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xanthan posted: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. http://www.snopes.com/racial/language/names.asp Edit: It used to be bannable. HEY GUNS has a new favorite as of 04:53 on Feb 11, 2013 |
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HEGEL SMOKE A J posted:That's a racist urban legend. My grandma told me the story and I have no reason not to believe her. Edit:Girl was supposedly in 4th grade 2 years ago.
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Feb 11, 2013 05:01
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xanthan posted:My grandma told me the story and I have no reason not to believe her.
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Feb 11, 2013 05:02
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And the best part is that the thread gets derailed for multiple pages every time! Pretty sure that's why it was listed as bannable in the OP, it happened at least two or three times in the first part of the thread that I went through. I knew a dude in college whose girlfriend was named Ophelia. Both of them were spergs of the highest degree.
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Feb 11, 2013 05:35
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HEGEL SMOKE A J posted:That's the thing about myths: they are accepted as true regardless of their actual validity. She was probably mistaken, having heard the myth herself from somewhere. She doesn't have to have been lying to have been wrong. Yeah, she probably just heard it from her co-worker La-a (pronounced "Lemonjello")
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Feb 11, 2013 07:04
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kastein posted:And the best part is that the thread gets derailed for multiple pages every time! Pretty sure that's why it was listed as bannable in the OP, it happened at least two or three times in the first part of the thread that I went through. I give up on trying to warn people, especially after the last chucklefuck who tried it. I don't think the mods are actually enforcing it, anyways. Anyway. At work today, a spoiled little poo poo came in with the stunning name of Amethyst. She made a huge loving mess and Mommy just laughed.
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Feb 11, 2013 07:44
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Just remembered that the principal of my high school named his daughters America ('Amy', not that weird I guess) and Amazing Grace. I guess at least she can go by Grace. The boy just got "Robert". I grew up in a crazy hippie town so names like Amythest don't even make me blink. I went to school with an Aspen, a Leaf, an Azalea, a Garnet and an Isha Rainbowlight.
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Feb 11, 2013 08:37
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My friend's sister recently had a baby that she named Craver. Craver?? Maybe it's a real name that I just haven't heard before, but it sounds terrible. Who would name their child that?
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Feb 11, 2013 16:49
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squeegee posted:My friend's sister recently had a baby that she named Craver. Craver?? Maybe it's a real name that I just haven't heard before, but it sounds terrible. Who would name their child that? Someone who wanted to name their kid after Wes Craven, but didn't extend the end of the "n" down far enough?
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Feb 11, 2013 18:43
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InEscape posted:The boy just got "Robert". What kind of stupid bullshit name is that??
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Feb 11, 2013 19:36
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There's a literary agent named Rachel Vader. Can you imagine how a kid would feel with the surname Vader? He'd either have to be a total badass or go into hiding.
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Feb 11, 2013 19:51
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Khazar-khum posted:There's a literary agent named Rachel Vader. Why are you using "he" to refer to someone named Rachel?
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Feb 11, 2013 20:40
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Bertrand Hustle posted:Why are you using "he" to refer to someone named Rachel? He went from referring to JUST Rachel to anyone with the sir name Vader and when referring to a mixed gender group you normally use he? Edit. To contribute. One of my friends is named Sabbas or something similar, assuming hes named after the Saint. 2 others are Robyn(why a y?) and Sidney. Fantastic Alice has a new favorite as of 22:18 on Feb 11, 2013 |
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Feb 11, 2013 21:45
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xanthan posted:He went from referring to JUST Rachel to anyone with the sir name Vader and when referring to a mixed gender group you normally use he? Ooooooooh no you loving didn't
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Feb 11, 2013 21:55
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Khazar-khum posted:There's a literary agent named Rachel Vader. maybe she has a sister named Anna-Lynn.
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Feb 11, 2013 21:56
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xanthan posted:He went from referring to JUST Rachel to anyone with the sir name Vader and when referring to a mixed gender group you normally use he? Poor Rachel never got to be a child.
