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For whoever was wondering about a list of funny English names chosen by Asian students, the waygook.org forums have provided the following: Piglet (boy) Tinkerbelle Rambo Zeus Obama (girl) "Last year one of my sixth grade boys decided he was tired of being called "Love" and wanted to be known as 'Upgrade.'" Spongebob Devil-Jin Bear-like (Apparently, the kid picked the name in the "meanings" column of the handout) I Am God Someone also claims the following, but I don't really believe them: "Estrogen, Testosterone, After School, God, Rollipop, Black Jack, Oprah, Obama, Harry Potter, Lady Ga Ga, and I had a ton of Angelina Jolies." http://www.waygook.org/index.php/topic,5677.msg35935.html#msg35935
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Oct 29, 2013 08:27
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Telemarchitect posted:Channel surfing doubletake To me this type of name is the worst because the parents just picked it with out even looking up what it meant? Unless this is an actual name and I'm being a horrible racist?
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Oct 29, 2013 09:03
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Antivehicular posted:Weird semi-confession: when I was a kid, my mother had a coworker/friend named Aquanetta, and I heard her name enough that it still sounds more or less "normal" to me. Honestly, the weirdest poo poo can sound like a normal name if you interact with someone enough, which is why I now think of "Cactus" as not too weird (my former landlady's kid).
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Oct 29, 2013 18:31
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(Not that I'd ever use it for a kid, but it doesn't make my WOOP WOOP BULLSHIT NAME! sensors go off, if that makes any sense?) I believe the Aquanetta in question was actually black and not Mormon, and she'd be in her 60's now, which if Google is to believed would make her older than Aqua Net hairspray. Still, talk about a name that's aged poorly...
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Probably short for Caractacus. Did this kid run around without any clothes on?
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Oct 29, 2013 18:33
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Cactus is a cool name IMHO. I'd hire a Cactus
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Oct 29, 2013 19:13
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I was in a museum a month ago, and the special exhibit was some things from the Persian Empire, including stuff from the court of Cyrus the Great. While I was having a coffee outside, I saw a group of people with a small boy, who wouldn't stop hitting an older woman lightly with a program. "Oh, Cyrus!" she said reproachfully.
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Oct 29, 2013 20:10
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a travelling HEGEL posted:I was in a museum a month ago, and the special exhibit was some things from the Persian Empire, including stuff from the court of Cyrus the Great. While I was having a coffee outside, I saw a group of people with a small boy, who wouldn't stop hitting an older woman lightly with a program. "Oh, Cyrus!" she said reproachfully. Or his name was Osiris. I'm not sure which is worse.
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Oct 29, 2013 23:28
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Cyrus the Lesser. Cyrus the Least?
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Oct 30, 2013 00:47
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Oct 30, 2013 00:52
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"My cwiener"? I'm sorry, I don't think I quite get this one.  Don't do it! I know you think you're being helpful, but I might not have been entirely serious with that comment! loving goons.
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Oct 30, 2013 01:05
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I saw that one of my facebook friends has a friend named Bacchus. To be honest I'm not quite sure if it's a terrible name or a cool one. (After all, who doesn't love a bit of sparagmos now and again?)
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Oct 30, 2013 08:18
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Down at the pumpkin patch the other day, I heard a mother tell her child "Go catch up with Atreyu." Moments later, while perusing the misc. squash selection, I overheard, and desperately hope I misheard, "hurry up, MRSA" -- a slurring of Marissa? Melissa? Mursa? Ursa? Whatever it was, Mommy pronounced it MRSA, so I feel a bit bad for little Medicillian Resistant Jones, because as soon as her peers know what MRSA, hello cruel nickname. ...And in the past few weeks Miss Blakeley (blake-lee) hasn't been to my café, but yesterday I helped an Aerley. She spelled it for us, pronounced air-lee. Upon sharing the yuppieness of this name with anoher regular customer, she informed me she was thinking if she ever had a boy, she wanted to name him Kendrew, "like Andrew, but Ken." Still better than "...and if its a boy, Dracula" lady, but not by much.
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Oct 30, 2013 20:40
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bringmyfishback posted:
Aw, no double dose of pimping.
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Oct 30, 2013 20:59
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Aristophanes posted:There was a girl at my high school called Aleckz, pron. 'Alex'. Filipinos have a habit of naming their kids fairly odd names. Another girl's name is Christienne, pron. 'Christian', and yet another girl's name is Chavez, just like Hugo Chavez. My Filipino aunty fell into the common obsession of naming all your children starting with the same letter, so my cousins are Kenneth, Karen, Kaiser, and Karlo. We had an "Alexz" in a high school class, pronounced "Alex". There was a TV show around called "Instant Star" and the lead character was Alexz-with-a-z, so I wouldn't be surprised if she got it from there. Six years later, still going by Alexz. Also, Christienne/Christianne, pronounced "Christian" is just the French feminine version of "Christian". My mom's name is the latter, so she's gotten 58 years of being called "Christy-ann".
