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My dad knew a guy in the Air Force named Richard Zuckerman.
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WhatEvil posted:I went to school with a guy named Richard Butt. Over here in the UK "Butt" isn't used to much to mean "rear end" so it's not as bad as if he lived in the US. We had a whole family of Butts, they went to our church and I went to high school with the older brother, Griffin Butt. His sister's name was Hope Butt, and their mom was Faith Butt. I forget what Mr. Butt's name was, but I'm pretty sure it was also funny. We also had a Darshit Patel in high school, and I went to college with a guy named Tazewell. My favorite was a girl I met through a national student council event my high school hosted. A girl from Tennessee was staying with a friend's family for the conference, and her name was AhDream. Said it on her nametag and everything. She was super nice, too. I forget her last name, but I like to think it was Walker.
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Jan 4, 2013 20:36
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Benagain posted:My dad knew a guy in the Air Force named Richard Zuckerman. I know a guy named Guy Weiss who was Air Force, and of course in the military they usually call you by your last name first...
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Jan 4, 2013 21:14
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Coffee And Pie posted:In addition, there is a very nice lady who comes into the store where I work all the time, named Beryl. Oh you mean the legit and common (if old-fashioned) name?
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Jan 4, 2013 22:01
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eating only apples posted:Oh you mean the legit and common (if old-fashioned) name? Or the monstrous queen of the Negaverse!!! My best friend's first boyfriend was named Guy. He (Guy) pronounced it like "there's that guy over there," which drove my friend crazy because he is French and wanted to pronounce it properly.
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Jan 4, 2013 22:12
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Husband knows of a Chevy Van Pickup. Friend of mine knows a girl who legally changed her name to Story. My poor college roommate shares a name with Jenny McCarthy. She would get crank calls in college all the time asking when "Singled Out" would come back on the air and stupid poo poo like that. Even now she gets asked about her views on vaccinations. She's not the same person, guys! In high-school we had a substitute with the name of Richard Kisser. e: Oh, one more! I worked with a little girl who thought the name Anonymous was beautiful. I had to explain to her why it was a bad idea for a kid.
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Jan 4, 2013 22:54
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Can any non-native English speakers weigh in on American names that sound weird or funny to speakers of other languages? I went to an immersive German camp a few years ago, and there was a guy there named Reese and a girl named Mary-Elliot (first and middle name, not first and last name). I thought they were more or less normal, but the Germans in our group found those names hilarious. Edit: A guy who worked at my college legally changed his name to Cobalt Blue. He was exactly as insufferable as you imagine.
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Jan 5, 2013 02:59
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eating only apples posted:Oh you mean the legit and common (if old-fashioned) name? Huh, I guess I just assumed someone wanted their daughter to be a Cheryl, but also a unique flower. Learn something new every day! v  v
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Jan 5, 2013 03:10
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Don't think I've seen this fellow posted yet..
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Jan 5, 2013 07:26
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I knew this guy who had the best first name, and most unfortunate middle name, that I've ever encountered. This was in the military so we all referred to each other by last names, and he had a normal one. Until he let slip that his first name was RAMSES. I told him that was a loving badass name and pressed him for a middle name. He refused for to give it to me for weeks, saying it was horrible and it made cultural sense where his parents were from. All he would tell me was that it started with an N. I quizzed him on all the bad N names but I never got it. One day he dropped his ID and as I was handing it back to him I read it: NIMROD. I never told him that I saw it and never mentioned it again because he's a cool dude. I've purchased Greyhound bus tickets from a Velveeta.
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Jan 5, 2013 09:13
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Rough Lobster posted:I knew this guy who had the best first name, and most unfortunate middle name, that I've ever encountered. This was in the military so we all referred to each other by last names, and he had a normal one. Until he let slip that his first name was RAMSES. I told him that was a loving badass name and pressed him for a middle name. He refused for to give it to me for weeks, saying it was horrible and it made cultural sense where his parents were from. All he would tell me was that it started with an N. I quizzed him on all the bad N names but I never got it. One day he dropped his ID and as I was handing it back to him I read it: NIMROD. I never told him that I saw it and never mentioned it again because he's a cool dude. Nimrod is actually the biblical name of a great warrior, but in the 30s, Bugs Bunny used it ironically in reference to Elmer Fudd's lovely hunting skills. It became synonymous with a dumbass because so few people got that reference and didn't realize that it was a sarcastic comment and not just a nonsense word for buffoon. So technically he has two cool names.  e: just noticed that you said it made cultural sense where his parents were from, so you might have already known this. Still a cool fact, and yeah, a pretty unfortunate name.
