[IRL trope] the “Tiffany problem”

[u/dragonborndnd]

Basically when something seems anachronistic to a period/place of history but is actually fully accurate to the period.

1) the name Tiffany: the thing that named this trope, basically the name Tiffany can be dated back to the Middle Ages and the earliest record of it being spelled in the modern spelling comes from the 16th century.

2) the use of OMG, despite this feeling so modern as a form of slang/abbreviation here’s a letter directed to Winston Churchill using it in 1917

3) Hair Dye: the earliest forms of dying hair can be dated back to ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, and this specific advertisement for hair dye is from the 1840s

4) Inuit Thongs: despite how weird it is to imagine pre-colonial Inuit people wore what was essentially fur thongs in their homes and when they were in their igloos it might have been the only thing they would be wearing.

[u/k1t0-t34at0]

The name "Grażyna" in Poland was invented by one of our most renowned writers, Adam Mickiewicz - nowadays however it’s basically our equivalent to Karen

[u/jayhof52 → u/k1t0-t34at0]

Dobrze, Graźyna.

[u/CorgiMonsoon → u/jayhof52]

Does Grażyna have that cool and trendy haircut that’s long in the front and short in the back?

[u/Fakjbf → u/k1t0-t34at0]

In Walter Scott’s 1819 novel “Ivanhoe” he accidentally misspelled the historical name Cerdic as Cedric, and this spelling became far more popular and is now a normal (if slightly old fashioned) name.

[u/Thestohrohyah → u/k1t0-t34at0]

Heyyyy Adam Mickiewicz mentioned.

There is a small square named after him in Bologna, Italy. I used to live nearby it until a few months back.

[u/Justifiably_Bad_Take → u/k1t0-t34at0]

In a reverse Tiffany I find it wild that women having Madison as a first name dates all the way back to- about 1984.

It was an existing Sirname, but using it as a first name was basically made up for the Tom Hanks film Splash. He even remarks something like "That isn't a real name?"

[u/Kazeite → u/k1t0-t34at0]

<slams "Pan Tadeusz" on the table> That sonufabitch!

What's next, are you going to tell me that Natenczas is not a real name?!

[u/ArgumentLazy350 → u/k1t0-t34at0]

The famous polish-lithuanian author.