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Today I met a man named Firstname Jack Harder.
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Istari posted:I know a girl called Aidan. I also knew two boys called Aidan (Aiden ?) in primary school; they were both arseholes. I knew a Gawain in high school too. For content, a professor from my college has a young daughter named "Emerin". Male Tiers has a new favorite as of 06:19 on Oct 12, 2013 |
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Y'know, it was only from reading this thread that I realised the potential problem with someone I vaguely know who's name is Austin Martin. Perfectly reasonable first name, standard enough surname but somehow I did not twig on the obvious pun. I'd attribute that to not hearing his full name said out loud, but it's really just a fault on my part.
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Oct 12, 2013 04:34
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In my area there is a startling number of Jailynn's of various spellings in the 3-5 age bracket. Within my social circle I know of 4, all with different dumb spellings, complete with arbitrary punctuation. There were a ton of Michael's in my age group, including a Michael Hunt (you can verify this on fb- he is a welder in MD). In Middle School they were doing a "Happy Birthday to the following students whose birthday is this month" announcement and were reading off 30 or more kids names, including Mike Hunt. I was the only 8th grader not laughing, and was super embarassed because I thought everyone noticed and laughed harder at me.
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Oct 12, 2013 07:20
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I took a medication order for  MAE DAY today.
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Oct 12, 2013 07:42
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A couple of weeks ago I signed up to work a weekend event with one Harry Bush.
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Oct 12, 2013 12:45
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We had two unfortunate souls in my high school: Richard Penis and Dick Skinner.
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Oct 13, 2013 04:36
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1-800-DOG-LAW posted:I knew a Gawain in high school too. Man I hope Arthurian names make a comeback, that'd be fukn rad. Hi, I'd like you to meet my sons, Yvain and Yonec. Too bad you couldn't come up with a ton of Arthurian names for girls since half the time the ladies are left unnamed in the romances 
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Oct 13, 2013 04:49
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My name is Gareth, as in Sir. From what I'm told it's a pretty common name across the pond today. gently caress Gawain, I want to see a kid named Gwalchmei!
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Oct 13, 2013 04:51
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Used to live near a funeral home called "Moss-Feaster Funeral Home" after a guy with the last name Moss and a guy with the last name Feaster. Just searched it and it turns out it's a CHAIN of funeral homes. 
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Oct 13, 2013 04:52
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ulilileeloo dallas posted:Man I hope Arthurian names make a comeback, that'd be fukn rad. Hi, I'd like you to meet my sons, Yvain and Yonec. There are a few, and some are still in common usage. Elaine, Celia, and Enid are all names of female characters in Arthurian stories. Off the top of my head I can recall Isolde/Iseult, Igraine, Brangaine, and Lyonesse. I think people would just think Lyonesse was a misspelling of Lioness though  I know there are several other named women, but it's been years since my Arthurian Retellings class.
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Oct 13, 2013 05:06
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In my home town, there's a gravestone in an old churchyard with its own personal fence to prevent vandalism. The name on the stone is Sally Mae Die. It was her married name. I'll try to stop by and take a picture before I leave for school tomorrow.
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Oct 13, 2013 05:21
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ulilileeloo dallas posted:Man I hope Arthurian names make a comeback, that'd be fukn rad. Hi, I'd like you to meet my sons, Yvain and Yonec. Maybe it's just a coincidence, but every Morgan I've ever met has been a complete twat.
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Oct 13, 2013 05:40
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GabrielAisling posted:In my home town, there's a gravestone in an old churchyard with its own personal fence to prevent vandalism. The name on the stone is Sally Mae Die. It was her married name. I'll try to stop by and take a picture before I leave for school tomorrow. There's a headstone in the cemetary where my granddad is buried that reads MANLIUS MANN and I really wish I'd taken a picture of it because god drat what a name.
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Oct 13, 2013 05:51
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RazorBunny posted:There are a few, and some are still in common usage. Elaine, Celia, and Enid are all names of female characters in Arthurian stories. Off the top of my head I can recall Isolde/Iseult, Igraine, Brangaine, and Lyonesse. I think people would just think Lyonesse was a misspelling of Lioness though
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Oct 13, 2013 06:26
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Never thought about it before, but I just realized there were a couple weird names in my elementary/middle school. There was a kid named Griffin, an Eamon that rhymed with lemon, a Tyler Butts, a Cydni (creative spelling of Sydney), and a misspelled Issac.
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Oct 13, 2013 06:34
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LaughMyselfTo posted:Used to live near a funeral home called "Moss-Feaster Funeral Home" after a guy with the last name Moss and a guy with the last name Feaster. Just searched it and it turns out it's a CHAIN of funeral homes. If you don't believe this one you can Google it, by the way.