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Jan 5, 2013 09:20
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QuickbreathFinisher posted:Nimrod is actually the biblical name of a great warrior, but in the 30s, Bugs Bunny used it ironically in reference to Elmer Fudd's lovely hunting skills. It became synonymous with a dumbass because so few people got that reference and didn't realize that it was a sarcastic comment and not just a nonsense word for buffoon. Or, according to Christopher Moore, it's the name of an ancient king who wondered aloud in front of his guards what the inside of his rear end looked like. But that is obviously a joke. I didn't know the use of nimrod as a pejorative came from Bugs Bunny, though, that is awesome!
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Jan 5, 2013 09:21
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bringmyfishback posted:Or, according to Christopher Moore, it's the name of an ancient king who wondered aloud in front of his guards what the inside of his rear end looked like. Just like the use of the word "gunsel" to mean "thug" is a misunderstanding of the line in The Maltese Falcon. It means "catamite" in Yiddish, and Hammett was sliding it past the censors.
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Jan 5, 2013 09:38
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Emberlei posted:e: Oh, one more! I worked with a little girl who thought the name Anonymous was beautiful. I had to explain to her why it was a bad idea for a kid. Your explanation failed. I just sent a cd over to one of the branch libraries for an Anonymous [LastName]. I checked the patron information... Legal name since at least 2006 when someone checked his ID in disbelief.
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Jan 5, 2013 22:25
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QuickbreathFinisher posted:Nimrod is actually the biblical name of a great warrior, but in the 30s, Bugs Bunny used it ironically in reference to Elmer Fudd's lovely hunting skills. It became synonymous with a dumbass because so few people got that reference and didn't realize that it was a sarcastic comment and not just a nonsense word for buffoon. Imagine if the phrase "no poo poo, Sherlock" took off so well that everyone assumed Sherlock was a name you only gave to idiots and no one remembered that the original was a genius. I don't know any Sherlocks in real life, but I did work with a Mycroft. Luckily he could shorten it to Mike.
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Jan 6, 2013 00:28
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A year after I graduated, I heard about a 16 year old from my high school who was impregnated by a fellow named Xzavier. The baby girl tragically goes by Sofeea Janay [last name omitted].
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Jan 6, 2013 01:20
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A few years ago I was sitting in a dentists' office lobby when a woman brought her daughter Xakesia (pronounced Zackeezia) in for an appointment. That's how she spelled out the name for the receptionist. Well her name sure is memorable, good job mom 
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Jan 6, 2013 04:23
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I once worked for a childrens hospital and part of my job was preparing the operating theatre lists. I once came across a Luke Sky Walker on them, with 'Sky' being the middle name.
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Jan 6, 2013 04:30
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I worked on a project at my university with a guy named Chi-Valry. I don't understand what possessed his parents to name him that strange name.
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Jan 6, 2013 04:42
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I think the worst ones are when parents give their kids names that rhyme with the last name. I went to elementary and middle school with a kid named Zachary Hackery.
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Jan 6, 2013 04:52
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Years ago I looked after a kid at my nursery called Indigo Tosca Welsh . His parents insisted we call him Indigo and not shorten it to Indy. I also lived above a couple who combined their surnames so that they became Major-Hussey . As for American names that sound odd in other countries, I will never stop laughing at the name Randy . If only for the image of someone introducing themselves as "Hi! I'm Randy" and not getting the response they expect.
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Jan 6, 2013 06:16
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After the Austin Powers movies, don't most Americans know what randy means? I found a terribly 90s website listing "unbelievable names", and I'm not sure how many of them are real, but here you go: http://mrntnwide.tripod.com/stuff.html I know for a fact C. Matthews Dick is a real person, because I grew up in Newport, RI, but that's about it. venus de lmao has a new favorite as of 06:40 on Jan 6, 2013 |
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Jan 6, 2013 06:36
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There's a guy at my work named Zebulon. He looks like he just wondered out of some barn in Iowa. Yet a very productive individual considering he lacks all social skills.
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Jan 6, 2013 09:03
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I recall reading some strange names in a childrens' history book about the English language. Examples included Neil Down, Luke Sharp and Safety First (who grew up to become a doctor).
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Jan 6, 2013 12:09
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Carl Seitan posted:I went to elementary and middle school with a kid named Zachary Hackery.
