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My maternal grandfather changed his last name when he turned 18, from the German Uhren to Uhrey. If your last name bothers you, fix it.

Uhren sounds fine to me, now if it was Huren i would understand

It was probably frequently pronounced like "urine"

What's wrong with renting?

Its a slur for prostitutes in German ;-)

And with that in mind, you may want to re-read the post you replied to.

(That's about as close to explaining the joke as I'm willing to go.)

Haha gotcha, but Huren also means renting in Dutch (with no other connotation AFAIK)

But updating all your github commits to your new name is a pain. :(