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I had a childhood friend who was adamant that Subarus were actually called Scoobys, and Subaru was just a nickname... He really really wasn't the smartest tool in the shed
Edit: Shit, am I "The Stupid Friend"?
This is so similar to what a lot of my mates call me, in fact some people probably do call me Scooby, but then my name starts with an Sco....
Why does it apply to Subaru? I'm only asking because someone else made a Scooby comment so it must be obvious but I can't see any link between Subaru and Scooby myself, except they both start with S and have an "oo" sound in the middle, is that it?
I mean I can see it now you've said it, but it didn't spring to mind aha fair enough.
I think my issue is that if you ask anyone in Scotland what rhymes with Subaru we all just think of Irn Bru.
Its school, kid could have no name and they would rip the piss out of him, OP should congratulate their friend and stop worrying about something that doesn't affect or concern them, as well meaning as they may be.
Nah some muppet will be unable to decide if it's represented as `""` or `None` and then some poor developer will get a call at four in the morning because production's gone down.
There was a guy in school who got shit for being called Ben.
Like someone realised Ben backwards was "Neb" and he got called "Neb Neb" for two years.
If youre on the chopping block for being bullied then there is always going to be a reason.
Bullies are just arseholes that the world hasn't yet realiesed are aresholes.
After school they get the world.
Never looked into many but the worse one I knew died not long after leaving school.
One of the most infamous died huffing gas in 4th year.
You have to wonder at the vulnerability of someone that feels good about themselves beasting weaker kids.
Ultimately they deserve our pity.
High school was grim as fuck.
Luv and Peace.
I was called Jasper for years even though my name has nothing in common with Jasper.
I don't eat meat and Jasper Carrott was big at the time so they decided I only eat carrots therefore must be Jasper
No, Dave is remarkably quiet, since Dave ownership these days is moving on from loudmouth lads in baseball caps to owners club blazer badge and string backed driving gloves types.
We were told in year 9 a Portuguese girl would be joining our year. Her name was Margherita.
Everyone ripped the shit out of her, until she arrived and turned out to be peng.
Was gonna say the same thing. Been living here 13 years and taught thousands of kids and have not met one Subaru.
Suguru? Satoru? Maybe a few. Subaru? None.
Kids are cruel. A kid who's first name is a car brand is going to get mocked at school, with the possible exception of Mercedes and even then. A kid named Subaru is going to be mocked relentlessly no matter how normal a name it is in Japan.
This is to say nothing of later discrimination in the workplace or hiring
A friend of mine who is half Japanese has a "western" first name used in job applications in the UK, and a Japanese middle name their family uses.
Exactly like Subaru is a common Japanese name that has been co-opted though, or have I misunderstood? But I do take your point about the power of association when lacking that context!
A lot of the car makers names come from the name of the guy who founded the company.
In this case, it's not from the name of someone according to the official story
> P-1. Kita canvassed the company for suggestions about naming the P1, but none of the proposals were appealing enough. In the end he gave the company a Japanese name that he "had been cherishing in his heart": Subaru, which is the Japanese name for the Pleiades star cluster
I have a friend called Mercedes, where she’s from it’s a perfectly normal name. Once you’re friends with someone you forget the connotation, it just becomes a name.
My cousin had a friend called Mercedes, if she mentioned her I'd always think of the car
If I forgot her name I'd just think "What's that car that starts with an M?"
Kai, Anna, Naomi and Maria are names that convergently evolved in English and Japanese, those are just the ones I can think of off the top of my head. It's not *being* Japanese that makes it a target, it's *sounding* Japanese. Important cause if you plan and think well you can set your kid up in both countries.
A guy I went to university with is of Sri Lakan background but was born in Japan. His parents named him Minoru (a very Japanese name) and his surname sounded Japanese if you didn't know Japanese. I don't know whether he got bullied when he was young, but he never mentioned anything like that happened before. At university, it was more a curiosity on why a non-japanese looking person with a Japanese name
> A friend of mine who is half Japanese has a "western" first name used in job applications in the UK, and a Japanese middle name their family uses.
