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My mother works in insurance and she once had a client named Darkies.
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I had a distant relative that was a reverend named Jacob Ladder Burke. I think that name walks a fine line between terrible and kind of cool.
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Prism_Pink posted:My sister had a friend at school called Will Raype, surprisingly he didn't seem to have that hard a time. To make things better his dad is called Howard which, yep, when said in our accent sounds exactly like hard. If Dad's middle name is kid's first name, then Dad is named a most unfortunate statement. I had a class last semester with a Windy--not Wendy; Windy. Her brother was called Raine and her sister Karma. Apparently Raine's middle name was going to be Beau, but the sisters convinced their parents otherwise.
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Oh, my god, I can't believe I'm still remembering these: When I lived in Tokyo, one of my coworkers was named Sarin. Yes, pronounced like sarin, just like the deadly gas. Yes, the same deadly gas that Aum Shinrikyo members planted throughout the Tokyo subway, back in the nineties. The one that killed more than ten people and blinded almost a thousand. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarin_gas_attack_on_the_Tokyo_subway#Attack
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In the courthouse where I work, I sometimes encounter a Judge Richard Boner. I don't know if he's related to any other Boners - when I was in high school, a historical home down the street bore a plaque declaring it the "Lick Boner House".
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Nov 2, 2012 12:35
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Oh, I know a pair of old brothers. Their names are Pacific and Ocean. (Their sister is named Ethel).
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Nov 2, 2012 15:37
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Shugojin posted:Oh, I know a pair of old brothers. 
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Nov 2, 2012 16:42
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When I went to school with Lee King and Joe King as well as Hugh Cumber.
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jojoinnit posted:Please tell me their surname is Waters Nah. It's Greene.
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Pochoclo posted:Just posted my country's law on the subject, feel free to use it to cut down on retarded names, no need to send me money. This is from pages and pages back, but will a mod please change my name to Dogblaster Millenium Punkrock TIA
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Nov 2, 2012 20:17
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My sister works with a guy who named his son Boo-Tiger.
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I recently worked on a customer's account belonging to a Mr. Vroom.
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Nov 3, 2012 08:39
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Two girls who rode the same school bus that I did were named Precious and Passion. I'm sure I've come across stranger names before, but those were probably the first.
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Nov 4, 2012 01:21
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Actual names I've come across: At my current job I work with (or have worked with in the past) a guy called Stetson Blade <lastname>, two completely unrelated men called Thor (one of whom has the middle name Orion), a Tiffiny, a Lyndsey, three unrelated people with the surname of Butts (one of whom is a friend and takes my incessant mocking about it quite well), a Seven and my best friend, whose surname is Goes. Off the top of my head, my husband also has a friend called Fecundo (which I know is not dirty but it looks like "feces" to me and never won't), and I've met at least three Britny/Brittny/Britni variations. I have cousins called Laurianne and Lesleigh, both born in the late 80s/early 90s. Worst of all, thirteen years ago I had to have a serious, adult conversation with my ex-husband, last name Jackson, about why we could not, in fact, name our impending son Michael or Andrew.  He didn't get off scot-free though, his middle name is Kirk. My own father made the first Star Trek joke when I was in the hospital.
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I work for a company that deals with school pictures for kids in several states. As such, I often get to see all manner of names that people give their kids these days. In the past few years, I have seen twins named America and Princess, an Emandah, Chastity Faith, Sanctuary, a girl named Scout Lightfoot, and my new favorite A'Blessin'. Both apostrophes had been carefully written in, so I assume they're supposed to be there. The season is just getting busy, though, so I'm sure I'll have more before much longer.
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Nov 4, 2012 05:31
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Going through paperwork last week, I discovered documents notarized by LaBoo Shah. A coworker currently has a client named Geronimo <Common Hispanic Last Name>.
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Nov 4, 2012 05:53
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Scout Lightfoot is awesome and I won't hear otherwise.  I also know a guy named Thor, but it's short for Thorsten. If I were named Thorsten, I'd go by "Thor" too. Years ago when I worked for a photo lab I had a regular customer whose surname was Pizza, pronounced "piz-zah." She said it was a bitch ordering from Domino's because they always thought she was loving with them.
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Nov 4, 2012 07:37
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I used to work with a guy named Richard Faglie, I also went to school with a Rebel Davis and my personal favorite Bob Oso. For you goons who aren't too hip on your spanish slang, boboso means idiot.
