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Johnny Segment posted:Well my inability to read is probably the main cause of my shame but I was told this one first hand so it's at least original to me. Don't slink off, just edit your last post so you don't get probated.
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My coworker who used to work at an obstetricians told me she totally had mothers who didn't speak English name their daughters "Female" (fe-mah-lay) because they thought that was their name because it was on the paperwork! I pointed out that no one is that stupid, women have their baby's name picked out way in advance and just because they don't speak English doesn't mean they're dumb, but she swore it happened. Liar. Anyway, a few more names I've picked up: --Vickie Hickey --Victor Victor --Mani M. Mani (I hope the M stands for Mani) --Mohammad Mohammad
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HelloIAmYourHeart posted:--Mohammad Mohammad This one happens kind of frequently. I know it's just a cultural thing, but the thought of someone naming their child "Jesus Jesus Lastname" or "Moses Moses Lastname" is equally humorous to me, and I don't understand Islamic culture enough to understand why "Mohammad Mohammad" is a name that doesn't raise eyebrows.
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Oct 7, 2013 15:22
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HelloIAmYourHeart posted:My coworker who used to work at an obstetricians told me she totally had mothers who didn't speak English name their daughters "Female" (fe-mah-lay) because they thought that was their name because it was on the paperwork! I pointed out that no one is that stupid, women have their baby's name picked out way in advance and just because they don't speak English doesn't mean they're dumb, but she swore it happened. Liar. My gf has a good friend that has told the "La-a" story from a first hand perspective in my presence more than once. I haven't called her on it, because that would make me the rude jackass, but it does certainly color my opinion of her and her values.
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Oct 7, 2013 15:33
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 Dyaaah I heard that!  He was one of the good ones. Give me Les Lye and Billy Van and I can film any story you can come up with.
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Choco1980 posted:My gf has a good friend that has told the "La-a" story from a first hand perspective in my presence more than once. I haven't called her on it, because that would make me the rude jackass, but it does certainly color my opinion of her and her values. I don't get the thought process of the people who make this poo poo up. I mean, I can understand why people would believe it and pass it along, because they're racist. But most urban myths have a vague, distant, unverifiable source, whereas with this one it's always either the person telling the story or someone they know well, like a close friend or an immediate family member. So either the person telling the story is knowingly and willfully making poo poo up, or the person who told them is. Do they expect people to not believe them, and try to make it as awkward as possible for someone to actually call them out?
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Oct 7, 2013 22:25
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Pretty much all of the 'la-a' and 'abcde' and 'orangejello' stories are basically people going "Ha ha those silly low-class black people!" and it sucks and it's stupid.
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Oct 7, 2013 22:50
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Just once, I'd like to hear one of these stories passed around with a white sounding name like P@rick or Am&a.
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I used to have a job in the mailroom of the Purdue computer science building. There were a lot of foreign professors that worked there, so there were a lot of unusual sounding names, but by far and away the best had to be one Dixit. Not pronounced "dicks-it", but "dick poo poo". Thankfully we never had to interact with him much because keeping a straight face when using his name was pretty hard.
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I knew a girl called Vicky and after years of knowing her I found out it wasn't short for Victoria, it was short for Victory.  Also, it's more of a nickname, but my grandma farted when she was 9 and earned the nickname "Tootie." She kept that nickname for 72 years and her tombstone reads "Tootie". RIP grandma, you farted. HelloIAmYourHeart posted:--Mohammad Mohammad Huh. I met someone by that name too. Good ol' Mo-Mo.
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ThatPazuzu posted:Also, it's more of a nickname, but my grandma farted when she was 9 and earned the nickname "Tootie." She kept that nickname for 72 years and her tombstone reads "Tootie". RIP grandma, you farted. This reminds me of my great-uncle Tata. One of the grandkids called him Tata and it stuck. It's absolutely absurd. "Tata's coming over later." "Do you know what Tata wants for dinner?" Also, I went to school with a kid named Hyman. I know, it's an old name, whatever. It was incredibly awkward. Oh. And my friends call our Mohammed Mohammed Momo, too. I guess we're unoriginal!
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Angry Walrus posted:I used to have a job in the mailroom of the Purdue computer science building. There were a lot of foreign professors that worked there, so there were a lot of unusual sounding names, but by far and away the best had to be one Dixit. Not pronounced "dicks-it", but "dick poo poo". Thankfully we never had to interact with him much because keeping a straight face when using his name was pretty hard. 
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Had a girl named Taryn Butts in my class. Nice girl, and I thought it was a bit cooler than anyone else did. Also, living in Pennsyltuckey, you get some wonderful Dutch and German names, like Boob, Butts, and Durr. The best was when they'd be hyphenated.
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Sham bam bamina! posted:Huh, so this guy was just in the wrong place at the wrong time. That loving guy. On topic, there's a woman at my work named Mags, short for MALGORZATA.
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Not necessarily a bad name but there is a vendor who comes into my store named Marty McFly and he's definitely older than the movie.
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Elohssa Gib posted:Not necessarily a bad name but there is a vendor who comes into my store named Marty McFly and he's definitely older than the movie. Well yeah, with all that time travel, of course he's not going to be the same age as when he started.