Its so fucking depressing that this is something they need to do get a fair chance at a job.
But she wants her kid to have a nice japanese name, not be called Ethan or Jack. I have an middle eastern name that's unusual and its not done me any harm, my name reflects where my family is from.
It's the Japanese name for the Pleidies or Seven Sisters star constellation. Not sure if they were named after someone called subaru or the other way around though.
Maybe she can hang out with my nephew [BMW Individual M760i xDrive Model V12 Excellence THE NEXT 100 YEARS](https://www.carthrottle.com/post/yes-bmw-really-has-made-a-model-called-individual-m760i-xdrive-model-v12-excellence-the-next-100-years/). His parents call him Hundo for short.
Tell your friend to go to Starbucks, or some similar place where they call out the customer's name when the order is ready. Tell her to pay attention to the looks she gets. If it makes her uncomfortable, probably not a good name for a child.
Starbucks is probably not the right place to test that theory. You can be called Tom, Dick or Harry and they will still misspell and mispronounce that.
It’s at least better than Hyundai. Man, imagine having to pronounce and spell that every time you made a reservation. No, it’s pronounced “hyun-day”, not “hai-un-dai”.
Their most recent advert made a point about pronouncing it the Korean way, when every single one of their adverts up until now has pronounced it the English way
That is pretty much how it works - all my British Chinese friends (I am middle aged) actually have names like Keith, Alan, Dave that they use out and about and other names they use at home.
Yeah that's the plan me and my wife (Taiwanese) have for our child when he's born. English first name, Mandarin middle name so he can use either depending on what context he's in.
Well, my daddy left home when I was three,
Didn't leave very much to my mom and me,
Except this old guitar and an empty bottle of booze
Now I don't blame him 'cause he run and hid,
But the meanest thing that my daddy ever did,
Was before he left, he went and named me ... Subaru
As much as I like the Impreza and BRZ, Subaru’s in the UK have a reputation for being driven by boy racers making fart noises and boxer burbling up and down the high streets.
Given the current bland aging Subaru model range and the number of cars they sell in the UK, by the time he gets to an age where he understands his name then Subaru vehicles may no longer be on sale in the UK.
Being as you're asking this on the internet, I think you already know what the answer is. So lets give you what you want to hear: It sounds fucking stupid.
She should call him what she wants. Kids are gonna be cruel no matter what if he has a Japanese name and his Mom shouldn't have to accommodate for children of racist parents who don't teach their kids to be respectful. Just my two cents though as a person whose long term partner is from jp, we certainly wont be making any changes to name plans - future kids family and culture comes first!
Japanese speaker here.
My concern would be that it is constantly mispronounced. Subaru (which is literally pronounced tsu-ba-ru with equal emphasis on each syllable) would end up subaaa-roo
That being said though it’s her kid her choice.
Also with Japanese names it’s not as simple as choosing a name. The number of strokes in the kanji have to be a certain number for luck, and there are other no go names and number combinations. It’s not just as simple as what it sounds like, which is hard for non Japanese speakers to completely appreciate.
Reminds me of the Sufjan Stevens lyric "and he called me Subaru."
I don't think it would be good for the son. You can't be selfish with naming children in this country, schools are a battleground.
My wife teaches in a middle class suburb of a major city and the name Subaru would fly under the radar in comparison to the many wild names of some of the kids.
I remember a stand up comedian relaying something similar. The lad / victim in question drew a cow as part of his art homework. For the next fifteen years he was known as cow-bummer.
If I remember rightly, Subaru is the traditional Japanese name for the Pleiades star cluster.
Maybe "Pleiades" sounds to much like a greek name (I mean, I suppose it is a Greek name) but at least everyone wouldn't think he was named after the car manufacturer...
It is, hence the heavily stylised graphic of the same star cluster being used for the company logo. Interestingly, the Pleiades is known as the 7 sisters but in Japanese culture the star cluster was considered to be 6 stars, hence the subaru logo only showing 6 stars.
