Thinking about surnames. There seem an infinite number around the world, but in China there are only five-ish.

Another random thought. The family name Donjon is extremely rare in the United States, but it's very common in France. It's the word for a castle tower or keep. It's where we get our word dungeon. A tower and a basement are very different things, but that's how cognates sometimes work. #Genealogy

@poemblaze IIRC, they're about 25 years from just one in Japan or Korea.

@EnochianEntropy IIRC?

@poemblaze "if I recall correctly."

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Ah, these youngsters don't know the earlier acronyms 😘

@wolfwoman @EnochianEntropy I'm 58. You must be really old. 😏😂