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Sunshine89 posted:Correct me if I'm wrong (and I should know this, I'm half Polish), but isn't Polish written in Latin letters basically as a "gently caress you" to Russia, even though it would look simpler in Cyrillic? I can't say - my knowledge about origins of Polish language ended in high school, however, looking at slavic languages I'm under the impression there're more using Latin alphabet than Cyrillic ones. The only Cyrillic letters we used, were yers - ъ, but overall, I'd say no. The first recorded polish sentence was written using Latin alphabet, and dates back to 13th century (if that means anything). Some other weird (at least for me) names: Joke (Dutch), Eetu (Finnish), Lilith (English). Probably most Polish names will be weird outside Poland, as with most of names and countries - though for us polonized names are troublesome, like: Dżesika (Jessica) or Franczeska (Francesca). On the other hand, I find Russian stemming Nadzieja (Nadieżda in Russian) to be a beautiful name (Hope in English).
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Dekenai posted:My mum's dentist is Dr. Meaney... My Jr. High principle was Ms. Paine. I also used to know twins named Zara and Tiggy. Zara is a little uncommon but I like it. However the first time I heard her mention her sister Tiggy I thought she was talking about her pet dog. It wasn't a nickname either, Tiggy was what everyone called her.
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My 8th grade science teacher was named Sandy Sands. Not the most mentally stable of people.
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Rare Collectable posted:I also used to know twins named Zara and Tiggy. Zara is a little uncommon but I like it. However the first time I heard her mention her sister Tiggy I thought she was talking about her pet dog. It wasn't a nickname either, Tiggy was what everyone called her. Knew a girl called Antigone (pronounced 'an-TIG-on-nee' - Greek name), we called her Tiggy for short... All four of my brother's kids have either a first or second name taken from Star Trek. Nothing terribly embarrassing, but he and his wife are such nerds.
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eithedog posted:I can't say - my knowledge about origins of Polish language ended in high school, however, looking at slavic languages I'm under the impression there're more using Latin alphabet than Cyrillic ones. The only Cyrillic letters we used, were yers - ъ, but overall, I'd say no. The first recorded polish sentence was written using Latin alphabet, and dates back to 13th century (if that means anything). I can't help but wonder if it's because Poland was a Catholic nation while the Rus were Orthodox. During that time period, literacy was generally limited to priests, as most people were otherwise not educated. Catholic priests, of course, learning Latin and being required to use Latin during mass.
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^^^I could see that happening, it's supposed to have been a major factor in why the latin alphabet became so widespread. EDIT: Deleted the name because when I googled it it ended up giving way too much personal info on the person since it's one-of-a-kind. One of the best maulings of an existing name I had seen, too. 
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Can I just say that, while I completely understand why someone might think "Destiny" is a cool name for their kid, it makes me think of strippers? Especially if you, like the charming teenager who I encountered today, choose to spell it "Deztini."
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bringmyfishback posted:Can I just say that, while I completely understand why someone might think "Destiny" is a cool name for their kid, it makes me think of strippers? Especially if you, like the charming teenager who I encountered today, choose to spell it "Deztini." The fact it ends in -tini makes it sound like the name of a drink made with a several florescent colored liqueurs.
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My niece is eight. Her name is Allison - Allison Chains (last name). My brother needs to die.
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Dekenai posted:Knew a girl called Antigone (pronounced 'an-TIG-on-nee' - Greek name), we called her Tiggy for short... An a very old name at that. Were her parents classics majors or something? At work recently, I encountered a Christinah Coker. The extra h just makes no sense to me, and while I know a Coker is an actual profession from back in the day, it still sounds funny to me.
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Axiem posted:An a very old name at that. Were her parents classics majors or something? They may have been, but her siblings had comparatively normal names. Me, I did end up being a Classics major, and both my own kids' middle names are straight out of Greek mythology (Andromache and Atreides - that one's also influenced by Dune, from their Dad's sci-fi weirdness). In my defence, their first names are not strange and their surname is pretty common, so I thought I could get away with something unusual if I kept it to their middle name...