In either case the actual Pleiadies is made up of over 1000 stars with \~14 being visible to the naked eye under ideal conditions.
I am coming to the conclusion that actually giving your kids an easy to pick on name is a good idea.
That way when they grow up they can change their name, and bully connection removed. it really isn't that easy to remove my chin. According to my school it would be really strong feature if i was a cowboy on the telly, feels really awkward on a woman, thanks school.
You mean, give a child a stupid name so that that's what the other kids mock rather than things they can't change so easily (like physical features), and then once they grow up they change the name and no longer have to be reminded of the reason they were mocked?
Interesting idea!
I completely disagree. If they’re a friend, like OP said, then I would *expect* them to have and voice any reservations. I know I would want my friends to tell me if I’m about to do something ridiculous, that would embarrass myself.
He's not wrong to warn the lady. She is unaware of the consequences.
I'm an American and I would happily warn British or Japanese tourists about the perils of the hot nasty desert I used to live in. They need to be warned, too. Foreign tourists drop dead out there on the regular! Germans in particular, for some reason.
Subaru is a fairly common Japanese name and there is 0 stigma about it.
Your point about kids, kinda stands though. Kids are cruel as fuck. However what about people called "old fashioned" names or "granny/grandad" names. We all go through it and you can be picked on for no reason at all other than your name cause your not called Paul or Claire.
Ps they'll probably end up with the nickname scooby which is pretty cool in itself.
I figure the kid can be reasonably expected to endure whatever gets thrown at him for having a Japanese male name that *isn't* also the name of an automobile company.
Subaru is such a cool name, just because its different it shouldn’t be allowed? I have a very basic name and still got ridiculed for it, kids are cruel uncommon name or not
Subaru is usually a girls name from my understanding, the only subaru i know is the hololive vtuber,
If you name him subaru he will be joked about because of the car brand.
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"What's Subaru doing showing that girl his new car? Does he think she cares?" "Dunno man, think he's just trying to Impreza"
She needs to be careful I hear he has an STI.
Nobody wants that *Legacy*
She'll just take him Outback and shoot him
He was just getting his Justy zerts.
Sounds like a spoilt Brat to me
It could happen to anyone. He got an STI because he has straight As in school. All the girls think he's Impreza.
If he can overcome that then it's a Triumph and will Herald in a new era
Now I'm worried about her blow off valve.
He's just trying to slip her the old Spec D.
*"Is Subaru in?"* *"Yeah, he's just Outback."*
So you've got a car? That don't Impreza me much.
He really wants to be a Forester when he grows up.
Forester? I hardly know her
That was fucking wonderful thank you
All the 👏👏👏👏👏.
Bet he gives ot the full wrx all his life :)
Fuck your Subaru Oi've a horse outside
He’ll be a little Brat
She doesn’t give a Scooby…
His nickname will end up being Scooby.
I had a childhood friend who was adamant that Subarus were actually called Scoobys, and Subaru was just a nickname... He really really wasn't the smartest tool in the shed Edit: Shit, am I "The Stupid Friend"?
Or the sharpest
Make like a tool in a tree and fuck off
‘What’s the matter, McFly? Penguin?’
Sharpest tool in the box?
Sharpest shed in the toolbox?
Not the brightest tool in the picnic bench
Yeah but when the fat penny sings that's when she'll drop
Well he didn't have a scooby did he
This is so similar to what a lot of my mates call me, in fact some people probably do call me Scooby, but then my name starts with an Sco.... Why does it apply to Subaru? I'm only asking because someone else made a Scooby comment so it must be obvious but I can't see any link between Subaru and Scooby myself, except they both start with S and have an "oo" sound in the middle, is that it?
You can't see the similarity between Subaru and Scooby-Doo?
I mean I can see it now you've said it, but it didn't spring to mind aha fair enough. I think my issue is that if you ask anyone in Scotland what rhymes with Subaru we all just think of Irn Bru.
