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bringmyfishback posted:This cannot be real. please say it isn't real. Pseudonym posted:How did this thread go all this time without mentioning the hilarious and awesome Marijuana Pepsi Sawyer-Jackson? Best part is, she insists on going by her given name, and from the sound of it she's actually a pretty respectable woman with a good head on her shoulders Also it's not that unheard of of a name, just meaning Mary Jane and all
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Full names, Brian Brain and South Ocean. First names, Ludacriss and Komyethra (both whiter than Blofeld's cat) and Nanowrimo. Yes, as in the month-long writing event. The patron explained that that was how he and his wife met. I smiled and nodded. Luckily little Nanowrimo was a girl and usually went by Annie.
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My brother knew someone called Jenna Taylor. My other brother knew someone called Hugh J. Nurse 
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b0nes posted:Topasuri female Whitewater. What a surprise. Content: we used to have "Ziggy Stardust" as a regular customer. His license confirmed that it was indeed his legal name.
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b0nes posted:Topasuri female Wow. Women usually have to work twice as hard as men to get places in the working world, same with people who are minorities, and probably triple for people with the first name "Marijuana." I would hire her in a heartbeat.
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My father does medical transcription and did a report on a woman named Cinderella, born in the late 1950s.
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Oct 16, 2012 17:32
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Rodesia. I guess at least it sounds pretty-ish?
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Mad Hamish posted:A friend of mine got his card punched by an Acacia and she was a disgusting hambeast. Are you a similarly loathsome blob-shaped individual? I may be loathsome, but I am decidedly not blobby. So you have that. Sorry you had a bad experience with another Acacia, but that is not me! (I am also not a person of color, which most people seem to think upon seeing my name.  )Also, Merlin? Like the wizard? I mean, I have a weird name, but drat.
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Oh man, I used to work for a sign shop that made all the new desk name plates for deutsche bank. So many funny ones to list but Bing Wang will always hold a special place in my heart.
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Ufaq Butt An ethnic name, not an awful, made-up one, but certainly a name I wouldn't want if I was living in the U.S. There are a bunch you can friend on Facebook! http://www.facebook.com/search/results.php?q=Ufaq+Butt&init=public
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Ophelia Dickie. According to legend, she was the daughter of my Primary School French teacher, the utterly humourless 'Madame Dickie'.
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CannedMacabre posted:EDIT: Holy poo poo, I forgot about the stupidest name ever! A few years back I saw a birth notice in the local paper for a girl named Abrakadebra. Please, please tell me that this was indeed pronounced "Abra-ka-deborah" 
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Count Freebasie posted:Ufaq Butt Ufuk is a name in Turkish that means "horizon." The word "Turkmen" can also be last name. Not a good combination in an English-speaking country.
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Ugly In The Morning posted:I work in one, and a slow day search showed me not one, not two, but eight Michael Hunt s. Those poor bastards. Any Hunt couple who names their child "Michael" isn't trying very hard. "Philip Michael" would be going the extra mile.
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Kid in my class in primary school was named Drew Peacock. Yeah. He changed his name to Andrew by deed poll the second he turned 18.
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I live in Hong Kong. As such, I regularly see people named Fairy, Coke and Sound Sound (Such names accompany Chinese counterparts of course, and are chosen by ADULTS for business purposes or matters of etiquette ie. interacting with white barbarians). The worst I've seen was Dick Dick. I am not kidding. It would be hilarious if it wasn't so tragic. Gormless Gormster has a new favorite as of 10:49 on Oct 17, 2012 |
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I haven't personally encountered him, but as far as awful names (but one that rules when it relates to your job), Jets left tackle D'Brickashaw Ferguson is unbeatable.
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My personal favorite is a girl I knew in high school, Daiquiri Ice. First and middle name. She was friendly and popular, nobody ever said anything about her name.
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I've somehow known an Arwen, a Galadriel, AND a Laurelin. Also a Blade, but I think my favorite is Ebony Outlaw. I think all those are awesome, but I suppose that's up for debate. My last name is Moon, and I've told my girlfriend that if we get married and have kids, she's in charge of keeping me from making horrible puns. Harvest and Crescent are kinda cool names, though, I think! Tombolo has a new favorite as of 22:30 on Oct 17, 2012 |
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Tombolo posted:I've somehow known an Arwen, a Galadriel, AND a Laurelin. Also a Blade, but I think my favorite is Ebony Outlaw. I think all those are awesome, but I suppose that's up for debate. Please tell me you're dating a Glampers.