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My name is Diggory Carl Walter Waddle. My sister? Peralandra Angelene Sophia Ruby Waddle.
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Austrian mook posted:Peralandra
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Sham bam bamina! posted:So, not just a science-fiction reference, but a misspelled science-fiction reference? Look man I don't know how to spell my sisters name
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I work as a guitar teacher in Main Line Philadelphia and I've been thankful that my students have all had reasonable names given the financial status of my area (wealthier people get whimsical with naming their children). One day I was strolling through a nearby store one day and overheard a mom calling for her young son, Bismarck. We've overlapped all the special names and leapt forward to German nobility.
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How long do you think until we see a Hisenburg goons?
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Austrian mook posted:How long do you think until we see a Hisenburg goons? Given the number of people who watched the show to its completion and still thought Walter was the good guy, I'd say this is a distinct possibility 
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Dudeabides posted:One day I was strolling through a nearby store one day and overheard a mom calling for her young son, Bismarck. We've overlapped all the special names and leapt forward to German nobility. Maybe they were just very fond of North Dakota.
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All on Black posted:Given the number of people who watched the show to its completion and still thought Walter was the good guy, I'd say this is a distinct possibility  what?
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Austrian mook posted:
I don't have any photographic evidence but I have definitely encountered people who were rooting for Walter the whole time. Maybe they didn't pay enough attention? Who knows.
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I guess this isn't so much terrible as much as awesome, but this guy who works at the local Chinese food joint is named Jackie Chan.
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Dick Champion, works with wood.
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Austrian mook posted:My name is Diggory Carl Walter Waddle. My sister? Peralandra Angelene Sophia Ruby Waddle. Are you guys from Hogwarts?
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bringmyfishback posted:Are you guys from Hogwarts? Both Diggory and Perelandra are CS Lewis references - Diggory was the first name of Professor Plummer, the boy who brought the White Witch into Narnia and owned the wardrobe the four Pevensie kids got into. Perelandra is the second book in the Space Trilogy (and possibly the best of the three, though I also very much loved Out of the Silent Planet).
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ButWhatIf posted:Both Diggory and Perelandra are CS Lewis references - Diggory was the first name of Professor Plummer, the boy who brought the White Witch into Narnia and owned the wardrobe the four Pevensie kids got into. Perelandra is the second book in the Space Trilogy (and possibly the best of the three, though I also very much loved Out of the Silent Planet). Yeah this is spot on. The worst part of having such an obscure name is loving everyone remembers me. It's the worst running up in a store and having someone go OH HEY! And having not a drat clue who the gently caress they are.
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I delivered pizza a couple of times to a guy named Thaddeus Potter. It was on his driver's license and everything. He was super nice, a great tipper, and had hair that would make Robert Smith jealous.
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I have heard several terrible names over the years. I have a cousin whose first name is Blissangel. My sister had a teacher in elementary school whose maiden name was Karen Bear. The only male substitute teachers at that school were named Mr. Man and Mr. Mean. I had a substitute teacher when I was a junior in high school who claimed that he had subbed for a teacher at another school named Ms. Boner. He said he had always wondered why she never changed her name. I had never known the story behind the name Le-a or the racist chain letter it originated from until I read the OP and found the Snopes article on it. About a year ago, my best friend's mom (an elementary school teacher) told me and my family her own Le-a story. She actually had the nerve to claim that one her new students was named La-a. She specifically mentioned that the student was a black girl. Knowing nothing about the racist connotations of the name, we were skeptical of the story because, oddly enough, she never provided any proof that the girl actually existed, but still thought it was pretty funny. While my friend's mom had said some racist poo poo in the past, I always wrote it off as her being a loving idiot. I now believe that the fact the she told us this bullshit story proves she's a stupid racist bitch.
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ButWhatIf posted:Both Diggory and Perelandra are CS Lewis references - Diggory was the first name of Professor Plummer, the boy who brought the White Witch into Narnia and owned the wardrobe the four Pevensie kids got into. Perelandra is the second book in the Space Trilogy (and possibly the best of the three, though I also very much loved Out of the Silent Planet). I was more making a joke about the length and preposterousness of the names, but yeah.
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Silly Hippie posted:This reminds me of my great-uncle Tata. One of the grandkids called him Tata and it stuck. It's absolutely absurd. "Tata's coming over later." "Do you know what Tata wants for dinner?" Family nicknames can get really bizarre. My mother teaches in rural Louisiana, and one of her former students (who had a normal name otherwise) was appparently known to his family as Twoberry. His mother's explanation was that "he only likes two berries," which needless to say did not really clear things up. This kid was a fairly rough special-ed student, so his having a goddamn Elfquest nickname at home is still sadly hilarious to me.
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Um... typo?
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YourHeadaSplode414 posted:I had a substitute teacher when I was a junior in high school who claimed that he had subbed for a teacher at another school named Ms. Boner. He said he had always wondered why she never changed her name. Boner is probably an anglicised form of the name Böner. Which, for obvious reasons, is usually anglicised as Boehner or Boener.
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Say Nothing posted:Um... typo?
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