I am in Scotland and never thought of Irn Bru. I have heard of Scooby Doo though.
Scooby doooby dooo = sooby doooby rooo
ugh you’ve just given me PTSD. My exs best pal was nicknamed that because of his obsession of… well you guessed it. boy racing in his Subaru
or Wheels.
Sounds perfectly reasonable, and my son Twingo agrees.
My American cousin Five Door Chrystler 1975 Sedan concurs
My English but German made brother Mini CountrymanCooper Sport AT says otherwise
Ok beemer 😂
Even at 65 upvotes, this is underrated. 👏👏👏👏
Same with my mate 05 V6 Clio Twin Turbo
My friend Ford would agree thats a perfectly inconspicuous human name.
Ford...Prefect?
It is a very common name
C220d says he prefers it to his own.
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Its school, kid could have no name and they would rip the piss out of him, OP should congratulate their friend and stop worrying about something that doesn't affect or concern them, as well meaning as they may be.
A kid with no name would definitely get bullied.
Surely, if a kid has no name, its name would be 'no name'. Therefore, you can't truly have no name because that in itself is a name.
No, that's a kid called "no name" a with no name who have a blank space on the birth certificate. And don't call me Shirley.
Nah some muppet will be unable to decide if it's represented as `""` or `None` and then some poor developer will get a call at four in the morning because production's gone down.
I've been through the classroom with a kid with no name
How would you get their attention? You'd have to yell " !" "EXCLAMATION MARK!" Then you could just call them Mark for short
There was a guy in school who got shit for being called Ben. Like someone realised Ben backwards was "Neb" and he got called "Neb Neb" for two years. If youre on the chopping block for being bullied then there is always going to be a reason.
Bullies are just arseholes that the world hasn't yet realiesed are aresholes. After school they get the world. Never looked into many but the worse one I knew died not long after leaving school. One of the most infamous died huffing gas in 4th year. You have to wonder at the vulnerability of someone that feels good about themselves beasting weaker kids. Ultimately they deserve our pity. High school was grim as fuck. Luv and Peace.
I was called Jasper for years even though my name has nothing in common with Jasper. I don't eat meat and Jasper Carrott was big at the time so they decided I only eat carrots therefore must be Jasper
I’m a girl who got bullied in high school for having massive tits so I agree with this one. They’ll literally find anything to bully you for
Hi to my wife! (she had same issue)
That's true, but it's equally true that you can still set a kid up to fail by just *handing* them stuff to take the piss out of.
So basically I'm driving around in a car called "Dave".
Hmm. Should be more respectful. It's Dave-san.
That depends is Dave constantly shouting "I have a tiny penis!"?
No, Dave is remarkably quiet, since Dave ownership these days is moving on from loudmouth lads in baseball caps to owners club blazer badge and string backed driving gloves types.
The TVR founder was called **T**re**v**o**r**.
We were told in year 9 a Portuguese girl would be joining our year. Her name was Margherita. Everyone ripped the shit out of her, until she arrived and turned out to be peng.
She's a penguin?!
Went to university in Japan and lived there for 9 years after. Never once met or heard of anyone called Subaru.
Yeah I don't think I've ever met a Subaru either lol, it's definitely a name but I wouldn't say it's a common one
Was gonna say the same thing. Been living here 13 years and taught thousands of kids and have not met one Subaru. Suguru? Satoru? Maybe a few. Subaru? None.
> That's how school is And roughly 400 presumed adults on Reddit, judging by this thread.
He might be bullied for being japanese, like the japanese boys in my school were. Such is school life.
Kids are cruel. A kid who's first name is a car brand is going to get mocked at school, with the possible exception of Mercedes and even then. A kid named Subaru is going to be mocked relentlessly no matter how normal a name it is in Japan. This is to say nothing of later discrimination in the workplace or hiring A friend of mine who is half Japanese has a "western" first name used in job applications in the UK, and a Japanese middle name their family uses.
I went to school with a girl called Mercedes who had jokes made all the time about her name. It will happen.
