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1-800-DOG-LAW posted:I know a very nice woman named "Ryanne" pronounced "Ryan". When you talk about her, folks who don't know her assume you are talking about a man. People also tend to mispronounce her name "Rye-Anne". In high school I dated a male Ryan. He had a younger female cousin also named Ryan. At least she had a different last name.
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I can't understand why families do this, and I'm totally in personal territory on it. My cousin named her son the same thing as mine about 6 months later. I'm told she "always" wanted that name (but told noone), and kept my son's name secret from her husband because he'd not have let her duplicate if he had known in advance.
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Friends of ours just named their baby Militant Augustus. I...really don't know what to say about that one.
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Phy posted:Put it to you this way, how often have you ever heard it told about someone named M@, Ma~, or |r? Way back, but there is an insufferable person in my graduate program named Matt who signs everything "M@"
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Lotish posted:Male or Unisex names becoming female is pretty common (like Shannon or Ashley) but rarely go the other way. I will never stop giggling every time I hear of men (or boys) called Kelly and Dana. In Australia, they are both very much girls' names. Dana isn't so popular at the moment, but Kelly is, and it is very feminine. For content: I'm working for a couple who are not native English speakers, but who are now living in an English-speaking country. They have a young daughter called Tinea (pronounced ti-nay-ah). I'm still contemplating the best way to explain to them that tinea is a gross-looking skin disease.
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I once did a transaction for a lady named Bunny Wolfe.
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We just hired a girl named Storme Crabbe. It sounds like a new species of crustacean.
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Recently,I was introduced to a devout Christian named Joshua Climax.I'm not sure if his last name is spelled that way,but that's how he pronounced it.
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Nov 18, 2013 03:05
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The fact that it's signed is the best part.
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Nov 18, 2013 03:24
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Blast Fantasto posted:The fact that it's signed is the best part. Along with his calm, loving expression.
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Nov 18, 2013 03:34
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He'll gently help you prepare your anus.
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Nov 18, 2013 04:01
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Snowy posted:He'll gently help you prepare your anus.  Class of '69.
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Say Nothing posted:
Where the hell do you find all these? Your posts are easily the best in the thread.
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I keep an eye out for stupid names.
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What sort of name is "oral"? I remember a character in the usual suspects was called that.
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Say Nothing posted:I keep an eye out for stupid names. THIS IS THE TALE OF CAPTAIN JACK SWALLOW
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Jippa posted:What sort of name is "oral"? I remember a character in the usual suspects was called that. There's also the Orel variation, as in the [adult swim] show Moral Orel. But to answer your question, Oral is a loving dumb kind of name.
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Jippa posted:What sort of name is "oral"? I remember a character in the usual suspects was called that. Apparently it's the Swiss form of the name Aurelius.
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My aunty was born Elton Margaret. She hated her name so much she changed it to Margaret Mary as soon as she was old enough. Why would you call a girl Elton? 
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Aristophanes posted:My aunty was born Elton Margaret. She hated her name so much she changed it to Margaret Mary as soon as she was old enough. Why would you call a girl Elton? Near us there's a newswoman named Trent Monahan. Every time I hear her name I picture Kent Mansley from The Iron Giant.
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Just spotted this on an acquaintance's wall.
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Grrl Anachronism posted:Just spotted this on an acquaintance's wall. Are you sure that's not anonymized?
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Choco1980 posted:Are you sure that's not anonymized? I think they mean the Anatnom that is mentioned.
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razorrozar posted:There's also the Orel variation, as in the [adult swim] show Moral Orel. Don't know if it's actually related, but in Hebrew there is the name Orel (pronounced or-el) which means 'light of god' (or=light, el=god), not sure Oral actually comes from that. Speaking of Hebrew, it has a few problematic names, like: Dor (not actually pronounced the same as door, since Hebrew doesn't have long vowels, but still) Gal (same thing and Dor, pronounced like guhl; it's a male name) Or (as I mentioned, light, a unisex name) Nimrod and some others, while having the Doug will cause you to be laughed at in Israel, since it's pronounced the same as the word 'dag' which means fish. By the way, many common English names are considered horribly old fashioned or religious names in their Hebrew variant. Names like Jacob (Ya'akov), Sarah, Elijah (Eliyahu), Susan (Shoshanah), Joshua (Yehoshu'a) and others. Also, there is some Reggae musician from Ghana here in Israel called Issac Newton Pascal.
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A Meat posted:Don't know if it's actually related, but in Hebrew there is the name Orel (pronounced or-el) which means 'light of god' (or=light, el=god), not sure Oral actually comes from that. Something I've been wondering, what is the original Hebrew form of my name, Jesse? Incidentally my brothers are named Joshua and Jacob, and my middle name is John. My parents had a thing for J's. And they're not especially religious, despite picking four Biblical names to give me and my brothers.
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While "schmuck" is an insult in Yiddish, it is also a family name in Germany, and one of them moved to New York City: The Atlantic: Sister Schmuck Takes a Stand.
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Choco1980 posted:Are you sure that's not anonymized? I'm the one who anonymized it.  I'm talking about the child named Anatmon. Or Anatom. I've been trying to puzzle it out for months now and even the mother isn't consistent enough for me to figure out which one it is.
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Grrl Anachronism posted:I'm the one who anonymized it. "Montana" backwards?
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Huntersoninski posted:I once did a transaction for a lady named Bunny Wolfe. Either you spoke to my professor's mom or there multiple Bunny Wolfes in the world. Huh.
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SimianNinja posted:"Montana" backwards? Montana's already pretty backwards.
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razorrozar posted:Something I've been wondering, what is the original Hebrew form of my name, Jesse? Yishai, pronounced Yee-shy. You don't have a John Jacob Jingleheimer thing going on do you? Like the Barney song?
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A Meat posted:Or (as I mentioned, light, a unisex name)  The lady's name is Iei Or.
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At work I came across a name that is remarkable, but not terrible. Jewell Snead has the name of a supervillainess.
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I knew a Harrison Mole in fifth grade. It was about as unfortunate as you might expect.
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Ernö Rapée, or when I first glanced over it: Emo Rape.
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I used to work with a guy named Rod Rodwell.
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I'd like to see a Swiss version of 'One Hundred Years of Solitude' now. Oral, Oral Johnny, Colonel Oral, Oral the Second, the seventeen doomed Orals, it would delight highschool literature students everywhere
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