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QuickbreathFinisher posted:Siobhan is pronounced something like "sha-VON," right? Yes, my cousin's name is Siobhan. We also have a Róisín (Rush-een) and an Aisling (Ash-ling) in our family. My sister has taught several children with interesting names. One was named Seven. Another were two twins, a boy and a girl named Waldo and Emerson. Which is kind of cute I guess, but their parents were like 40-year old hipsters that never grew up. At least they had enough sense not to name the boy Ralph, because who wants to bestow a euphamism for puking upon their child these days? Also she has a girl named Crystal (pronounced like the champagne, but not spelled like it).
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douche ex machina posted:At least they had enough sense not to name the boy Ralph, because who wants to bestow a euphamism for puking upon their child these days? That is my father's name, and to be honest he's never once been teased for that, not even as a child. I think the "Where's Waldo" jokes will do that sort of job better than the name Ralph ever would.
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douche ex machina posted:At least they had enough sense not to name the boy Ralph, because who wants to bestow a euphamism for puking upon their child these days? It's sometimes pronounced "Rayf", as is the case with Vaughan Williams or Ralph Fiennes.
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Metal Loaf posted:It's sometimes pronounced "Rayf", as is the case with Vaughan Williams or Ralph Fiennes. Or Ralph Patterson. New speshul snowflake children today: yep, finally, I meet a Rayden. Spelling assumed. EDIT: Oh, and a Kristabella. Which is maybe not so weird.
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douche ex machina posted:a boy and a girl named Waldo and Emerson. Non-traditional, sure, but these names are kinda awesome. Ran into a pair of girls named Emmaaly and Emalee today.
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bringmyfishback posted:New speshul snowflake children today: yep, finally, I meet a Rayden. Spelling assumed.
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I went to high school with a guy, his last name was Manball
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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? Sorry if I sounded snippy, I just realised that first time round the way I worded it looked like I was guessing that it was a shortened version of serendipity, thought I would clarify. I know a girl called Angharad and for the first few times we met I thought her name was Anne Garrad, or something similar, and was really confused why people always said her second name. (that might have been more idiocy on my part though) Just remembered, I know a very nice, very artistic girl called Duran, she gets really annoyed when people assume she's named after the band, she is, apparently named after the scientist in Barbarella.
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Back when I was a little kid there was someone in my school always getting summoned to the office over the intercom whose last name was Everybodytalksabout.
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bringmyfishback posted:New speshul snowflake children today: yep, finally, I meet a Rayden. Spelling assumed. Maybe their parents enjoy Mortal Kombat but aren't very good at spelling?
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I'm just going to say one thing. I'm not going to tell the whole story, because I know it'll sound like racist stdh, and I don't want some rear end in a top hat to scoop it up and start sending it around in emails. But suffice to say- If you're going to spell your child's name with a punctuation mark, you should know the name of that punctuation mark. A ' is not a hyphen.
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aDecentCupOfTea posted:Just remembered, I know a very nice, very artistic girl called Duran, she gets really annoyed when people assume she's named after the band, she is, apparently named after the scientist in Barbarella. I scored the name Emma. It's not at all unusual, but most people assume I'm named after the Jane Austen character. I'm actually named after Lady Emma Hamilton, beauty, career mistress and general reprobate. Thanks, mum.
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Shithouse Dave posted:I scored the name Emma. It's not at all unusual, but most people assume I'm named after the Jane Austen character. I'm actually named after Lady Emma Hamilton, beauty, career mistress and general reprobate. Thanks, mum. What the gently caress kind of circles are you running in  poo poo, I thought I was middle-class.
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Shithouse Dave posted:I scored the name Emma. It's not at all unusual, but most people assume I'm named after the Jane Austen character. I'm actually named after Lady Emma Hamilton, beauty, career mistress and general reprobate. Thanks, mum. Emma Hamilton's daughter, Horatia Nelson, named two of her children Horatio and Horatia Nelson. I'm sure that wasn't at all confusing.
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Silly Hippie posted:Emma Hamilton's daughter, Horatia Nelson, named two of her children Horatio and Horatia Nelson. I'm sure that wasn't at all confusing. That's rather Roman of her. Also, the newest dumb kid name in the store: Craven!. I don't know if it's related, but the mother kept pronouncing leggings as "leggins." Fleta Mcgurn has a new favorite as of 06:54 on Feb 15, 2013 |
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I am watching better homes & gardens against my will and I swear to god these people named their child Huckleberry.
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bringmyfishback posted:That's rather Roman of her. Also, the newest dumb kid name in the store: Craven!. I don't know if it's related, but the mother kept pronouncing leggings as "leggins." Apparently that was the pronunciation of choice when it cames to wearing them back in the 90s, because my mom is still stuck on calling them "leggins".
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StandardToast posted:Apparently that was the pronunciation of choice when it cames to wearing them back in the 90s, because my mom is still stuck on calling them "leggins". Another woman did it today. It's just weird, because every other -ing word was pronounced with success.