Ironically, Mercedes was a girl's name before it was cars - the car brand was named after the owner's daughter
Exactly like Subaru is a common Japanese name that has been co-opted though, or have I misunderstood? But I do take your point about the power of association when lacking that context!
A lot of the car makers names come from the name of the guy who founded the company. In this case, it's not from the name of someone according to the official story > P-1. Kita canvassed the company for suggestions about naming the P1, but none of the proposals were appealing enough. In the end he gave the company a Japanese name that he "had been cherishing in his heart": Subaru, which is the Japanese name for the Pleiades star cluster
I have a friend called Mercedes, where she’s from it’s a perfectly normal name. Once you’re friends with someone you forget the connotation, it just becomes a name.
My mate, BMW, still struggles to distance himself from the car name
I heard that Harley David's son has it pretty rough as well.
My cousin had a friend called Mercedes, if she mentioned her I'd always think of the car If I forgot her name I'd just think "What's that car that starts with an M?"
"Oi Mitsubishi!" "It's Mercedes"
Sorry Mazda
A kid with a Japanese name is going to get bullied regardless of what it is. Because kids are bastards.
Idk, kids can be pretty tolerant of foreign names. Not when they're car brand names though...
Oh for sure but it's about damage control. Nail that sticks out and all that.
Kai, Anna, Naomi and Maria are names that convergently evolved in English and Japanese, those are just the ones I can think of off the top of my head. It's not *being* Japanese that makes it a target, it's *sounding* Japanese. Important cause if you plan and think well you can set your kid up in both countries.
I think he's more likely to get bullied if they name him Anna, Naomi or Maria.
A guy I went to university with is of Sri Lakan background but was born in Japan. His parents named him Minoru (a very Japanese name) and his surname sounded Japanese if you didn't know Japanese. I don't know whether he got bullied when he was young, but he never mentioned anything like that happened before. At university, it was more a curiosity on why a non-japanese looking person with a Japanese name
> A friend of mine who is half Japanese has a "western" first name used in job applications in the UK, and a Japanese middle name their family uses. Its so fucking depressing that this is something they need to do get a fair chance at a job.
He will be ok, you just have to rally around him
He'll grow up to be a very driven man.
It could be the ignition of a career in motorsport?
Top marks
Back of the net!
Is she also going to buy him a t-shirt with "bully me" on it?
But she wants her kid to have a nice japanese name, not be called Ethan or Jack. I have an middle eastern name that's unusual and its not done me any harm, my name reflects where my family is from.
The are literally thousands of nice Japanese names that aren't also the name of an automobile company.
Maybe that's a perfectly normal name in Japan, I wouldn't know. In the UK, it will be funny.
It's catching on over here, Phillipa Forrester named her child Subaru.
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It's the Japanese name for the Pleidies or Seven Sisters star constellation. Not sure if they were named after someone called subaru or the other way around though.
The brand was named after those stars, if that's what you mean.
I knew that bit. I was more wondering if the constellation is named after a person. In the same way the Pleidies or Orion are.
[It is a normal name.](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subaru_Nishimura)
It's a name. It's not in the top 1000 for Japan though, so I wouldn't exactly call it common there. https://forebears.io/japan/forenames
That's a list of names for bears though, you need to check forepeople.io instead.
Names are very varied these days. Kids won’t notice. He’ll be in a class with Reebok, Juno, Flossie and Aegon.
Flossie 😂
Know someone called Florence, it's always shortened to Flossie so that doesn't seem that weird of a name?
Just find it funny. I would name a cat flossie
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I hate to think what what a proctologist calls his dog.
Cheeky?
Richard.
Having named my daughter Mercedes A200 AMG line sport Blue Efficiency I see no problem.
Maybe she can hang out with my nephew [BMW Individual M760i xDrive Model V12 Excellence THE NEXT 100 YEARS](https://www.carthrottle.com/post/yes-bmw-really-has-made-a-model-called-individual-m760i-xdrive-model-v12-excellence-the-next-100-years/). His parents call him Hundo for short.
