• Astrealix@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Fun fact from the same Wikipedia page: he actually picked the name Gay as a translation from Fröhlich, meaning “happy”

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      It’s a fairly common surname in France. Not unusual in my town to see a van with “Gay Brothers Builders” on it. In french obv