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Jan 6, 2013 12:39
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HEGEL SMOKE A J posted:Can any non-native English speakers weigh in on American names that sound weird or funny to speakers of other languages? I went to an immersive German camp a few years ago, and there was a guy there named Reese and a girl named Mary-Elliot (first and middle name, not first and last name). I thought they were more or less normal, but the Germans in our group found those names hilarious. Not a native speaker of German myself, but "Reese" sounds like "Riese", meaning giant. No idea about the other one though. Answering your question, Norwegians find the name Steve Pick amusing because it sounds like "stiv pikk", which can be retranslated as "stiff prick" (in the "erect penis" sense). Kopijeger has a new favorite as of 15:57 on Jan 6, 2013 |
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Jan 6, 2013 14:39
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Kopijeger posted:Not a native speaker of German myself, but "Reese" sounds like "Riese", neaning giant. No idea about the other one though. Answering your question, Norwegians find the name Steve Pick amusing because it sounds like "stiv pikk", which can be retranslated as "stiff prick" (in the "erect penis" sense). Also, Odd Even isn't an uncommon name in Norway.
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Jan 6, 2013 15:54
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indoflaven posted:There's a guy at my work named Zebulon. He looks like he just wondered out of some barn in Iowa. Yet a very productive individual considering he lacks all social skills. That's actually an old Biblical name, even though it sounds like something from a sci-fi movie. Although a lot of Bible names have become common, some of them never caught on and sound pretty bizarre.
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Jan 6, 2013 17:26
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NaturalLow posted:That's actually an old Biblical name, even though it sounds like something from a sci-fi movie. Although a lot of Bible names have become common, some of them never caught on and sound pretty bizarre. You never meet many Mephibosheths.
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Jan 6, 2013 17:40
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Metal Loaf posted:You never meet many Mephibosheths. Funny you should say that, because a really good friend of my parents wanted my parents to name my sister Mephiboseth. Don't know if he was joking or not, but they never did it.
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Jan 6, 2013 18:09
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Metal Loaf posted:You never meet many Mephibosheths. I think I have heard of a few Hephzibahs, but I guess Silas Marner made that one slightly more popular.
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Jan 6, 2013 18:27
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We named a cat Zipporah, but that doesn't really count.
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Jan 6, 2013 19:23
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RazorBunny posted:We named a cat Zipporah, but that doesn't really count. Neither does my favorite nickname of all time, but here it is. I had the great pleasure of working with a Lefty, who of course had no left arm and a wicked scar around his neck from a motorcycle accident that left his spinal column exposed. The stump of his left arm had a Harley Davidson logo tattoo'd on it, with the left wing torn off and a pool of blood under the logo. Rock on Lefty, you had the best perspective on life of anyone I've ever met.
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Jan 6, 2013 19:43
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I am thinking of that Mad About You episode. "Deuteronomy!" (that is the only episode I have ever seen, and I only watched it because of Mel Brooks)
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Jan 6, 2013 23:00
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My high school guidance counselor, a Miss Holliday, decided to hyphenate her and her husband's last names when she got married. Husband's last name was Cruz. Her new name was Mrs. Jeanette Holliday-Cruz. My paternal grandfather was Thaddeus Ludwig [consonant-filled Polish last name]. I'm going to have to throw my own name in the mix, as much as I like it. It does make me extremely easy to google though, so I'm going to have to be a bit vague. My first name is a very old Greek name. It's pretty and slightly unusual, and every other person mispronounces it, but I like it. People ask me if it's a family name... it's not, I am not Greek in the least. My dad was a big fan of a certain comic strip when he was a kid, and wanted to name his daughter after one of the characters. He knew my mom wouldn't agree to that, so he deliberately suggested awful names first, many of them from Lord of the Rings. When he "accidentally" came across mine in a baby name book and my mom liked it, they decided that it was meant to be. It was only later that the truth came out. Pretty endearing actually, I love what a nerd my dad was and is. However, my partner's last name is Moon. If we were to get married and I was to take his name, I would sound like either a fanfiction character or someone with a psychic hotline. It's a good thing neither of us is too bothered about marriage. His first name is really normal, but his dad wanted to name him Orion. Orion Moon. Somehow I wonder if he'd be the same person he is if his mom had gone with that one.
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Jan 7, 2013 00:48
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It's Artemis, isn't it?
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Jan 7, 2013 01:41
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Nah, I think that naming me after a goddess would've been going a little bit too far. Aurora was a runner-up, though. For content, I went to school with a guy named Trebor. His father's name was Robert.
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Jan 7, 2013 03:50
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Kopijeger posted:Not a native speaker of German myself, but "Reese" sounds like "Riese", meaning giant.
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At Walmart the other day I was helped by a man named Onelious.
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