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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!)

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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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      #8

      @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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        @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.

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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.

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              #12

              @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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                #13

                @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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