TORONTO -- The story behind the naming of Harry and Meghan鈥檚 rescue dog has romantic origins for the royal couple. For Romanians the meaning is a little more crass.
According to an excerpt published by People magazine, of the new book 鈥�: Harry and Meghan and the Making of a Modern Royal Family,鈥� the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, who got the dog in 2018, named the black Labrador 鈥淧ula鈥� after the national currency of Botswana, where Harry reportedly took Meghan when they were dating. The trip is 鈥�,鈥� according to tabloid sources, who told the Sun in 2017 that the couple decided to marry while at a luxury safari campsite there.
In Setswana, an official language of the country, the word also means 鈥渞ain,鈥� a scarce, sacred resource in the African nation.
But as some Romanian internet users pointed out this week, it means something completely different in their language. Pula, in Romanian, is vulgar slang for the male sex organ.
鈥淪urely someone in their group would have [G]oogled pula to ensure it wasn鈥檛 Romanian for penis?鈥� wrote one Twitter user. 鈥淨uite a shock to see it in print鈥�!!!鈥� wrote another.
Some internet users were already taken aback by the choice to name the dog after money, one Twitter user calling it 鈥渢ruly fitting.鈥�
鈥淎lways raining money with Sussex鈥檚! Near and dear to their heart and lifestyle,鈥� the tweet reads.
The royal couple have faced criticism in the past for attempting to trademark the 鈥�Sussex Royal鈥� name and pursue a financially independent life separate from the family.
