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Help[Opinions] Re: Glina
in reply to a message by Shaymin
Well, it is the Surselvan Romansh word for "moon", however, as far as I can tell, it doesn't seem to be used as a personal given name in any of the Romansh-speaking areas.
I'm always a bit uneasy about using a word from another language as a given name if said word isn't used as a given name by the speakers of the language in question. To me it feels random and... I don't know, "disrespectful" is too strong a word, so I guess I'll say "to me it just doesn't feel right".
But maybe Glina is used as a Romansh given name after all? Is it?
(As far as I know, the pronunciation is akin to the gli- sound in Italian. More like LYEE-nah than GLEE-nah.)
I'm always a bit uneasy about using a word from another language as a given name if said word isn't used as a given name by the speakers of the language in question. To me it feels random and... I don't know, "disrespectful" is too strong a word, so I guess I'll say "to me it just doesn't feel right".
But maybe Glina is used as a Romansh given name after all? Is it?
(As far as I know, the pronunciation is akin to the gli- sound in Italian. More like LYEE-nah than GLEE-nah.)
This message was edited 2/7/2019, 1:30 AM
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My real name is a word from another language (my own culture) and people from other cultures have used the heck out of it, applied fake meanings to it and tried to claim the name as their own. It is really annoying. My bf is Swiss Romansch, we just thought it would be a nice way to keep the language alive.
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Not sure, my bf is Swiss and I like Luna but it got too popular, so we thought Glina.
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Where is your BF from? :) (I am part swiss myself and live in Switzerland.)
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He was born in Olten but I believe his family is from Engadin. I realized this is also the Polish word for clay (I am Polish descent) so now I don't like it so much.
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Oh, I know Olten. So, he has a good dialect ;)
Yep, that's a bit unfortunate..
Yep, that's a bit unfortunate..
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