I wonder why Edit: interesting, this seems to be mainly an English phenomenon, a lot of examples but they are all from other languages. The exception being Biggs, although I’ve never met a Biggs.
I wonder why Edit: interesting, this seems to be mainly an English phenomenon, a lot of examples but they are all from other languages. The exception being Biggs, although I’ve never met a Biggs.
Yeah, I don’t think Groß (big) and Lang (long) are any less common than Klein (small) and Kurz (short)