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Feb 11, 2013 22:02
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InEscape posted:Just remembered that the principal of my high school named his daughters America ('Amy', not that weird I guess) and Amazing Grace. Given his sister's names, I wouldn't be surprised if his middle names were "E Lee". Bertrand Hustle posted:Why are you using "he" to refer to someone named Rachel? A guy named Rachel would certainly qualify for a terrible names thread. And possibly a Johnny Cash tribute song.
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Feb 11, 2013 22:30
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Just got some mail flyer from a Dilip Dudhat. Dilip Dudhat has a dental doctorate degree. I love it.
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Feb 11, 2013 23:29
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Feb 12, 2013 01:22
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QuickbreathFinisher posted:Just got some mail flyer from a Dilip Dudhat. Dilip Dudhat has a dental doctorate degree. I love it. I would totally pay a visit to Dr. Dilip Dudhat, DMD.
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Feb 12, 2013 01:24
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I work in a retail pharmacy so I see all sorts of wonderful names. Girl named Krickett. Older lady named Anemone. Boy named Krismas who was, you guessed it, born December 25th. His sister was named Precious. I pity those siblings. Every bastardization of the name Jasmine and Destiny. Nevaeh (heaven backwards) is somehow becoming horribly popular. Little Snow, Quannah Parker. The one that took the cake was the kid named Teen Wolf. Yes. Teen Wolf Garcia.
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Feb 12, 2013 05:06
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Now that I'm thinking about it, we had this rear end in a top hat Chinese guy in my fraternity whose name was Allent. Ok, so whatever, Allent. Everyone calls him Allen, because we're Americans and gently caress pronouncing terminal t's and that's a dumb name. But then we found out, from his mom that he was named as a tribute to Dr. Alan Grant from Jurassic Park. and yes, I think I will be paying Dilip Dudhat, DMD, a visit.
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Feb 12, 2013 05:19
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Latest horrible little poo poo to come into my store: Cagen. Pronounced like "Cajun," but spelled C-A-G-E-N because why the everfuck not.
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Feb 12, 2013 06:32
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Just had a little girl named "Charleigh" come through. Like Charlie, but girlified.
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Feb 12, 2013 15:07
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DemonDarkhorse posted:Just had a little girl named "Charleigh" come through. Like Charlie, but girlified. It looks like a horse noise
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Feb 13, 2013 00:56
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yeah, a classy rear end horse noise. I know a girl named Regis... and a few dudes named Kelly  Although Kelly really isn't that weird.
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Feb 13, 2013 03:08
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Today, I learned that my coworker's now deceased mother was named D'Arlene, pronounced "darlin'".
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Feb 13, 2013 03:14
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Rough Lobster posted:yeah, a classy rear end horse noise. Kelly is one of those names that was originally considered a masculine name. Another one is Courtney - which is the name of a (young) man who was our customer the other day.
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Feb 13, 2013 05:37
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ms_hyena posted:Kelly is one of those names that was originally considered a masculine name. Another one is Courtney - which is the name of a (young) man who was our customer the other day. I had a boy named Ashley in my kindergarten class. Remember thinking it was weird at the time. It was probably really annoying for the poor dude; he must get "like in Gone With the Wind!" every day of his life.
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xanthan posted:One of my friends is named Sabbas or something similar, assuming hes named after the Saint. 2 others are Robyn(why a y?) and Sidney. I feel like this got lost in the pronouns debate, but seriously? Robyn and Sidney are both extremely common, normal names.
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I live near a nursery school, a few weeks back I heard a mother shout for a "Citrus", a 3 year old girl came running. A guy I went to school with went out with a girl called Alma Dolphin for a few years, that never stopped being funny. When my mum worked in a retail, a woman came in with two small girls looking for school uniform, they were called Seren (short for Serendipity) and Ziggy (as in Ziggy Stardust), my mum asked about the unusual names and the woman said that they were her foster children and that their druggie parents had given them the names. I also know a 7 year old kid called Beckki Diamond-White [LastName], for those non-Brit goons, Diamond White is a brand of very very cheap hard cider, popular among chavvy people. I suppose my name is pretty weird, it has next to no meaning and seems to have come out of no where in the late '80s/early '90s, (it's Laken.) I'm not sure if this verges into "didn't happen" territory, but my sisters husband is a teacher, and swears he once taught someone called X95, who was apparently named after something to do with Harley Davidson motorcycles? I also met a guy while waiting for the megabus called Harley Raine, he's a chiptune/8 bit musician, and I made him show me his I.D to prove it was his given name. This is more unfortunate than truly terrible, but one of the girls I used to work with was called Lisa Phyllis, which, if you say it together, sounds like Lee Syphilis.
