I don't think you get this criticism because you chose an uncommon name. It is mostly because it is such an awful name, which looks very un-English in multiple ways. I don't think you would have gotten many complaints if you had called it a Falaffel.
I don't think you get this criticism because you chose an uncommon name. It is mostly because it is such an awful name, which looks very un-English in multiple ways. I don't think you would have gotten many complaints if you had called it a Falaffel.