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Personally I prefer NASA's pronunciation, which is "charon". (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago by Jakylla to c/linguistics_humor

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/20160782

Explanation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charon_(moon)#Name

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 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.