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		aigo on Nov 5, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Show HN: My wife is pregnant; naturally I made a b... My dad said to me "don't give your boy one of those trendy new names, stick to something traditionally English" so I called him Æthelbert.

jacobolus on Nov 5, 2021 | [–]

I hope you spell it Æþelbriht like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Entry_for_827_in_the_Angl...

Tempest1981 on Nov 5, 2021 | [–]

How is that is trending, compared to X Æ A-12 ?

wohfab on Nov 5, 2021 | [–]

They literally say, it is not trending, but traditional.

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