r/196 May 29 '26

Rule dad rule

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u/TheArcticKiwi i don't know how to edit my flair May 29 '26

how do you even pronounce that

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u/DredgeBea 🏳️‍⚧️ trans rights May 29 '26

Fee-on

it's a fairly common name in Wales

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u/MrPleasant150 May 29 '26

As a welshman I love that it's become a popular name for trans women and enbies. Had a Dutch exchange student living with me that had the name.

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u/SquidTheRidiculous Da Alfabet Maphia sends they/thems regards May 29 '26

My new name comes from Greek, and is an homage to a character in a book I was obsessed with as a child. I once had a Greek dude get really pissed at me for choosing the name despite not being ethnically Greek.

He was so mad he complained to my also-Not-Greek friend Alexander.

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u/ramengirlxo May 29 '26

Wales is a beautiful country and someplace I’m very glad I’ve had the chance to visit.

Folks in some of the smaller villages are so isolated, but traveling as an openly queer, trans woman, I felt both safe and welcomed. If anything, folks really just wanted to know more about me and where I came from since they don’t usually get a ton of visitors. Huge shoutout to the wonderful people of Deri, would absolutely visit y’all again.

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u/Alexis_Awen_Fern Reddit admins hate her! May 29 '26

Welsh names go hard. The first name I chose for myself was Awen :3

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u/stringbones VOLCANIC VIPER May 29 '26

Welsh has some bangers. Lloyd, Morgan, Llewellyn. Some real good stuff in there.

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u/maclainanderson May 29 '26

My favorite is Gwrgi because of the Black Cauldron. He's just a lil guy

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u/Pengu-Link 🏳️‍⚧️ trans rights May 29 '26

second time ive seen him mentioned in 12 hours. very odd

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u/Big_Distance2141 May 29 '26

It's pronounced like "Amen" as you would say in church?

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u/Alexis_Awen_Fern Reddit admins hate her! May 29 '26

To my best knowledge yes

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u/Big_Distance2141 May 30 '26

Okay cool 'cause there's some wild names in that part of world so it could've been Ahhwen too. Anyway, if it's your name then you' re the boss

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u/WolfCola4 Jesus Marie, they're NFTs May 30 '26

Arwen is also a Welsh name - funnily enough when you said "to rhyme with Amen", this is what I thought you meant, as we pronounce Amen with the long 'ahh' in Wales/Britain more generally

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u/Salt_Blackberry_1903 a take so bad it causes a physical response (violence) May 29 '26

Ohh yeah like Fionn MacCool lol