charon".lemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkPersonally I prefer NASA's pronunciation, which is "charon".lemmy.worldJakylla@sh.itjust.worksM to Linguistics Humor@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square5fedilinkfile-text
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/20160782 Explanation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charon_(moon)#Name
minus-squareLvxferre [he/him]@mander.xyzMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months ago This comment just made me wonder if Shirley is a female bastardization of Charles through Charlie… I gave it a check (Wiktionary is surprisingly good for this sort of stuff), and reality is even weirder: “Shirley” is etymologically equivalent to shire + ley. It was initially a habitational surname. Then based on the 1849 quote it was used for some time as a masculine first name. Then as a feminine one.
I gave it a check (Wiktionary is surprisingly good for this sort of stuff), and reality is even weirder:
“Shirley” is etymologically equivalent to shire + ley. It was initially a habitational surname. Then based on the 1849 quote it was used for some time as a masculine first name. Then as a feminine one.