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Does anyone watch Bar Rescue? One of the waitresses on an episode last night was named Unique. 
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Jun 17, 2013 14:49
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None of the names are good, but at least the other names are pretty obvious in terms of how they're supposed to be pronounced, even if only which syllable is supposed to be emphasized. Oh gosh, the name written in white is literally "Navy." I shouldn't be surprised, I've met a baby "Indigo" before. "Indy" for short! 
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Jun 17, 2013 17:41
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CJacobs posted:My dad has a co-worker named Ziggy as a friend on Facebook. And he is proud that, yeah, he is named after that Ziggy. When you said that Ziggy I thought you meant this Ziggy: 
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Jun 17, 2013 17:45
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Maybe it's a joke. Like, a shower game, "make the worst name possible". Then again, today I processed paperwork for a girl named Krystleskye, so.
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Jun 17, 2013 19:56
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seems like she is lakynn some common sense.
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Jun 17, 2013 20:24
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Today at work I spoke to a man by the name of Dick Swingle.
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Jun 17, 2013 21:50
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Holy crap. That's my name. Well... Sort of. That is a bastardised version of my name. The "real" name is Laken, you pronounce it so it rhymes with bacon. It's baffling me that she would need to mess with the spelling of it to make it more unique. I have never met another Laken in my life, and when I was younger I got curious and researched it, I was the only Laken in England, and there were about 12 in America. Even weird special snow flake names aren't good enough for her unique princess.
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Jun 18, 2013 00:09
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This is a source of much entertainment at work. Some of our favorites: Koert Council Anschwing “Chewy” Wang Mina Mistry Amy Amy Mimi Go Harry Poon
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Jun 18, 2013 14:16
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Reading a paper at work today written by a Dr. Dirk Hellhammer
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Jun 18, 2013 15:10
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aDecentCupOfTea posted:Holy crap. That's my name. Well... Sort of. That is a bastardised version of my name. The "real" name is Laken, you pronounce it so it rhymes with bacon. So, a random google brought up the following info: "The meaning of the name Laken is From The Lake The origin of the name Laken is American Alternate spellings: Lakin" I am curious to hear the story, if any, behind your name. It's not a terrible-sounding name by any means, I'm just curious. Also, as a young child, my younger brother used to stand up at the dinner table, take off all his clothes, and sing a song of his own creation called "Darken In the Darken," and after a few times my parents suggested he change up the words (which were "DARKEN IN THE DARKEN!!!!" repeated forever) and one of his alternative lyrics was "laken in the darken." Also "Sharken in the darken."
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Jun 19, 2013 02:24
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While volunteering at the urban mission today, I interacted with a Paizley and a Trinity. Trinity was about 13 and I can only imagine her mother had just seen The Matrix when she was born.
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Jun 19, 2013 02:51
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Grape Juice Vampire posted:While volunteering at the urban mission today, I interacted with a Paizley and a Trinity. Trinity was about 13 and I can only imagine her mother had just seen The Matrix when she was born. It could also just be a weird Christian naming thing, since the Holy Trinity is kind of an important thing in most denominations. I used to know a guy named Trinity who was born way before The Matrix was made and came from a pretty hardcore Christian family.
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Jun 19, 2013 03:19
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Big Grunty Secret posted:Reading a paper at work today written by a Dr. Dirk Hellhammer
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Jun 19, 2013 04:02
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bringmyfishback posted:So, a random google brought up the following info: Basically, my Dad named me. He was friends with an Australian couple that had a daughter about three months before I was born, they named their baby Laken, my dad liked the name, so he swiped it. I have no idea how the Australian couple came up with the name though. And I do concede that having a name that is literally lake+n mean "from the lake" is pretty silly and very obvious. And sort of nonsensical now I actually think about it. There's a place in England called Lakenheath, which is an RAF base, everyone assumes I'm named for that as my Dad was in the forces... But really it's because he was a copycat 
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Jun 20, 2013 12:02
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aDecentCupOfTea posted:Basically, my Dad named me. He was friends with an Australian couple that had a daughter about three months before I was born, they named their baby Laken, my dad liked the name, so he swiped it. While conversely, I was born at RAF Lakenheath but my dad swiped a different name from his best English friend, and so I became the only Gareth in the whole of Illinois or Texas. My sister was going to be named Megan, but right before she was born my mother, who was a teacher, noticed that all that young girls she met were being named Megan, so they jumped that ship for Gwyneth so that it would match my name. My sister's top three best friends in high school? All Megans. marshmallow creep has a new favorite as of 17:06 on Jun 20, 2013 |
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Jun 20, 2013 17:03
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Is "LaDynasty" one of those racist urban myths like La-a or Oranjello? Because my dad claims to have met her.
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Jun 20, 2013 17:25
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The Monkey Man posted:Is "LaDynasty" one of those racist urban myths like La-a or Oranjello? Because my dad claims to have met her. Maybe he met Lady Nasty and misunderstood?
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Jun 20, 2013 17:37
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The Monkey Man posted:Is "LaDynasty" one of those racist urban myths like La-a or Oranjello? Because my dad claims to have met her.
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Jun 20, 2013 19:08
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The Monkey Man posted:Is "LaDynasty" one of those racist urban myths like La-a or Oranjello? Because my dad claims to have met her. I would wager a guess that LaDynasty is legit. My best friend works with a LaGinger.
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Jun 20, 2013 22:58
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Today I met a Natarsha. Just, you know, Natasha with an extra R.
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Jun 21, 2013 00:29
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"Marqcuss".
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Jun 21, 2013 03:10
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Hampus. I know it's a fairly normal name, but it just sounds like some idiot monster name or something. Laken means "bed sheet" in Norwegian, if that helps (it doesn't).