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luncheon meat posted:I am watching better homes & gardens against my will and I swear to god these people named their child Huckleberry. I saw a contestant on some NBC chef-challenge show called Dewberry. He was....exactly as round and pasty as you'd expect a Dewberry to be, too.
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douche ex machina posted:One was named Seven. If my parents were so cruel as to have done this to me, I'd have changed it to Steven the second I turned 18
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Astrofig posted:I saw a contestant on some NBC chef-challenge show called Dewberry. Oooh! He's that guy who got kicked off Hell's Kitchen, yeah? Speaking of famous chefs, Jamie Oliver named his kids: Poppy Honey Rosie Daisy Boo Pamela Petal Blossom Rainbow Buddy Bear Maurice None of these are suitable names for anything other than hamsters.
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Sunshine89 posted:If my parents were so cruel as to have done this to me, I'd have changed it to Steven the second I turned 18 And miss the opportunity to change it to Sven?
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I worked with a guy named Bob Knob. I mean I assume his name was Robert but it said Bob on his payslip envelope, so I guess he chose that path for himself. Also I know some people with the last name Wizcky - don't know the exact spelling, but it's basically pronounced "Whiskey". Named their son Jack Daniel. Classy.
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bringmyfishback posted:Oooh! He's that guy who got kicked off Hell's Kitchen, yeah? That was his last name, though. His full name was Jeff Dewberry. I think he goes by Dewberry in real life, based on his blog, but at least his parents didn't name him that.
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Not a terrible name per se, but I work with a guy whose last name is Zyzelewski. I can't help but think he was last for every roll call ever.
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I have a distant cousin whose name is Harold Hole. He steadfastly refuses to go by anything but Harry.
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Here is an article from Al Jazeera about Meghalaya, a region in India where people often have really odd names.quote:The tribespeople love to laugh, even at themselves, because they believe laughing a lot will keep them hale and hearty and help them live long. What could be more hilarious than naming your kid Adolf Hitler Marak? Other examples: Zenith Sangma Frankenstein Momin Field Marshal Mawphniang Anvil Lyngdoh
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I feel like I lived a really boring life, the weirdest name I've heard was the very-fun-to-say-but-quite-unfortunate name of my doctor when I was a kid; Dr Popadopalos
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bathroomrage posted:I feel like I lived a really boring life, the weirdest name I've heard was the very-fun-to-say-but-quite-unfortunate name of my doctor when I was a kid; Dr Popadopalos
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I went to school with a kid named Konstantinos Popanickolopolis. I think. I have no idea how to spell it but that's what it sounded like. I always felt bad for that kid.
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I've remembered some more! One of the girls I work with is called Margarita Barakas, she was actually hired solely because of her name! This is a very casual uni job, where they enjoyed arranging people with funny names to be on shift together, one shift it was [firstname] Mycock, [firstname] Balls, [firstname] Willy and [firstname] Gagg...simple things I suppose! I also heard a woman shout at a small boy (looked to be about seven?), his name was Gypsy. For what it's worth my Doctors second name is seriously Pepper, Dr Pepper, she's a very nice lady, I suppose Pepper isn't necessarily a weird surname though.
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aDecentCupOfTea posted:For what it's worth my Doctors second name is seriously Pepper, Dr Pepper, she's a very nice lady, I suppose Pepper isn't necessarily a weird surname though. In my wife's hometown, there is a Dr. Pupi, who is a proctologist. It is pronounced poopie. There's also a Dr. Butt that worked in her mom's health system, but he's a disease researcher. I think he missed his calling. It's immature, but I can't help but find the names funny. AFewBricksShy has a new favorite as of 21:49 on Feb 20, 2013 |
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My friend just posted on Facebook that he's naming his newest child Ember. This will be his second child that shares a name with one of my former pets. Not that he knows that, but he does seem really bad at picking out names that wouldn't suit a kitten better than a human being.
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I know a family who named their children Ruby, Emery, and Garnet. Garnet is a guy, but that name would seem equally strange for a woman. The other two names don't sound so bad, until you realize that you could find them all in the sandpaper section of your local hardware store.
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Patchwork Shaman posted:I know a family who named their children Ruby, Emery, and Garnet. Garnet is a guy, but that name would seem equally strange for a woman. The other two names don't sound so bad, until you realize that you could find them all in the sandpaper section of your local hardware store. I knew a Garnet in high school! She went by Ashley.  I've also known an Emerald and a Diamond.
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My sister found a Gay Medley in the database where she works. I feel like nothing I find at work will ever compare.
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Grape Juice Vampire posted:I knew a Garnet in high school! She went by Ashley. My sister was friends with a Saphire (yes, spelled that way).
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I drove by a dentist's office today that belongs to a Dr. S. Ham. It was all in capital letters, so it looks like DR SHAM. Just seemed to me like there might be a better way to display it. Looked him up, his first name is Samuel...
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