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Oct 13, 2013 06:38
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bringmyfishback posted:Maybe it's just a coincidence, but every Morgan I've ever met has been a complete twat. I've only ever known male Morgans.
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Oct 13, 2013 06:43
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The Moss-Feaster story reminded me of someone who doesn't have a terrible name, but an unfortunate one given his appearance. Jay Feaster, general manager of the NHL's Calgary Flames: Feaster indeed. All on Black has a new favorite as of 08:02 on Oct 13, 2013 |
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Istari posted:I've only ever known male Morgans. Oh, no, my previous comment was aimed at persons of both genders.
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Oct 13, 2013 08:36
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CEO/Chairman of the Board at Activision Blizzard is named Rene Penisson.
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Oct 13, 2013 08:57
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bringmyfishback posted:Oh, no, my previous comment was aimed at persons of both genders. Well, both the male Morgans I've known were quite nice.
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Oct 13, 2013 11:43
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I actually had a lit professor who wanted to name his daughter Morgause, but his wife talked him into calling her Morgan instead.
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Oct 13, 2013 16:04
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bringmyfishback posted:Maybe it's just a coincidence, but every Morgan I've ever met has been a complete twat. Someone on twitter said it best, though I can't remember who: "People named Chad aren't terrible because they're named Chad. It's because they were raised by people who named them Chad." I think this goes for a lot of names now. My mother's an elementary school principal, but since it's middle Tennessee the names don't go too far out of the ordinary--except for the little girl named Eowyn. And Mom is the only one who pronounces it correctly. :/ I'm fairly certain I've mentioned this in this thread before, but my sister graduated with a Kristafyr Ariel Storm Brown. The former Miss Kristafyr A. S. Brown is now married to a man surnamed Kyle, and they are expecting their first son fairly soon now. His name has been chosen: Data Tyberius Eumar Kyle.
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Oct 13, 2013 17:57
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While reading about Ned Kelly, I found that one of his first victims was named Ah Fook, which is pretty much the best name ever.
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Oct 13, 2013 18:25
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Wintermutant posted:While reading about Ned Kelly, I found that one of his first victims was named Ah Fook, which is pretty much the best name ever. Best name ever for being a murder victim. Best name for running a pedo sex tourist out of your country? General Suksomchit.
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Oct 13, 2013 19:47
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http://www.foodforthepoor.org/about/leadership/president.html CEO of Food For The Poor, Robin Mahfood. 
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Oct 13, 2013 21:47
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Just encountered a white couple who have named their very white son Teal'c.
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Oct 14, 2013 12:30
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Istari posted:Just encountered a white couple who have named their very white son Teal'c. Maybe they love wedding and decorating shows?
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Oct 14, 2013 15:10
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canyoneer posted:Maybe they love wedding and decorating shows? I think that's a stargate reference. The character Teal'c was a black dude.
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Oct 15, 2013 01:53
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So, Teal-see or Tilk? Te-alk?
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Shithouse Dave posted:I think that's a stargate reference. The character Teal'c was a black dude. This. jojoinnit posted:So, Teal-see or Tilk? Te-alk? Te-alk.
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Oct 15, 2013 02:33
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I came in contact with a woman named Shittippia at work. She prefers to be called Tippy.
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Oct 15, 2013 03:14
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Te'fron is a new cook where I work. His name is appropriate for his profession, I guess.
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Oct 15, 2013 03:32
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Oh, I think it's already been mentioned before in the thread but that could be related to nominative determinism. Basically, the idea there is that your name itself implicitly plays a part in what your future career (or at least aspiration thereof) will be or something. No idea how valid it is, but it's an interesting thing to think either way.
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Dragonatrix posted:Oh, I think it's already been mentioned before in the thread but that could be related to nominative determinism. Basically, the idea there is that your name itself implicitly plays a part in what your future career (or at least aspiration thereof) will be or something. No idea how valid it is, but it's an interesting thing to think either way. There's very little determinism in modern American culture aside from "man every John I ever met was a fuckin' rear end in a top hat," but that's pretty anecdotal. In Hawaii, it's a huge thing with some subgroups and when you're raised to beileve that, because you were named after your great-aunt, you're bound to end up like her--teaching at a hula halau and participating in competitive paddling--it's not so much that you ended up this way because your name determined it, but because your rear end in a top hat parents did everything in their power to point you in that direction all your life.
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canyoneer posted:http://www.foodforthepoor.org/about/leadership/president.html I simply cannot believe this is his birth name. It's just too spot-on.
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Oct 15, 2013 17:42
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A biology teacher I know just announced his new son's name: Golgi. At least it isn't reticulum.
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Sinestro posted:A biology teacher I know just announced his new son's name: Golgi. At least it isn't reticulum. I understand that it's an organelle, but my first thought was of foreign exchange stereotype Bolbi from Jimmy Neutron. Wow. That's a record other folks just can't broke.
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