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Elohssa Gib posted:Was looking through the weekend police log in my local paper and saw that Jasmine Kielbasa was arrested for Meth possesion. Well, I have a new favorite. I hope Ms. Keilbasa gets her act together (can't think of a hilarious sausage pun right now).
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Children of coworkers and FaceBook friends. I am leaving out the normal ones, Brittany and John and Nick and so on. Sons: Austin and Kacey (born in Austin, TX, and Kansas City, MO, respectively) Brycen Knowledge Aeron Cactus Denver (not born in Denver, CO) Daughters: Brenya Presley (as in Elvis) Takyah (goes by TK) Dia-Dimone Zanetta Bentli Indigo Izabella Sylaa I've mentioned some of these before, I think.
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There's someone on Total Blackout tonight named Ucedrah.
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Coolie Ghost posted:I know a lovely young Korean man whose name is Q. That is the name he chose upon arriving in this country, so the story goes. I have also heard rumor that the youngest member of his host family taught him English wrong, because he thought it would be funny. He also types the way he speaks, which is very excitedly and unpredictable. One of the guys I worked with in China had the English name of Magic. Another dude was Great Eagle. That's great. gently caress you if you don't agree. As for people I knew here in England, one of my very good friends had the surname Badcock and at one time he had a girlfriend called Iona. Sadly it didn't work out but we all hoped.
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QuickbreathFinisher posted:There's someone on Total Blackout tonight named Ucedrah. Sounds like a Godzilla-style monster to me.
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jojoinnit posted:On the topic of Gaelic names I knew a Tadgh. Can't remember how to pronounce it though as he went by a nickname. IIRC from the "PYF Awful Roommate Story" thread, it's pronounced "tyg," kind of like the first syllable in "tiger," but ah, more Gaelic sounding.
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On the subject of names that are odd when brought over, I once worked with a Jasmin. Who is totally a dude. He's Bosnian, and his name is pronounced more like "Yasmin". It caused a lot of humor on his first day (he took it well in stride, though). Speaking of Gaelic names, can anyone (since there seem to be several half-knowledgeable people here) point out a good website that explains how to (attempt to) pronounce Gaelic? I'm masochistic enough to actually be curious about all this lenition and stuff.
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Astro Ambulance posted:I'm friends with a girl named Rain Eiday. Similarly, I went through both K-12 and college with a girl named Brighton Earley.
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Shitavious lives.
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Two little kids came into the store today: Silver, a cute little toddler, and Harvard, a little boy who will probably never reach his parents' expectations.
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The Monkey Man posted:Also, Utah is a hotbed of bizarre names: http://wesclark.com/ubn/ Oh, man. Quoting an oldpost, and I do apologize for that, but I can confirm several of the names on those lists from personal experience; namely Kaelyx and Ry'ak. Working in a library is interesting. Crystal is not a bad name, but it has somehow spawned a truly staggering number of spelling variants. Cristelle, Krystall, and Qristle are among the most memorable. On a family-related note, my father's mother's maiden name is Blatter. Original pronunciation involved an umlaut over the A, for what it is worth*. *(It is not worth much.)
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I used to work for a company that had a woman called 'chui kok'. It might have been spelt slightly differently. What was worse than her name was one of my coworkers who would just shout her name out loud at random like it was the funniest thing ever (even if she hasn't come into our cell for weeks or months.) He was a 40 year old+ man as well.
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Lock Knight posted:Qristle
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Heliotic posted:I used to work for a company that had a woman called 'chui kok'. It might have been spelt slightly differently. Chui is probably Tsoi (pronounced Choy), 蔡, a common Cantonese surname. Means "ceremony". Kok could be any number of things.
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Imperialist Dog posted:Chui is probably Tsoi (pronounced Choy), 蔡, a common Cantonese surname. Means "ceremony". Kok could be any number of things. It was spelled Chui or possibly Chuy in the mail system, any recollections I have of her pronouncing her name have been obliterated by the memory of him saying it hundreds (possibly thousands) of times a year.
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I posted:Pronounced 'Gristle'? Only encountered that one in print, so I am not entirely sure. Would be funny that way.
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I just saw John Dies at the End and one of the make-up artists was credited as Erik Porn. This may be an awesome name depending on how you look at it.
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Bertrand Hustle posted:I had a teacher named Gay Rendle. She wouldn't let anyone be embarrassed about their own names because, in her own words, "Come on. My name is Gay." There's a realtor in my area named Gay Males. It ends up working out in her favor since nobody forgets her name. E: just looked her up and looks like she's recently added an e at the end of Gay. Doesn't really help dampen the blow though. Part of Everything has a new favorite as of 18:19 on Feb 9, 2013 |
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I used to work in a call center with a girl named Ajewel Harden. She was good friends with another employee named Crystal. I babysit for a girl named Phoenix, but I doubt she'll be teased much in school, because my mom is an elementary teacher in this district and her current grade level includes a Silver, Lyric, Lennon, and Clementine, along with the usual Ashleighs and McKennons and Emersons (two Emersons, actually, each with a different spelling). One year she had a class with four Jaydens. One female, three male, every single one spelled differently. (Jaiden, Jaden, Jayden, and Jahyden iirc). She's also taught a Salinger, and another author's name I can't recall at the moment, but I want to say it was Hemingway or Twain. As a first name, yeah. Oh, and one of her former coworkers recently changed her name to Jareth Arcane. Jareth, as in the goblin king from Labyrinth, although she apparently gets really offended when you mention this. edit: how the hell did I manage to forget my middle school Spanish teacher, Gay Brite? Out of curiosity, I just googled that and came up with a shoe brand. So not only was this woman's name "Gay Brite", her parents probably named her after a shoe. Silly Hippie has a new favorite as of 00:29 on Feb 10, 2013 |
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Part of Everything posted:There's a realtor in my area named Gay Males. It ends up working out in her favor since nobody forgets her name. She's probably trying to do some SEO by changing the spelling, so people have a chance of finding her if they Google her name, rather than pages and pages of porn and dating sites.
