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  • catvalente@wandering.shopC catvalente@wandering.shop

    If any Danish speakers follow me...

    What would be the Danish equivalent of the name Bob in English?

    Being a standard very common male name w/uncle vibes, pleasing to say but old-fashioned & kind of pedestrian? Lars? Peet?

    Thanks for your help! (Happy to take any other Danish tidbits too!)

    jesper_linnet@hachyderm.ioJ This user is from outside of this forum
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    @Catvalente Maybe this recent article from the official Danish bureau of statistics can help (the left part of the table is Top 20 male first names born in 1946): https://www.dst.dk/da/Statistik/udgivelser/NytHtml?cid=53107

    EDIT: Btw, Peet is not really a typical Danish name.

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    • catvalente@wandering.shopC catvalente@wandering.shop

      If any Danish speakers follow me...

      What would be the Danish equivalent of the name Bob in English?

      Being a standard very common male name w/uncle vibes, pleasing to say but old-fashioned & kind of pedestrian? Lars? Peet?

      Thanks for your help! (Happy to take any other Danish tidbits too!)

      stveje@mstdn.socialS This user is from outside of this forum
      stveje@mstdn.socialS This user is from outside of this forum
      stveje@mstdn.social
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      @Catvalente My first thought was Børge, although maybe that’s a bit too old fashioned. Lars is a common name but I don’t know if it has uncle vibes. Peet is a very unusual name, as in I don’t think I’ve ever heard it. Maybe Jens or Peter.

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      • stveje@mstdn.socialS stveje@mstdn.social

        @Catvalente My first thought was Børge, although maybe that’s a bit too old fashioned. Lars is a common name but I don’t know if it has uncle vibes. Peet is a very unusual name, as in I don’t think I’ve ever heard it. Maybe Jens or Peter.

        stveje@mstdn.socialS This user is from outside of this forum
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        @Catvalente Another suggestion is Knud, which I’d say has very strong uncle vibes. It’s also sort of old fashioned and maybe pedestrian.

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        • catvalente@wandering.shopC catvalente@wandering.shop

          If any Danish speakers follow me...

          What would be the Danish equivalent of the name Bob in English?

          Being a standard very common male name w/uncle vibes, pleasing to say but old-fashioned & kind of pedestrian? Lars? Peet?

          Thanks for your help! (Happy to take any other Danish tidbits too!)

          P This user is from outside of this forum
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          pfm2112@social.vivaldi.net
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          @Catvalente I'd say 'Jens' fits the bill pretty well.

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          • catvalente@wandering.shopC catvalente@wandering.shop

            If any Danish speakers follow me...

            What would be the Danish equivalent of the name Bob in English?

            Being a standard very common male name w/uncle vibes, pleasing to say but old-fashioned & kind of pedestrian? Lars? Peet?

            Thanks for your help! (Happy to take any other Danish tidbits too!)

            madalex@fosstodon.orgM This user is from outside of this forum
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            @Catvalente 👀 @randahl

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            • catvalente@wandering.shopC catvalente@wandering.shop

              If any Danish speakers follow me...

              What would be the Danish equivalent of the name Bob in English?

              Being a standard very common male name w/uncle vibes, pleasing to say but old-fashioned & kind of pedestrian? Lars? Peet?

              Thanks for your help! (Happy to take any other Danish tidbits too!)

              nielstfranck@mastodon.nuN This user is from outside of this forum
              nielstfranck@mastodon.nuN This user is from outside of this forum
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              @Catvalente depends on the age of said uncle (onkel) I might go with Onkel Anders.
              Donald Duck is called Anders And in danish and he is also called Onkel Anders.
              There is also an Onkel Anders in an old Danish family movie which is quite known (Far til fire). So Onkel Ander will have some cross references to other known works.
              But besides that I don’t really think there is a really good comparison to Uncle Bob, except a very common name for that generation.

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              • catvalente@wandering.shopC catvalente@wandering.shop

                If any Danish speakers follow me...

                What would be the Danish equivalent of the name Bob in English?

                Being a standard very common male name w/uncle vibes, pleasing to say but old-fashioned & kind of pedestrian? Lars? Peet?

