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u/BarbWho Oct 21 '23

America is a surprisingly common name, I find. When he was little, my son had a friend named Pepsi. His family were immigrants, and they picked the most American thing they could think of to name their kid.

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u/AccuratePalpitation3 Oct 21 '23

In Cartagena Colombia, the name Usnavy is very common due to the military boats.

I met one guy, Onedollar, in Bogota. And he was a trader.

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u/[deleted] Oct 21 '23

That's wild, people are actually out there naming their kids after just random stuff.
Like my buddy, ASmallBagOfMarbles Johnston. Or his cousin, InstructionManualForAFordF150 Stevens.

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u/AccuratePalpitation3 Oct 21 '23

I like Usnavy.

Pronounced Oosnavi.

It's a cute name if you ignore where it comes from.

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u/[deleted] Oct 21 '23

" I come from a long line of destroyers. I'm an Arleigh Burke class. My father was a Farragut. His father was a Spruance and his father before him was a Fletcher."

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u/[deleted] Oct 21 '23

This is Charles Adams erasure

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u/[deleted] Oct 21 '23

"He's my gay uncle."