Originally Posted by
Quijibo187
are you implying that a word in one language can't mean something else in another?
No. I am stating, however, that often a well-known foreign word sounds silly when it is expropriated for a different usage. Like in this case. What would "name name name" mean when uttered by a fat person noshing on cake?
Though, on second thought, I might be assuming too much when it comes to Americans being aware of foreign languages, this is true.