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Dekenai posted:They may have been, but her siblings had comparatively normal names. Me, I did end up being a Classics major, and both my own kids' middle names are straight out of Greek mythology (Andromache and Atreides - that one's also influenced by Dune, from their Dad's sci-fi weirdness). In my defence, their first names are not strange and their surname is pretty common, so I thought I could get away with something unusual if I kept it to their middle name... Oh god tell me his name is Paul Atreides [Lastname]. That would be perfect.
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Had a kid who's mom came to pick up scripts filled at the pharmacy I worked at with a first name of "My Luv." Kid was a boy...he's going to have so much trouble in school. 
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Tritanomalicious posted:Also, my name is Krzysztof. It's an extremely common Polish name and is (obviously, I think) equivalent to Christopher, but unfortunately, it's difficult, if not impossible for a non-Slavic language speaker to pronounce. Usually, I get "Kristo" or "Kristoff". The latter is what most of my friends call me. One guy I went to high school with thought, for years, that my full name was "Kris Dof". This reminds me, I was talking to a coworker and they told me their Polish name and for the first time in my life, I couldnt even start to pronounce it back to them. I can hear and handle most anything, but the Polish threw me for a loop.
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My father-in-law's last name is Tubb. He's very fat.
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Isn't near as bad as some of these but my son has a classmate, Ithan. Instead of Ethan. I never understood why if you're going to an already 'established' name why bother jacking with the spelling. That poor kid is forever going to have to tell people 'Ithan' with an 'I'.
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Tricerapowerbottom posted:This reminds me, I was talking to a coworker and they told me their Polish name and for the first time in my life, I couldnt even start to pronounce it back to them. I can hear and handle most anything, but the Polish threw me for a loop. I had a Russian coworker a few years ago whose last name was Mukhamedzenova. I never had any issues with it, but it gave several of our coworkers absolute fits when they would have to try and pronounce it. Eastern European languages have a lot of sounds in them that just don't happen in English. A big one for most native English speakers is the voiceless uvular fricative like the kh in my coworker's name. You know, like in "It's Chaa-nu-kah! Ya gotta chuh when you say it!" One of my professors in college was a delightful older Scotsman who went on a long rant about that, although he misidentified it as a glottal stop, which English actually does have. I remember in particular him shouting "Margaret Thatcher wouldn't know a glottal stop if she found it in her morning oatmeal!"
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dolemite01 posted:Isn't near as bad as some of these but my son has a classmate, Ithan. Instead of Ethan. I never understood why if you're going to an already 'established' name why bother jacking with the spelling. That poor kid is forever going to have to tell people 'Ithan' with an 'I'. And when he says "Ethan with an 'I'" people would probably write down "Ethin."
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dolemite01 posted:Isn't near as bad as some of these but my son has a classmate, Ithan. Instead of Ethan. I never understood why if you're going to an already 'established' name why bother jacking with the spelling. That poor kid is forever going to have to tell people 'Ithan' with an 'I'.   because my special snowflake's name is more unique and memorable that way!!! People are retards.
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The curator of the American Museum of Natural History is named Mordecai-Mark Mac Low, which may or may not be awesome, I haven't decided. I wonder what people call him for short? Mordecai-Mark is pretty unwieldy.
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InEscape posted:The curator of the American Museum of Natural History is named Mordecai-Mark Mac Low, which may or may not be awesome, I haven't decided. I wonder what people call him for short? Mordecai-Mark is pretty unwieldy. I would absolutely call him MorMar, whether he liked it or not.
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InEscape posted:The curator of the American Museum of Natural History is named Mordecai-Mark Mac Low, which may or may not be awesome, I haven't decided. I wonder what people call him for short? Mordecai-Mark is pretty unwieldy. Mork-Mark-Mac? He needs a hired thug named Michael with an unassuming demeanor. Meek Mook Mike.
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dolemite01 posted:Isn't near as bad as some of these but my son has a classmate, Ithan. Instead of Ethan. I never understood why if you're going to an already 'established' name why bother jacking with the spelling. That poor kid is forever going to have to tell people 'Ithan' with an 'I'. Wait, so it's pronounced Ethan? I would look at his name written down and say "Eye-than", which isn't necessarily a bad name. Although, I guess I can see getting the classic pronunciation from it, but in English (at least American English), most people wouldn't pronounce an I at the beginning of a word as "ee", but more likely the long or short "I" sound. In fact, I'd call him "It-han". Also, I don't get as angry about names as some people here, and I can accept some made-up/non-traditional names, but people need to understand that people will have to spell/pronounce them. I really, really don't have a problem with you naming your kid Jayden. Some kids will make fun of the name, but kids can be total assholes. But please, don't expect me to look at "Geaodaun" and immediately know how you want that to be pronounced.
