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There's a girl working at KFC where I live named Silver. Also since we're talking about our own names now, I've always loved my first name but I hated my last name for most of my life. Then I found out it's the name of a type of vengeful spirit in Scottish folklore and I liked it a lot more.
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HEGEL SMOKE A J posted:My last name is Italian for "He/she weans baby animals." Pretty boring. I did, however, go to college with a guy named Christian Blood. Rad. I used to have to send out a mailing list for a Dr. Blood. Appropriate.
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Mar 5, 2013 18:20
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All on Black posted:There's a girl working at KFC where I live named Silver. Also since we're talking about our own names now, I've always loved my first name but I hated my last name for most of my life. Then I found out it's the name of a type of vengeful spirit in Scottish folklore and I liked it a lot more. Gahh, I hate when people do this. Don't hold out on us!
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Mar 5, 2013 20:07
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My name is the best name ever. It's wicked. If you heard it you'd totally poo poo.
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Mar 5, 2013 20:58
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Rough Lobster posted:Gahh, I hate when people do this. Don't hold out on us! Haha sorry, I didn't even really think of that. My last name is Bogle, which is the origin of the terms bogey and boogeyman. I hated it when I was a kid and then I found that out and thought it was pretty neat.
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Mar 5, 2013 21:22
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My middle name is Willene. That isn't so bad until you think about how a little kid might say it. When I was about 4 I said my name (Christy Willene) as "Crissy Ween". That caused my family members to give me the nickname "Weeny" until I was an adult, at which time I graduated into "GreatWeen". It's now my twitter name, so I've owned it, but those first 18 or so years were a bitch.
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Mar 5, 2013 22:07
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My last name's pretty awesome. Nix. German-derived from the word Nixie for water spirit. Like Lorelai, the siren who sang men to their deaths in the river. There are other meanings prescribed to it, but this is the one I claim because it suits me. My other names are pretty ordinary now, but were not when I was growing up. I go by Paige, so I had to deal with a lot of lame jokes in school from a bunch of idiots who thought they were clever. Because clearly no one ever thought to go "Hey Paige, what page" Until you did, generic rear end in a top hat from high school.
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Mar 7, 2013 21:47
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Met a girl named Aryse today. Pronounced "Arise". Also answered an email from someone named Nape. That was weird. Is it wrong of me to be irritated that my coworker Mia's named is pronounced "Maya"? Because I literally cannot read her name correctly. Every time I see it, I think "mee-ah".
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Mar 7, 2013 22:13
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Silly Hippie posted:
I've know a few Mia's where it's pronounced "mee-ah", so I have no idea what was going on there, except their parents deciding to take a name, and spell it to be unique not reaslising it's spelled like another name, which...actually wouldn't surprise me at all.
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Mar 7, 2013 22:49
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I find people reading Maya as "May-ah" more irritating. Who in the gently caress is named May-ah
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Mar 7, 2013 22:50
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Erica........
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Mar 7, 2013 23:06
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That pretty much wraps right over from "terrible" into "test pilot for COBRA"
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Mar 7, 2013 23:16
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Pretty much any name from A Song of Ice and Fire/Game of Thrones HBO series. Specifically any member of House Targaryen.
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Mar 8, 2013 00:38
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Mar 8, 2013 02:34
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SHAM BAM BAMINA posted:I don't think that fictional names count. Way too easy, and they don't have any real shock value. I think he means real life people are naming their kids that. Less terrible, more awesome: Coming into my store this weekend, two families with the last names Brown-Battle and Bloodsaw 
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Mar 8, 2013 02:55
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Yeah I suppose that's true regarding the fictional characters not being all that terrible. But, take a gander: http://www.wetpaint.com/network/articles/parents-are-naming-their-babies-after-game-of-thrones-characters-now
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Mar 8, 2013 03:00
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Occams taser posted:Yeah I suppose that's true regarding the fictional characters not being all that terrible. But, take a gander: http://www.wetpaint.com/network/articles/parents-are-naming-their-babies-after-game-of-thrones-characters-now Niall Horan isn't a fictional character, and Niall was a real name before One Direction became popular. Sybil is a bit old-fashioned, but it is a real name. Decimus is as old as, well, Rome. Senna is also the name of a German pop singer born in 1979. No excuse for the rest of them. Except Arya. Arya Stark owns.
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Mar 8, 2013 05:35
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The stipulations don't specify they have to be in the present. I'm going to name my kid something exotic.
