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I grew up near a family of hippies so childern were named: Wonderful Rainbow Sunshine Axel Ocean Really? What kind of a name is Sunshine?
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Nov 9, 2012 07:09
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I used to know a girl named Manmeet, but the first syllable was actually pronounced "mon". Nobody gave her poo poo about it or anything, but we had a teacher who, every goddamn day, would call her "man meet" the first time he addressed her that day, then would get it right for the rest of the day when corrected. Every day. He even added a deliberate pause between the syllables. It had to be intentional.
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Nov 9, 2012 07:47
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Evilpiggie posted:I grew up near a family of hippies so childern were named: It's Sunshine you take issue with and not Wonderful? At least Sunshine can go by Sunny, and Rainbow and Ocean at least sound vaguely namelike, but Wonderful is a loving adjective. And poor Axel.
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Nov 9, 2012 12:04
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Axel is the stand-out one for me. It doesn't really fit the theme.
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Nov 9, 2012 12:23
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Carbohydrates posted:I used to know a girl named Manmeet, but the first syllable was actually pronounced "mon". Nobody gave her poo poo about it or anything, but we had a teacher who, every goddamn day, would call her "man meet" the first time he addressed her that day, then would get it right for the rest of the day when corrected. Every day. He even added a deliberate pause between the syllables. It had to be intentional. I used to work with a guy called Manmeet, and he didn't pro-nounce it with a "mon". He copped poo poo like a champion every day 
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Nov 9, 2012 12:29
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FYI Axel (or Aksel) is a fairly common Nordic name. I know a Sanam Hussein. Guess her birthday. Yes, 9/11. No kidding.
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Nov 9, 2012 13:44
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TheKennedys posted: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. Last name Goes reminded me, my highschool best friend had the surname of Gawne, and his dad thought it was hilarious to call and ask after him - "Is Andy Gawne there? Oh, he must have gone there!" Also had a dog named Proton, and said he was going to name their next dog Ricola. Strange and wonderful.
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Nov 9, 2012 13:57
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A colleague of mine has had dealings with a lawyer called Mo Bux, who I think missed a great career as a rapper with that name.
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Nov 9, 2012 20:00
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There is now, apparently, an MSNBC host named Krystal Ball. She does not host "The Stripper's Quorum" discussion panel, so I have no earthly idea what she's doing on TV.
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Nov 9, 2012 22:34
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Evilpiggie posted:Really? What kind of a name is Sunshine? I have a cousin with this unfortunate moniker.
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Nov 10, 2012 00:07
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Just talked to my mother who insists she went to school with a Krystal Kleer and a Wayne Dwopp---of whom classmates like to sing, 'Wayyyne Dwopp, keeps fallin' on his head!'
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Nov 10, 2012 00:19
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Just went shopping, and my cashier's name was Midnight. Before you ask, yes he was black, but not as black as his name would suggest. He was more milk chocolatey.
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Nov 10, 2012 00:20
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A friend of mine worked at an Applebee's and one of the women there (I think she was a supervisor) was named Felony.
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Nov 10, 2012 02:52
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I had a friend whose name was Martini. She had some pretty funny stories about it. But she was from Indonesia so it actually is a totally traditional name. And even if it wasn't, I like her name a lot more than the nicknames, surnames, porn names, and "unique" names that people curse their children with these days.
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Nov 10, 2012 04:03
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My friend claims he has a cousin named O'Flynn Flynn. Sounds about right.
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Nov 10, 2012 05:39
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Working at a school photos print studio, it is one of the great joys in my life to notice people naming their kids things like Osiris, Garland, Wraivyn, Alyxzaundrea, Espn, Truleigh, Infiniti, Kanvas, Success, Lawless, Katana, October, Star'Shine, and Modesty. I can't wait for some of them to grow up. There are also variations on a theme wherein people spell the same name up to seven different ways, but I'm not sure that's quite terrible enough, unless you have to learn all of them.
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Nov 10, 2012 06:09
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Twins I went to school with were "Thunder" and "Lightning" and their sister who was my age was "Sunny Day". Thunder or Lightning died in a dirtbike accident I think.
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Nov 10, 2012 07:29
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I went to school with Perry Mason.
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Nov 10, 2012 09:16
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Manfrompoot posted:A friend of mine worked at an Applebee's and one of the women there (I think she was a supervisor) was named Felony.
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Nov 10, 2012 10:09
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Bertrand Hustle posted:It's Sunshine you take issue with and not Wonderful? At least Sunshine can go by Sunny, and Rainbow and Ocean at least sound vaguely namelike, but Wonderful is a loving adjective. I really like "Sunshine", but I think it's because years ago I saw a strange film that I liked called "Space Station Milton Keynes" which featured a young girl called Sunshine.
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Nov 10, 2012 11:54
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A chick I used to know named her son Phoenix. Her last name is King. A few other ridiculous-sounding boys names I've encountered lately are Henly and Corbin.
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Nov 11, 2012 06:40
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I got an email at work from a Harry R. Sachse a couple of weeks ago. The question was legitimate, no idea if the name was real.
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Nov 11, 2012 06:43
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Nothing terrible, just some names that make me chuckle: I went to elementary school with a girl named Kandi Cane. Even at that young of an age, we all knew she was going to be a stripper. Went to high school with a kid named Xavier Champagne. He was not one to gently caress with, so I don't think he got made fun of often. My dentist is amazing and has a great sense of humor. His last name is Martin, so his techs always call him Doc Martin. He doesn't seem to mind. A woman gave me her business card today to inquire about a job, and her name was Krystal Glass. A myriad of random customer names but mainly Kelly Kelly and Prince Kingston, which must be common because I think I saw it a few pages ago.