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I talked to someone at work whose first name is Rose of Sharon and then they have a proper surname. It was such a mouth full, I don't know why you wouldn't just tell people your name was Rose.
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Name changes are the best. I went to high school with a guy who changed his last name to a Portuguese last name he couldn't pronounce. He wasn't Portuguese or Brazilian or anything like that, and when I asked him why, he said "because I felt like it". Jesus, at least pick a name you can loving pronounce.
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NorskHotDog posted:I talked to someone at work whose first name is Rose of Sharon and then they have a proper surname. It was such a mouth full, I don't know why you wouldn't just tell people your name was Rose. Perhaps her parents were Steinbeck fans? Still, a pretty awkward name. I recently looked up some old high school friends on Facebook while a bit sloshed. They're a bit old to still be spelling their names Arin and Meg-n.
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Silly Hippie posted:I used to work in a call center with a girl named Ajewel Harden. She was good friends with another employee named Crystal. You don't happen to live in Montana, do you? I heard both of those names last week from kids coming into our store.
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bringmyfishback posted:You don't happen to live in Montana, do you? I heard both of those names last week from kids coming into our store. Nope. I think it's just a yuppie thing. Other kids I've babysat for: Estella and Ryder, their cousin Mikal (a girl), Agnes. My own name (which usually gets explained away as "my parents were both Shakespearean actors") is starting to grow on me.
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Silly Hippie posted:My own name (which usually gets explained away as "my parents were both Shakespearean actors") is starting to grow on me. Plenty of Shakespearean names are great, though. Your name isn't something like Othello or Polonius, is it?
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Bertrand Hustle posted:Plenty of Shakespearean names are great, though. Your name isn't something like Othello or Polonius, is it?
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It's Launcelot Gobbo, isn't it.
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bringmyfishback posted:It's Launcelot Gobbo, isn't it. Imagine what his schoolmates would have made of that. Death would be a merciful release.
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I knew a Billy Ray. Not William or anything- first name Billy, last name Ray. Also someone I know's parents are Teddy and Jackie (Not Theodore and Jacqueline). Struck me as noteworthy. Maybe it isn't that odd, but it goes to show you can't assume anything.
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I lived next door to a guy named Saad Butt and he always had the happiest smile, like he had no idea what it meant, when I greeted him with, "Hello, Saad Butt! How are you feeling today?".
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Silly Hippie posted:Nope. I think it's just a yuppie thing. Other kids I've babysat for: Estella and Ryder, their cousin Mikal (a girl), Agnes. Portia? Titania? Hermia? I think Hermia or Hippolyta would be pretty bad.
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a bunch of people posted:Shakespearean names It's actually not a real name (Ophelia or Hermione or something, while pretty bad, would be passable), it's a sort of Frankenstein's monster of one. Imagine something along the lines of "Opheliette" or like... "Cordaline". (It's actually not that terrible, but I'm one of the first google results for my real name so sadly I can't post it).
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It's Puckzencrantz, isn't it.
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Victorian names, from the GBS names thread. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMp_xGeQ2v0
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Silly Hippie posted:It's actually not a real name (Ophelia or Hermione or something, while pretty bad, would be passable), it's a sort of Frankenstein's monster of one. Imagine something along the lines of "Opheliette" or like... "Cordaline". (It's actually not that terrible, but I'm one of the first google results for my real name so sadly I can't post it). Exit-pursued-by-a-bear Smith?
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Silly Hippie posted:Mikal (a girl) That's not really that weird, it looks like just an anglicized spelling of the Hebrew name "Michal" Estella, though, I would only ever be able to picture Estelle Getty. Who was phenomenal, but weird to picture when imagining a young child.
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Silly Hippie posted:Ophelia or Hermione Hermione is still a name that people have in Britain and has probably seen a resurgence in popularity because of the Harry Potter series. On the other hand there don't seem to be any notable Ophelias.
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My grandma mentioned a kid in her class named Female. Pronounced Fe-mall-E. Apparently the mother saw it on the card or something when they brought the baby to her and thought it was a beautiful name. My grandma thinks this women is a massive idiot. Edit Hermione's a name from a play or something before HP right? Fantastic Alice has a new favorite as of 04:41 on Feb 11, 2013 |
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xanthan posted:Hermione's a name from a play or something before HP right? Just a couple thousand years old. I demand more proof for those Victorian names.
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