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My surname is Haug. Not a big deal, apparently means 'hill' according to my Norwegian mom, pronounced identically to the Hague. Doesn't stop people from reading it as "hog" constantly, especially on intercoms or on the phone. I find it more amusing than anything, given I'm barely 120 pounds and hardly porcine.
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redmercer posted:Please tell me you're dating a Glampers. Sadly no, but I'll keep an eye out now! There's also a Dr. [firstname] D. Minus in my area, and for some reason that's how he puts his name on the sign. I presume there's somebody with the last name of Toon as well, which is kinda cool except he opened a funeral home. And I can't help but smile a tiny bit whenever I am playing Dynasty Warriors or reading Romance of the Three Kingdoms and I run into Dong Tu Na.
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Tourette Meltdown posted:Rodesia. I guess at least it sounds pretty-ish? Were her parents expats or just normal run of the mill racists?
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Ktzi posted:My surname is Haug[...]pronounced identically to the Hague. No it's not  In fact hog may be closer to the correct pronunciation than Hague is.
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I think they might have a clue how to pronounce their own loving name. Come on now.
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BAKA FLOCKA FLAME posted:I think they might have a clue how to pronounce their own loving name. Come on now. Not necessarily. I know an idiot family with the last name of D'Esposito. I'm sure you know how to pronounce it by looking at it. They pronounce it "Dih-Eh-SPAHS-eh-toh"
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BAKA FLOCKA FLAME posted:I think they might have a clue how to pronounce their own loving name. Come on now. It's also quite possible they know how to pronounce their name but not "the Hague", too. In any case, a bit of looking into things suggests a traditional Norwegian pronunciation of "Haug" is unlikely to be the same as "the Hague". If they go by a "Hauge" pronunciation even if it happens to be nonstandard, that's their prerogative.
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srt posted:Ophelia Dickie. Oh that reminds me. I had a 6th Grade teacher we had who's full name was Virginia Dickie. I think she wanted people to call her Ginny as her first name, but when a few of my friends and I discovered her real name, we as 6th Graders, thought that was the funniest thing.
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Count Freebasie posted:Not necessarily. Depending on where in the Spanish world they come from, that's a legitimate pronunciation.
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Unforgettable colleagues: A. Cockhead (Anne), from the UK, And P. Pornsuksawang, from Thailand. Try talking to these two seriously.
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Khazar-khum posted:Depending on where in the Spanish world they come from, that's a legitimate pronunciation. I'm pretty sure that's an Italian surname. Especially any variant with a D' in front of the Esposito part.
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A guy that went to my high schools name is George Papageorge
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Shoreditch posted:A guy that went to my high schools name is George Papageorge This is a pretty standard Greek name. I'm Greek so it doesn't strike me as odd at all. Just an ordinary name. Being Greek I have known an Aphrodite, a Hermione, several men named Socrates and Aristotle, and Mahi (a girl's name meaning battle). I got lucky. My grandmother found her name to be so repulsive she refused to let my parents name me after her. I was instead named after my grandfather. Her name was Marditsa. Thanks, grandma!
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ibntumart posted:I'm pretty sure that's an Italian surname. Especially any variant with a D' in front of the Esposito part. You would be correct; they are Italian and try to distance themselves from the culture while trying to constantly flaunt their Irish side to the point that they act like card-carrying members of Sinn Fein. Coming from a long line of Sicilians, I guess it annoys me more than most when people distance themselves from Italian heritage for whatever stupid reason. My ex-wife's mom's original maiden name was "Acquilani," but after her parents divorced, her rabidly Irish (she was American but also did the whole Irish pride thing) mother changed the kids' last names to "Acquilan" in order to make it less Italian-sounding. Instead, it just sounds like a Jethro Tull album. Count Freebasie has a new favorite as of 19:27 on Oct 21, 2012 |
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At my job, a lady in another department's first name is Nate. No, not pronounced like the male name ("nayt"), but pronounced "Nuh-tay". Nice enough lady, didn't get mad when I called her department to help and gave the (techinically) wrong name.
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One of my friends from High School was named Diesel. He is now working on a degree in Automotive Engineering, appropriately enough.
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