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Tritanomalicious posted:Wait, so it's pronounced Ethan? I would look at his name written down and say "Eye-than", which isn't necessarily a bad name. Although, I guess I can see getting the classic pronunciation from it, but in English (at least American English), most people wouldn't pronounce an I at the beginning of a word as "ee", but more likely the long or short "I" sound. In fact, I'd call him "It-han". She could have just called him Ifan, which is a Real Name. It's pronounced Evan, but most people outside Wales would just say If-ahn, and if he was asked about it, he could be all "Yeah it's Welsh  " and everybody would be terribly impressed or something. Okay, I actually just really like that name and want to bring it up whenever possible.I read an article about a little girl with Down Syndrome once. She lived in Australia and her name was Caoimhe. It's pronounced "Keeva". I think it's a lovely name, but I imagine having to constantly explain it to people will be especially frustrating for her.
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dolemite01 posted:Isn't near as bad as some of these but my son has a classmate, Ithan. Instead of Ethan. I never understood why if you're going to an already 'established' name why bother jacking with the spelling. That poor kid is forever going to have to tell people 'Ithan' with an 'I'. Not as bad as Ithan, but one of my friend is named Cheyne. Pronounced exactly like Shane. We call him "Chay-nee" and "Cheyenne" a lot. Avshalom posted:Caoimhe. I would pronounce this something like "cai-OOM-hay" for some reason. I will never understand Gaelic pronunciation. I agree that it's a nice name with the pronunciation, but explaining it's spelling and pronunciation would be a nightmare for anyone who had it if they didn't grow up in an area with a large Irish population.
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QuickbreathFinisher posted:I would pronounce this something like "cai-OOM-hay" for some reason.
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And at first I thought it was "Cow-Meh." See what this poor kid will have to put up with?
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I once delivered a pizza to a man named Don Johnson. There was Testarossa in the drive way. When I asked him if he was the Don Johnson he shut the door in my face without getting change. Luckily he handed me a $50 for a meal that was less than $20.
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Rochallor posted:
RV business owners tend to have the worst names. There's a Dick Gore where I live.
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Someone in my area is named Gay Coon She's really really old
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There's a real estate guy in town named John John. His signs used to be freaking everywhere.
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I went to highschool with a guy who renamed himself Krow Sorrow. He wore big anime goggles with Biohazard symbols on the lenses.
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My boyfriend went to school with a Bartleby, which was surprisingly not a very common name in the Highlands during the 80s. Poor kid.
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No. 3 - The Calhoun posted:My boyfriend went to school with a Bartleby, which was surprisingly not a very common name in the Highlands during the 80s. Poor kid. Maybe the parents were Melville fans? At least they didn't name him Moby. Or Ishmael.
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All on Black posted:Maybe the parents were Melville fans? At least they didn't name him Moby. Or "Ishmael Bartleby" is the kind of name that really needs to be followed with something like "and his Fantastic Talking Tiger".
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Not a name I personally came across, but my sister-in-law works in a hospital in Philadelphia. One day she met a little girl who, when asked to write her name down, wrote down "La-a" Of course, my sister-in-law had no idea how to pronounce this thing. She asks her and the little girl says "Ladasha, cause the dash ain't be silent." (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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Hip-Hoptimus Rhyme posted:Not a name I personally came across, but my sister-in-law works in a hospital in Philadelphia. One day she met a little girl who, when asked to write her name down, wrote down "La-a" bringmyfishback posted:
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Haha probably should read stuff like that before I post like a moron
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Hip-Hoptimus Rhyme posted:Not a name I personally came across, but my sister-in-law works in a hospital in Philadelphia. One day she met a little girl who, when asked to write her name down, wrote down "La-a" Haha, your brother married an open racist!
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