                Thanks for your help! (Happy to take any other Danish tidbits too!)

                notsoloud@expressional.socialN This user is from outside of this forum
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                @Catvalente
                Ole could work. Works really well, perhaps TOO well when pronounced in English

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                • P pfm2112@social.vivaldi.net

                  @Catvalente I'd say 'Jens' fits the bill pretty well.

                  apodoxus@mastodon.onlineA This user is from outside of this forum
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                  apodoxus@mastodon.online
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                  @pfm2112 @Catvalente I dunno about that. There are some pretty young and good looking "Jens" guys out there.

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                  • stveje@mstdn.socialS stveje@mstdn.social

                    @Catvalente Another suggestion is Knud, which I’d say has very strong uncle vibes. It’s also sort of old fashioned and maybe pedestrian.

                    ciarani@mastodon.greenC This user is from outside of this forum
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                    @stveje 'Knud' is back in fashion! I have met 2 baby Knuds recently. And a Svend.

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                    • catvalente@wandering.shopC catvalente@wandering.shop

                      If any Danish speakers follow me...

                      What would be the Danish equivalent of the name Bob in English?

                      Being a standard very common male name w/uncle vibes, pleasing to say but old-fashioned & kind of pedestrian? Lars? Peet?

                      Thanks for your help! (Happy to take any other Danish tidbits too!)

                      ciarani@mastodon.greenC This user is from outside of this forum
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                      @Catvalente I would get Uncle Bob vibes from Onkel Poul or Onkel Flemming. Or if you want a name that clearly signals 'old and old-fashioned', that you couldn't imagine on a baby these days, Onkel Henning or Onkel Bent.

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                      • ciarani@mastodon.greenC ciarani@mastodon.green

                        @stveje 'Knud' is back in fashion! I have met 2 baby Knuds recently. And a Svend.

                        stveje@mstdn.socialS This user is from outside of this forum
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                        @CiaraNi Sven without a final D? Or was that a typo?

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                        • catvalente@wandering.shopC catvalente@wandering.shop

                          If any Danish speakers follow me...

                          What would be the Danish equivalent of the name Bob in English?

                          Being a standard very common male name w/uncle vibes, pleasing to say but old-fashioned & kind of pedestrian? Lars? Peet?

                          Thanks for your help! (Happy to take any other Danish tidbits too!)

                          trine_dk@helvede.netT This user is from outside of this forum
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                          @Catvalente So many good suggestions here in the replies.

                          I would like to ad Preben to the mix.

                          Only because I somehow can’t keep from giggling inside when I say it. Preben. PrebenPrebenPreben.

                          It has exactly the generation and vibe of Bob in my opinion.
                          I often use that name to signify that type.

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                          • stveje@mstdn.socialS stveje@mstdn.social

                            @CiaraNi Sven without a final D? Or was that a typo?

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                            @stveje Ah, min fejl - nu fikset

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                            • trine_dk@helvede.netT trine_dk@helvede.net

                              @Catvalente So many good suggestions here in the replies.

                              I would like to ad Preben to the mix.

                              Only because I somehow can’t keep from giggling inside when I say it. Preben. PrebenPrebenPreben.

                              It has exactly the generation and vibe of Bob in my opinion.
                              I often use that name to signify that type.

                              ciarani@mastodon.greenC This user is from outside of this forum
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                              @Trine_DK @Catvalente Preben. The perfect suggestion. As soon as I saw this, I thought: yes, of course! Onkel Preben is Uncle Bob. Sounds right and feels right.

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                              • catvalente@wandering.shopC catvalente@wandering.shop

                                If any Danish speakers follow me...

                                What would be the Danish equivalent of the name Bob in English?

                                Being a standard very common male name w/uncle vibes, pleasing to say but old-fashioned & kind of pedestrian? Lars? Peet?

                                Thanks for your help! (Happy to take any other Danish tidbits too!)

                                rhempel@mstdn.caR This user is from outside of this forum
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                                @Catvalente I met quite a few Henning, Per, Knud, and Flemming types that gave off uncle vibes ...

                                Onkel Per sounds very Danish

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