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Krustic posted:I used to work with a guy named Richard Faglie, I also went to school with a Rebel Davis and my personal favorite Bob Oso. For you goons who aren't too hip on your spanish slang, boboso means idiot. More specifically, a drooling idiot. 
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My aunt used to work at a hotel as a receptionist, booking guests' stays over the phone. One man pronounced his surname to her as 'Uh-EYE-oh'. When she asked for the spelling there was a long pause, then he sheepishly muttered, 'E-I-E-I-O'.
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Nov 6, 2012 01:24
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I was just reading a job description for a research position into the causes of inflammatory bowel disease. The name of the contact person was Professor Grant Butt.
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Nov 6, 2012 23:35
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Today, I voted for a Dick B. Strong. Ok, technically it was Richard, but I mean c'mon.
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My mother told me about a girl who was in nursing school with her named Nancy Nicely. Nurse Nancy Nicely. I went to kindergarten with a little boy named Martavious and high school with a girl named Vilictrious, but I think the worst was when I was in Walmart recently and I heard a mother calling her child Kimberlin, or more likely it was Kymburlynne or something. Also, Bumgardner is a stupid last name. Even spell check says it's bullshit.
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Nov 7, 2012 01:44
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We've got someone who married into our extended family and is now named Robin Steele. I don't think I could live with that name, so more power to her I guess.
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Nov 7, 2012 01:48
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qerina posted:A coworker currently has a client named Geronimo <Common Hispanic Last Name>. My dad had to be talked out of naming my little brother Geronimo. It was apparently in the family somewhere, but my mom pointed out that if we ever moved out of the southwest, no one would know that it was meant to be 'hair-OH-nee-mo' and my brother would hate them forever. Lucky kid. Also, working in a call center I came across someone with the last name Peeples. It's not much, but it makes me smile.
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Nov 7, 2012 02:45
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All ex-coworkers: Robin You (he was in Finance) Marsha Mallow Richard Roberts (Dick Bob)
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I went to high school with a girl that said her parents wanted to give her a name that was a mix of their names, John and Rita. She ended up being Jonarita. I also knew of a guy named Abeer (which everyone laughed when an office assistant asked for "Abeer to front office." Also apparently, his parents owned a liquor store.
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Nov 7, 2012 05:41
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There used to be a substitute teacher at my highschool named Gay Butts. Her husband's name was Harry .
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T-Rexcellent posted:
The guy who recently did the big skydive was named Felix Baumgartner. Bumgardner sounds like a weird Anglicization of it.
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I stumbled on a person while at work with the last name Vagenas. I giggled for a straight minute. I get that's almost certainly pronounced 'vah-Hen-ahs' but still, thats just unfortunate in the English language.
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http://fedorasofokc.tumblr.com/post/34126647692/so-first-things-first-my-name-is-megazonequote:“So, first thing’s first - my name is MegaZone. No, I don’t mean my username, or my handle, or nickname. I mean - my *name* is MegaZone. Yes, that’s on my license and all - just MegaZone, no first/last. If we meet in person I’ll happily let you check my license for yourself.”
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Nov 8, 2012 20:49
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I remember my mother telling me about one of the ladies she taught with at elementary school. Her first name was Sunday and she married a man whose last name was Friday. Sunday Friday.
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My parents allegedly went to school with a guy who later changed his name as an adult to Savvy Flavours Tropical. This might be an urban legend, but I've received independent corroboration from many others, so who knows.
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Nov 8, 2012 22:12
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I used to work with a guy whose last name was "Ramsbottom". I actually asked him "how in the hell did you survive junior high school?".
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Nov 8, 2012 22:26
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State Farm insurance agent Crystal Metz (seen on a great big-rear end road sign)
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I feel bad for C Fartor, holder of an Air Miles account
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Sputnik Neon Television Legitimate first name of an ex classmate. His hippie parents were probably on acid.
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I remembered this one today. My parents' old pastor was named Jean-Valjean. Like the character from Les Mis, except it was hyphenated as his first name. Jean-Valjean Simmons. His family wasn't French, I think his parents just really liked the book. He went by Val, anyway.
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Jeff Butts
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I know someone named Gay Crooks. I've always felt that the name would make for a great sitcom. I went to highschool with a girl who's last name was Kenoff. (Un)fortunately, she did not have a brother named Jack. I also taught sex-ed by a teacher named Ms. Gross
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