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Jun 21, 2013 16:53
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ms_hyena posted:"Marqcuss". One of my husband's co-workers is named Marques (pronounced Marcus). He's the director of their non-profit's middle school education and mentoring program and one of the smartest, most on-the-ball people I'll probably ever meet.
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Jun 21, 2013 17:36
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 The part I don't get is that Dick is a nickname. He could simply call himself "Richard" and it wouldn't be an issue.
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Jun 21, 2013 23:20
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ButWhatIf posted:Marques (pronounced Marcus) I know a father/son pair named Marques-pronounced-Marcus, so it can't be that uncommon.
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Jun 22, 2013 01:38
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Thank you, sincerely, for this story.bringmyfishback posted:
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Jun 22, 2013 02:13
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Celebrity baby names are generally lovely and/or weird. Kanye West and Kim Kardashian apparently named their baby North. North West.
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Jun 22, 2013 02:35
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Rino posted:Celebrity baby names are generally lovely and/or weird. Kanye West and Kim Kardashian apparently named their baby North. North West.
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Jun 22, 2013 03:11
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I know a woman named Kandi Barr. She's not a stripper, works at a grocery store. Another employee of the store is named Texas Medley. That's a name for a steak seasoning blend, not for a man. I have an ex-girlfriend with the surname Poon which is somewhat amusing, though it's a fairly common Chinese name. Dusty Rhodes (already mentioned a couple of times) is fairly common. My family's bought several cars from a guy with that name. My uncle Bob's legal name is Bobby Joe [lastname]. Not Robert, Bobby Joe is what's on his birth certificate. I have the feeling Uncle Jim's name isn't actually James, either. My grandma was a bit crazy; she wanted to name one of my other uncles Oberon but Grandpa talked her out of it and named him Arthur Jr (and he goes by his middle name). My dad, on the other hand, she picked his middle name -- Percy. Luckily Dad got a perfectly reasonable first name and just denies having a middle name. Neither is bad, per se, just extremely outdated even back then in the 1950s. IronClaymore posted:My own IRL name is kinda messed up. It's mostly the same as, and pronounced like, a relatively normal name, but looks like someone did a typo. razorrozar posted:When I was a senior in high school, I went to a different school than the previous three years due to a family situation. My English teacher was a very kind and intelligent lady, but she also happened to be very large, as in borderline morbidly obese. Her last name, which she had married into, was Hogg. I also know men named Shannon, Courtney, Stacy, Kelly, and Ashley.
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Jun 22, 2013 13:04
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Bad Angus! Bad!
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I went to High School with a girl named December Summers My parents decided to name me the two most popular baby names of the year I was born. Amanda Brittany. Every year in school I was in class with at least one other Amanda and at least one other Brittany. Neither my first nor my middle name was safe!  Right now where I work there's even another Amanda. And our last names both start with the same letter too!  If I had been a boy my parents would have named me Dax Brandon which is a little weird but I think it's awesome.
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Jun 22, 2013 15:20
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My sister in law is Dusty Farmer. I may have mentioned that before, but that post above reminded me.
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Jun 22, 2013 15:34
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Buggiezor posted:I went to High School with a girl named December Summers Hey, it could be worse! At least you're not named Starlyn. I want to travel back in time and berate my parents for thinking that was a good name. The weirdest part is that if I was a boy they'd have named me Thomas, which is totally normal and not at all awful and trashy.
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Jun 23, 2013 07:10
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Grei Skuring posted:Hampus. I know it's a fairly normal name, but it just sounds like some idiot monster name or something. Yeah, I used to date a guy that was half Dutch. He found it hilarious for the entire time we were together. My friends brother wanted to name his son Albi, and is planning on naming his daughter Queenie. I kind of wish my name was Starlyn, I feel like I would have no choice but to dress like I was from the 80's Witt mad crimped hair, and maybe be the singer of a predominately keytar playing band.
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Jun 23, 2013 11:05
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Buggiezor posted:I went to High School with a girl named December Summers Northern hemisphere or southern hemisphere?
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Jun 23, 2013 11:10
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GrrrlSweatshirt posted:Hey, it could be worse! At least you're not named Starlyn. I want to travel back in time and berate my parents for thinking that was a good name. The weirdest part is that if I was a boy they'd have named me Thomas, which is totally normal and not at all awful and trashy. OMG I went to school with a Starlyn. Did you go to elementary & jr high in California, by any chance?
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Jun 23, 2013 12:16
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Law posted:Northern hemisphere or southern hemisphere? Northern I'm in the US. A coworker recently had a baby and named him Jackson Jacobs. It sounds like some kind of made up reporter name. "Jackson Jacobs here with breaking news!!" I'm just waiting for the day someone names their kid John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt. (La la la la la la la) On a semi-related note, my fiance's name is Ethan. When I was in school I didn't know a single other person named Ethan and I thought it was a wonderful, handsome, and rare name. (At least around the eastern US) Now I work in a toy store and it seems EVERY little boy is named Ethan. It makes me sad my fiance isn't awesome and unique anymore. EDIT: Well, my Fiance is awesome and unique still, just not his name. 
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Jun 23, 2013 14:13
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Red posted:Does anyone watch Bar Rescue? One of the waitresses on an episode last night was named Unique. This name will always remind me of the Morgan Spurlock created segment of the Freakonomics book/film entitled "A Roshanda by Any Other Name". 
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Jun 23, 2013 16:34
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Khazar-khum posted:OMG Yes, I did! Maybe we know one another. There can't be many Starlyns out there. All of the schools I attended were in San Pedro- Does that match up with your recollection?
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Jun 23, 2013 18:11
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 There's a member where I work named "Marjuana," with the "i" missing.
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Jun 23, 2013 18:16
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Reposted from the Funny Pictures thread:Popeahuntis posted:My housemate at uni has the surname Fear.
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