Were? was??

Sorry I still can't get the rule for that verb...

But that has nothing to do with the price of beans in Boston...

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How about personal names or nicknames from non-English languages that mean something different in English?

I once had neighbors from Brazil who had a 8 year old or some such age son whose nickname sounded like "ah hickey". When I heard that name I knew that kid was in trouble. And he definitely got teased because of that name...I had to explain to the mother why this was. I recall that she changed his nickname, but for the life of me I can't remember what she changed it to, or what Portuguese male name had the nickname "Ah Hicky"...