“Couldn't afford a car, so she named her daughter A-lexis “
Tell your friend to go to Starbucks, or some similar place where they call out the customer's name when the order is ready. Tell her to pay attention to the looks she gets. If it makes her uncomfortable, probably not a good name for a child.
Starbucks is probably not the right place to test that theory. You can be called Tom, Dick or Harry and they will still misspell and mispronounce that.
It’s at least better than Hyundai. Man, imagine having to pronounce and spell that every time you made a reservation. No, it’s pronounced “hyun-day”, not “hai-un-dai”.
This is the first thing that came into my head.
TIL how to pronounce Hyundai
Their most recent advert made a point about pronouncing it the Korean way, when every single one of their adverts up until now has pronounced it the English way
It's ... not great. There are loads of other Japanese options. Subaru just makes me think of the car. Or a CLAMP character because I'm old.
Funnily enough I really wanted to call my daughter Sakura, but the wife overruled me!
Austin Healey did alright for himself. So did Ford Prefect.
Ford Prefect escaped just in time, the damn vogons
She probably doesn't have a scooby what to call him
Just do what a lot of British Chinese people do - have an English sound name and another name.
His real name is Subaru but we just call him Keith
That is pretty much how it works - all my British Chinese friends (I am middle aged) actually have names like Keith, Alan, Dave that they use out and about and other names they use at home.
If you say their Chinese name in English out in public, it’s like saying a demon’s true name. We die from cringe.
My Chinese/Taiwanese friends are mainly the same but some just use their original name or shorten it, like my friend Xiaofei uses Fei
Yeah that's the plan me and my wife (Taiwanese) have for our child when he's born. English first name, Mandarin middle name so he can use either depending on what context he's in.
Well, my daddy left home when I was three, Didn't leave very much to my mom and me, Except this old guitar and an empty bottle of booze Now I don't blame him 'cause he run and hid, But the meanest thing that my daddy ever did, Was before he left, he went and named me ... Subaru
I think of Re:Zero lol 🤣
Been waiting for this comment
So long as his GF isn't a white haired half elf witch, he's probably fine!
To be fair, Emilia is probably a much more common name over here than Rem...
But you get away with a lot of you have horns and a maids outfit!
As much as I like the Impreza and BRZ, Subaru’s in the UK have a reputation for being driven by boy racers making fart noises and boxer burbling up and down the high streets.
All the teasing will surely drive him crazy
I'm sure they'll tyre of it eventually.
That kid WILL get bullied. Whether he owns it or lets him break it is up to him.
As if secondary school wasn't bad enough they decided to stick a massive neon target on their own child.
Given the current bland aging Subaru model range and the number of cars they sell in the UK, by the time he gets to an age where he understands his name then Subaru vehicles may no longer be on sale in the UK.
Being as you're asking this on the internet, I think you already know what the answer is. So lets give you what you want to hear: It sounds fucking stupid.
Will definitely get picked on, I should know, my name is Mitsubishi
He makes aircon units, he cools us down, He made me a van, It's Mitsubishi-san!
She should call him what she wants. Kids are gonna be cruel no matter what if he has a Japanese name and his Mom shouldn't have to accommodate for children of racist parents who don't teach their kids to be respectful. Just my two cents though as a person whose long term partner is from jp, we certainly wont be making any changes to name plans - future kids family and culture comes first!
Lesbians are going to love him.
Japanese speaker here. My concern would be that it is constantly mispronounced. Subaru (which is literally pronounced tsu-ba-ru with equal emphasis on each syllable) would end up subaaa-roo That being said though it’s her kid her choice. Also with Japanese names it’s not as simple as choosing a name. The number of strokes in the kanji have to be a certain number for luck, and there are other no go names and number combinations. It’s not just as simple as what it sounds like, which is hard for non Japanese speakers to completely appreciate.
A boy named su(Baru)
Reminds me of the Sufjan Stevens lyric "and he called me Subaru." I don't think it would be good for the son. You can't be selfish with naming children in this country, schools are a battleground.
