And his ancestors, for the vast majority of their family history, wouldn't have called themselves "Wu" either Because as a South Chinese family from Guangdong their actual native language was Cantonese, in which 吳 is pronounced "Ng"
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It's compelling when it's done with some thought Like the thought Burgess put into Nadsat, turning Russian words into this dark futuristic slang ("horrorshow" for "khorosho", "lewdies" for "lyudi")
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Hobson-Jobson for Hussein Ya Hussein...
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False etymology happens even with non-loanwords tbh. (cf the number of people who honestly believe that "fuck" is an initialism.) People latch onto compelling stories even if they're false.
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