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bringmyfishback posted:I had a boy named Ashley in my kindergarten class. Remember thinking it was weird at the time. It was probably really annoying for the poor dude; he must get "like in Gone With the Wind!" every day of his life. I would be more likely to compare him to Evil Dead. Ash was such a bad rear end and my first bad boy crush. I think it's an awesome name. Oh and Gone with the Wind is stupid. The pharmacist today when I picked up my medications was named Lititia.
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Feb 13, 2013 13:20
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aDecentCupOfTea posted:Seren (short for Serendipity) Seren is actually a really common name in Wales, especially for children born in the last 10 - 15 years. It's Welsh for 'star'. As for awful Welsh names, I think Goronwy is the most unpleasant sounding. The Os are pronounced like in the word 'spot' and the 'wy' is pronounced 'wee'. Yuck. We have some pretty shocking council estate names too (council estates are similar to American trailer parks I guess - violent scum who revel in being on benefits and being and thick and lovely). Tridana is probably the worst. Tibor has a new favorite as of 13:37 on Feb 13, 2013 |
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Feb 13, 2013 13:34
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ms_hyena posted:Kelly is one of those names that was originally considered a masculine name. Another one is Courtney - which is the name of a (young) man who was our customer the other day.
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Tibor posted:Seren is actually a really common name in Wales, especially for children born in the last 10 - 15 years. It's Welsh for 'star'. As for awful Welsh names, I think Goronwy is the most unpleasant sounding. The Os are pronounced like in the word 'spot' and the 'wy' is pronounced 'wee'. Yuck. We have some pretty shocking council estate names too (council estates are similar to American trailer parks I guess - violent scum who revel in being on benefits and being and thick and lovely). Tridana is probably the worst. She was specifically told it was a shortened version of her full name Serendipity though. Jeremy Kyle is a goldmine for these names, today's highlight is definitely "Shakiya". As another "how on earth do you pronounce this name" I put forward Angharad.
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bringmyfishback posted:I had a boy named Ashley in my kindergarten class. Remember thinking it was weird at the time. It was probably really annoying for the poor dude; he must get "like in Gone With the Wind!" every day of his life. I grew up knowing Ashley as only being a boys name (in the uk).
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Looking up something for a student today I found out that we have hundreds of people at my university named Antoinette, some with weird spellings (Antwinet). Most are middle names, i.e. Sharonicka Antoinette, Krystalynn Antoinette. Also, someone a couple pages back mentioned the name Craver - that's a very common surname. It's probably a family name but it does make a pretty unfortunate first name. Silly Hippie has a new favorite as of 16:10 on Feb 13, 2013 |
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Feb 13, 2013 16:07
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aDecentCupOfTea posted:She was specifically told it was a shortened version of her full name Serendipity though. I know, I did read your post. I was just adding to the discussion. Also Angharad is pronounced phonetically, you'd be hard pressed to say it wrong. Siobhan, on the other hand. I've met more than my fair share of people who wouldn't know how to pronounce it without being told. And why should they? Tibor has a new favorite as of 21:40 on Feb 13, 2013 |
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Tibor posted:I know, I did read your post. I was just adding to the discussion. Also Angharad is pronounced phonetically, you'd be hard pressed to say it wrong. Siobhan, on the other hand. I've met more than my fair share of people who wouldn't know how to pronounce it without being told. And why should they? I had a teacher who consistently pronounced it "sigh-o-ban" until the one girl in the class who had a sister named Siobhan corrected him. I guess she'd been out for a few days. vv That's pretty much correct, yeah. venus de lmao has a new favorite as of 22:43 on Feb 13, 2013 |
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