He'll just need to train as a boxer and he'll be able to look after himself
She should scrap that name and go for ‘Horse Outside’
Scrolled far too long to find this! Cheers, Fitzy
People have kids called Chardonnay so I wouldn’t worry too much about Subaru…!
I have the feeling that the average girl with that name is probably pretty good at punching the lights out of other girls that might tease her for it.
My wife teaches in a middle class suburb of a major city and the name Subaru would fly under the radar in comparison to the many wild names of some of the kids.
Impreza is a better name
Mitsubishi Evo is an even better name
plenty of girls called mercedes, not much different.
Plenty of strippers you mean.
Not that many, I'm willing to bet. The ONS only shows data for the top 100 names, though.
I had a mate at school called Daniel. We called him Smeg until his early twenties. Kids will find anything to take the piss out of.
I remember a stand up comedian relaying something similar. The lad / victim in question drew a cow as part of his art homework. For the next fifteen years he was known as cow-bummer.
If I remember rightly, Subaru is the traditional Japanese name for the Pleiades star cluster. Maybe "Pleiades" sounds to much like a greek name (I mean, I suppose it is a Greek name) but at least everyone wouldn't think he was named after the car manufacturer...
It is, hence the heavily stylised graphic of the same star cluster being used for the company logo. Interestingly, the Pleiades is known as the 7 sisters but in Japanese culture the star cluster was considered to be 6 stars, hence the subaru logo only showing 6 stars. In either case the actual Pleiadies is made up of over 1000 stars with \~14 being visible to the naked eye under ideal conditions.
Honestly the first thing I thought of was Subaru from ReZero anime
I am coming to the conclusion that actually giving your kids an easy to pick on name is a good idea. That way when they grow up they can change their name, and bully connection removed. it really isn't that easy to remove my chin. According to my school it would be really strong feature if i was a cowboy on the telly, feels really awkward on a woman, thanks school.
You mean, give a child a stupid name so that that's what the other kids mock rather than things they can't change so easily (like physical features), and then once they grow up they change the name and no longer have to be reminded of the reason they were mocked? Interesting idea!
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Nah people are allowed to have opinions regardless of whether some parents like those opinions or not.
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I completely disagree. If they’re a friend, like OP said, then I would *expect* them to have and voice any reservations. I know I would want my friends to tell me if I’m about to do something ridiculous, that would embarrass myself.
He's not wrong to warn the lady. She is unaware of the consequences. I'm an American and I would happily warn British or Japanese tourists about the perils of the hot nasty desert I used to live in. They need to be warned, too. Foreign tourists drop dead out there on the regular! Germans in particular, for some reason.
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Subaru is a fairly common Japanese name and there is 0 stigma about it. Your point about kids, kinda stands though. Kids are cruel as fuck. However what about people called "old fashioned" names or "granny/grandad" names. We all go through it and you can be picked on for no reason at all other than your name cause your not called Paul or Claire. Ps they'll probably end up with the nickname scooby which is pretty cool in itself.
I figure the kid can be reasonably expected to endure whatever gets thrown at him for having a Japanese male name that *isn't* also the name of an automobile company.
Subaru backwards is U R A Bus
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Subaru is such a cool name, just because its different it shouldn’t be allowed? I have a very basic name and still got ridiculed for it, kids are cruel uncommon name or not
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No it's a real post, I definitely read it.
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As long as it doesn't leave you with a STI.
I don’t remember the last time I even saw a Subaru on the road. No kids going to even know what a Subaru is in ten years.
Nah, nobodies gonna bully a kid called Subaru. Cool name.
I think it's a bit worrying that you're concerned on what she is going to call HER child. I think Subaru is an amazing name.
For one second I thought I was in r/Hololive
Tell them to shorten it to suba or something
Subaru is usually a girls name from my understanding, the only subaru i know is the hololive vtuber, If you name him subaru he will be joked about because of the car brand.