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Mar 8, 2013 05:37
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Most of those are real. My grandma is named Sybil.
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Mar 8, 2013 05:54
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iForge posted:Erica........ I'm pretty sure this is just a semi-racist Photoshop that's been going around.
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Mar 8, 2013 05:55
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Bertrand Hustle posted:Niall Horan isn't a fictional character, and Niall was a real name before One Direction became popular. Sybil is a bit old-fashioned, but it is a real name. Decimus is as old as, well, Rome. Senna is also the name of a German pop singer born in 1979. Most people assume that Irish and Welsh first names are completely made up. Senna is also a type of laxative  . Oh, and Arya is Sanskrit for noble, great, or truthful.
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Mar 8, 2013 06:48
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Vanderdeath posted:I'm pretty sure this is just a semi-racist Photoshop that's been going around. Nope. It's not a photoshop, but I'm sure it will be used by racists.
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Mar 8, 2013 13:08
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Bertrand Hustle posted:Niall Horan isn't a fictional character, and Niall was a real name before One Direction became popular. Sybil is a bit old-fashioned, but it is a real name. Decimus is as old as, well, Rome. Senna is also the name of a German pop singer born in 1979. Senna also helps you poop! 
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Mar 8, 2013 14:07
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I was at a basketball game in Milwaukee a few weeks ago. One of their halftime entertainments was having babies crawl toward a mascot to see who could make it the furthest in 5 minutes. One of the babies was named "Fayt". I wish I was making it up.
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Mar 8, 2013 14:56
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We had a couple great applications at my last job. One was Duc Quac, the other was Baddi Luckataro (don't remember the exact spelling but it was definitely pronounced like this).
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Mar 8, 2013 15:47
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Vomax posted:We had a couple great applications at my last job. One was Duc Quac, the other was Baddi Luckataro (don't remember the exact spelling but it was definitely pronounced like this). My parents worked with a Duc (pronounced "Duke"), a nice Vietnamese guy.
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Mar 8, 2013 19:44
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Used to go to school with a girl named Maja pronounced "my-uh"
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Mar 8, 2013 20:48
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Which is the exact pronunciation of that name.
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Mar 8, 2013 21:06
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There's a woman on Jeopardy right now with the name Yellowlees. She's claiming it's an old Norman surname, which is kind of cool, but still.
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Mar 9, 2013 01:08
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I used to live near a girl called Fanny Forest For context, while "fanny" means "rear end" in the US, it means "vagina" in the UK Life must be fun when your name is a euphemism for pubic hair
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Mar 9, 2013 01:22
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Helen McLellan Gregor MacGregor Knew them both when I lived in Germany Dat Ho is a colleague I've never actually met and it is seriously the best name ever Edit, there was also a Rob.A Page that was abbreviated to rapage@companyname.com.
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Mar 9, 2013 01:30
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clarabelle posted:I used to live near a girl called Fanny Forest I'm pretty sure rear end Forest lends itself just as well to the same jokes.
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Mar 9, 2013 01:50
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There is a student at the community college I work at named Toyleasha. This is the only thing I can think of when I hear it: 
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Mar 9, 2013 02:21
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Holly Madison, who is probably best known for being Hef's (former) main girlfriend and for being a reality TV star, has just given birth: Rainbow Aurora Rotella.
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Mar 9, 2013 03:59
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 Google Rotella. Now picture an oil sheen on a puddle  Man, I don't know if that's the worst name, or the best name.
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Mar 9, 2013 09:19
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All I can think of it pretty nature feature + pretty nature feature + tomato sauce.
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Mar 9, 2013 09:36
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kastein posted:
Holy poo poo, that is amazing. I think it's now the best name.
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Mar 9, 2013 16:38
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La-a (pronounced Ladasha) Richard Ondick Constance Psycho (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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Astrobastard posted:Helen McLellan I know it's too much to ask that you work with me, but it's entirely possible - we have a Dat Ho as well.  My friend wrote a song about him, it's amazing. Tiny little IT dude.
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Crow Jane posted:There's a woman on Jeopardy right now with the name Yellowlees. She's claiming it's an old Norman surname, which is kind of cool, but still. It is a last name. I have a friend with that last name. To contribute, I know someone whose parents almost named him Simon Oscar Barrett, but after realising that good initials would be S.O.B. they changed it to Oscar Simon.
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