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Nov 11, 2012 06:47
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We were once in the "hurry up and wait" phase of a band Christmas concert in boarding school and were browsing an old phone book that was left out in the back of the Blaisdell Concert Hall, just kinda randomly flipping through and seeing weird names. We found a Ditch Witch of Kalihi, and I was like, "You mean, like, a crazy lady who thinks she's a witch?" And my friend was like, "No, dumbass, it's a landscaping tool." So we grabbed his phone--this was like, the early 2000s, cell phones were still gaining traction--and dialed the number. And we got a lady who literally referred to herself as "The Ditch Witch, curses, hexes, love potions, et al, how may I help you?" At which point we hung up and I said, "drat, dude, I've never been gladder to not have a cell phone. Too bad she has your number now haha." I also knew an Ocean, spelled like the body of water, pronounced like "oh-sheen." poo poo, I knew an Abcde, you know, like "ab-city," too, now that you assholes got me thinkin' about it. Fur20 has a new favorite as of 07:30 on Nov 11, 2012 |
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Nov 11, 2012 07:25
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Can't believe I haven't posted my boyfriend yet: His name is <Boring WASP First Name> Samy Hussein Rajah <Boring WASP Last Name>. Apparently, over the course of his gestation, his grandmother married and divorced and Muslim dude, then married and divorced a Sri Lankan dude, and then wanted to honor them both in my boyfriend's name. He's an EU/Canada duel citizen, I'm a US/Canada duel citizen--getting through customs on vacation is always an adventure, as he looks like a British rugby player and I look like a blonde Asian, and none of that matches up to what people expect from our passports.
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Nov 11, 2012 07:59
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One of my husband's commanding officers (or whatever they're called properly, I don't know military terms but his boss in the army) was named Dick Head. And yes, on certificates and name tags and everything else, it was MSG Dick Head. NOT Richard, not Rick, but Dick. Cause the army doesn't do nicknames. Poor bastard.
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Nov 11, 2012 08:17
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A pair of Japanese twins I know are named Yudai and Sodai. Pretty normal names for kids in Japan, however their last name is Nao, so they become Yudai Nao and Sodai Nao. I though it was funny anyway.
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Nov 11, 2012 11:08
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My mother worked with a man named Frank Kee. He told us he had a brother named Don, and he was once engaged to a woman named Leigh, but she left him because she didn't want to be Leigh Kee  There was a little tiny girl named Sunshine running around at my work a few weeks back, and a teacher at my elementary school had the first name Sunday. She was a guitar-playing, sunflower-in-her-hat type of Kindergarten teacher, she fit her name perfectly. Oh, and another Kindergarten teacher was Miss Nightingale  She married a WWE-style wrestler.
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Nov 11, 2012 15:34
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bee posted:A few other ridiculous-sounding boys names I've encountered lately are Henly and Corbin. Please tell me his last name was Dallas.
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Nov 11, 2012 16:32
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I recently came across an article about a woman named "Joy Swallow".
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Nov 11, 2012 16:38
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I realize this is the terrible names thread but there is no awesome names thread so I figured I would post this here. I worked as a bartender about 10 years ago and a grizzled old guy and his wife came in for a few drinks one night. We started chatting and they were from Texas and pretty nice people and, at the end of their night, he paid with a VISA card and his name was Dallas W. Bash.
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Nov 11, 2012 16:41
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I've known both a Creedence Gross and Rainbow Rowell.
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Nov 12, 2012 21:28
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One of my co-workers has a cousin named Candida and I also met some idiot woman who named her child Lucifer.
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Nov 13, 2012 00:22
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There's a young kid who lives in my hometown with the unfortunate name of Cardigan. There's also a Karisma, a Lake, a Jaxon, and a Trip, but poor little Cardigan is the only kid in town infamous for his terrible name.
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Nov 13, 2012 05:59
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Meet Dr. Daniel D. Daniel. Three guesses what that middle "D" stands for. (He has some pretty amazing commercials, too.)
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Nov 19, 2012 06:14
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One time in school my class made a field trip to a church to do some assignment about worship. At that time we also had two english speaking dudes as exchange students with us. So our guide first showed us in and then said in english "Welcome to our church, i'm Rev.Jerker". I don't think i have ever seen anyone trying so badly to supress a laugh since. Oh  names
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Nov 21, 2012 21:16
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Bringing a few real names from The Punchsport Pagoda: The female wrestler "Kelly Kelly"'s real name is Barbie Blank. And "Ricky Steamboat"'s real name is Richard Blood. Yup, he was legitimately Dick Blood.
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Nov 21, 2012 21:26
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Fader Movitz posted:One time in school my class made a field trip to a church to do some assignment about worship. At that time we also had two english speaking dudes as exchange students with us. So our guide first showed us in and then said in english "Welcome to our church, i'm Rev.Jerker". I don't think i have ever seen anyone trying so badly to supress a laugh since.
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Nov 21, 2012 21:30
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I used to work with and am still Facebook friends with a woman named Autumn Breeze. She's a great person, very confident and decisive, and she will wreck your poo poo if you make fun of her name. She's from New Jersey, and her parents are not hippies as far as I know, so I'm not really sure why they chose that name.
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Nov 21, 2012 22:50
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My middle school assistant principle was a Mr. Hooker. It was appropriately hilarious at the time. Nobody makes jokes in poor taste quite as well as middle schoolers. We have a regular customer at the pizza place where I work named "Tangela." Like the pokemon. But since she's too old to be realistically named after the pokemon, I can only assume it's just one of those things.
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