The Off Topic Topic

[Sheilbh]

I don't know the exact stats, but from 20 years of experience in the criminal courts males make up 80-90% of our Accuseds.  There's just something about testosterone that makes people more aggressive and impulsive - which understandably might effect the rate they get into automobile accidents.

I think young men particularly. I believe age is still something which changes insurance rates - which is a challenge in attempting to ban ageism.

[Barrister]

I don't know the exact stats, but from 20 years of experience in the criminal courts males make up 80-90% of our Accuseds.  There's just something about testosterone that makes people more aggressive and impulsive - which understandably might effect the rate they get into automobile accidents.

I think young men particularly. I believe age is still something which changes insurance rates - which is a challenge in attempting to ban ageism.

Which is also reflected in crime.  Again I have zero stats, but it is definitely a thing to see many men "age out" of committing crime by the time they hit their 40s, 50s at most.

[Legbiter]

Current volcanic eruption is dying down but unfortunately the lava ran over the barriers close to the power plant and the Blue Lagoon a bit so we did the old Heimaey eruption water trick while simultaneously raising the barriers.








Can you outgrudge a volcano, yes under certain circumstances. 

[Grey Fox]

Top 10 Hungarian boy name for 2023 Quebec's equivalent (number is how many new born have the name) :

Dominik (Dominique) 0
Oliver (Olivier) 207
Levente 0
Mate (Mathieu) 21 (Mathias) 59
Marcell (Marcel) 14
Bence (Vincent) 39
Milan 218
Noel (Noel) 2
Zalan 1
Daniel 54

 

Is 200+ a lot?

Seems like the Fast and Furious series are far less popular over there.

Seriously though a few years ago I read an article where a journalist did the research and yes, the number of "Dominiks" shot up after a F&F episode Then again it must have reached critical mass some time ago because it is just domi(haha)-nating all other names. One of my cousins has a son named Dominik (is he my great-nephew or what?)

Heck, even the best Hungarian football player (who has been underperforming in the Euros) is a Dominik, at age 23.

Top 30. Top 5 is 500+. #1(Noah) is 613 in 2023.

Dominique is much more a girls name nowadays.

[grumbler]

Current volcanic eruption is dying down but unfortunately the lava ran over the barriers close to the power plant and the Blue Lagoon a bit so we did the old Heimaey eruption water trick while simultaneously raising the barriers.

(snip)

Can you outgrudge a volcano, yes under certain circumstances. 

Thank goodness that worked better against a volcano than similar efforts did against Godzilla.

[Jacob]

Canada Top 20 (2022)

Olivia, Emma, Charlotte, Amelia, Sophia, Chloe, Mia, Ava, Lily, Mila

Alice, Isla, Sofia, Evelyn, Abigail, Sophie, Nora, Charlie, Elle, Zoe

Noah, Liam, William, Leo, Theodore, Oliver, Benjamin, Thomas, Lucas, Jack

James, Jacob, Nathan, Logan, Ethan, Adam, Theo, Jackson, Owen, Henry

Denmark Top 20 (Jan-Jun 2023)

Frida, Olivia, Alma, Ella, Agnes, Emma, Ellie, Luna, Sofia, Karla

Freja, Clara, Ida, Nora, Esther, Lily, Alberte, Ellen, Asta, Anna

Noah, William, Alfred, Carl, Aksel, Emil, Oscar, Malthe, Oliver, Arthur

August, Valdemar, Otto, Lucas, Elliot, Lauge, Theo, Elias, Huga, Magnus

[Sheilbh]

UK top 20s (from 2023). I had a sense on this but I find it mad how many Matts, Robs, Wills, Toms I know about my age - and none of those names are in the top 20 now

1 Olivia, 2 Amelia, 3 Isla, 4 Lily, 5 Ava, 6 Freya, 7 Ivy, 8 Sophia, 9 Grace, 10 Willow, 11 Mia, 12 Isabella, 13 Daisy, 14 Elsie, 15 Evie, 16 Florence, 17 Ella, 18 Emily, 19 Evelyn, 20 Luna

1 Muhammad, 2 Noah, 3 Theo, 4 Leo, 5 Oliver, 6 Arthur, 7 George, 8 Luca, 9 Freddie, 10 Jack, 11 Ethan, 12 Charlie, 13 Henry, 14 Oscar, 15 Jude, 16 Alfie, 17 Archie, 18 Lucas, 19 Liam, 20 Arlo

[HVC]

Why is olivia/oliver so popular across so many cultures? Don't remember it being a thing when I was young.

[Razgovory]

Martinis. 

[Syt]

Freddie, Charlie, Alfie, Archie? What's wrong with Frederick, Charles, Alfred, Archibald?

I kinda like Arlo, though.

[Syt]

Meanwhile in Austria (2022):

Boys 1-20: Maximilian, Felix, Paul, Jakob, Noah, Elias, David, Jonas, Leon, Lukas, Tobias, Leo, Matteo, Alexander, Fabian, Julian, Valentin, Moritz, Simon, Theo

Girls 1-20: Emma, Emilia, Marie, Mia, Anna, Sophia, Laura, Valentina, Lena, Johanna, Lea, Hannah, Leonie, Sophie, Lina, Luisa, Lara, Elena, Ella, Nora

Austrians love girls names starting with L or E, I guess. 

[Valmy]

No Franz, Karl, Joseph, Ferdinand, nor Conrad 

[Syt]

Plenty biblical boys names, though

[Admiral Yi]

Plenty biblical boys names, though

I assume you're thinking more about Old Testament names?

[Syt]

I assume you're thinking more about Old Testament names?

Paul, Jakob, Noah, Elias, David, Jonas, Lukas, Tobias, Matteo (= Matthew/Matthias), Simon - mix of old and new?
Plus some names with Latin origins - Maximilian, Felix, Fabian, Valentin, Leo, Moritz (from Mauritius = St Maurice) - which were usually pope and/or saints (with the exception of Felix, I think?). Not to mention Theo, releated to the Greek word for "God".