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Oct 30, 2013 21:27
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When I was in the hospital having my second son I asked the nurse what the strangest name she'd ever seen someone give their kid. It was a girl named ESPN. Spelled in all caps, pronounced like "Aspen". I also went to school with a girl whose name was Eowyn. She was the farthest thing from a princess you can imagine. lamb has a new favorite as of 21:55 on Oct 30, 2013 |
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Oct 30, 2013 21:52
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Lolitas Alright! posted:We had an "Alexz" in a high school class, pronounced "Alex". There was a TV show around called "Instant Star" and the lead character was Alexz-with-a-z, so I wouldn't be surprised if she got it from there. Six years later, still going by Alexz. In this vain, one of my students is named Xzavier.
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Oct 30, 2013 22:10
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I was friends with an Aleks in high school, short for Aleksandra. She was from Ukraine, not sure if that's a common spelling there. I thought it was neat.
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Oct 30, 2013 22:17
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Crow Jane posted:I was friends with an Aleks in high school, short for Aleksandra. She was from Ukraine, not sure if that's a common spelling there. I thought it was neat. (Oh, looks like Cyrillic doesn't work here. Thanks, radium.) Sham bam bamina! has a new favorite as of 22:37 on Oct 30, 2013 |
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Oct 30, 2013 22:33
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VengefulKiwi posted:Moments later, while perusing the misc. squash selection, I overheard, and desperately hope I misheard, "hurry up, MRSA" -- a slurring of Marissa? Melissa? Mursa? Ursa? Whatever it was, Mommy pronounced it MRSA, so I feel a bit bad for little Medicillian Resistant Jones, because as soon as her peers know what MRSA, hello cruel nickname. I'm gonna vote that that one's just a slurred "Marissa." I know I worked with a Melissa and in a hurry it often came out "Mulsa" when I called to her. e:fb Crow Jane posted:I was friends with an Aleks in high school, short for Aleksandra. She was from Ukraine, not sure if that's a common spelling there. I thought it was neat. I think it's fairly common among cultures that use a Cyrillic alphabet, the x gets broken into two letters.
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Oct 30, 2013 22:35
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I met a young woman named Milady, which was pronounced as m'lady. Just addressing her by her name puts you beneath her. It was especially annoying since she had a generally lovely attitude and unsuccessfully tried to steal my position at work. gently caress you 15 years after the fact, Milady.
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Nov 4, 2013 06:23
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Snowy posted:I met a young woman named Milady, which was pronounced as m'lady. Just addressing her by her name puts you beneath her. It was especially annoying since she had a generally lovely attitude and unsuccessfully tried to steal my position at work. Her parents must have been big fans of the Three Musketeers.
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Nov 4, 2013 06:27
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Snowy posted:I met a young woman named Milady, which was pronounced as m'lady. Just addressing her by her name puts you beneath her. It was especially annoying since she had a generally lovely attitude and unsuccessfully tried to steal my position at work. Sounds like she'd be a person whose name I'd deliberately mispronounce.
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Nov 4, 2013 16:40
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My daughter came home crying the other day, because some girl was being an rear end to her. I asked her the girl's name. Tanashity. Pronounced Tuh-Nah-lovely. I'd be a bully too if my parents hated me so much they named me lovely. There is also a little girl down the street named Abcdee, Abcity.
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Nov 4, 2013 17:23
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Nov 4, 2013 17:36
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It's not that odd of a name on its own, but I have to wonder why my cousin decided to name her daughter Annabel Lee.
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Nov 4, 2013 18:01
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made of bees posted:It's not that odd of a name on its own, but I have to wonder why my cousin decided to name her daughter Annabel Lee. Fan of 1920's popular music?
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Nov 4, 2013 18:14
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ToastFaceKillah posted:A friend of my daughter is named Abcdee, pronounced Absidy. I did't believe it until I went to her Christmas party, and there it was on the chalkboard. ToastFaceKillah posted:There is also a little girl down the street named Abcdee, Abcity. Did you forget that you already made this up 2 months ago, or...?
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Nov 4, 2013 19:36
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ToastFaceKillah posted:There is also a little girl down the street named Abcdee, Abcity. I wanna hear more about Abcity. Nice girl? Got any brothers named for fruit snacks?
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Nov 4, 2013 19:41
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Her uncle Oranjello tells me it's a name that's been in the family for generations.
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Nov 4, 2013 19:46
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flakeloaf posted:Her uncle Oranjello tells me it's a name that's been in the family for generations. He was the one who encouraged me to make sure my dash never be's silent.
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Nov 4, 2013 20:26
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My roommate has gone by Vito for the past... 8? 9? years. Been a long time, me and another one of our good friends are the only ones that call him by his real name.
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Nov 4, 2013 20:44
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I really wish I was joking about either of those kids names. :/ My daughter is 11, so I don't think she's mispronouncing either name, I even had her spell Tenashity's name for me.
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Nov 4, 2013 23:08
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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. What the hell? It's a boy's name. It's not a common boy's name. And it's with TWO A'S For some reason I feel strongly about this.
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Nov 5, 2013 00:11
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Nov 5, 2013 00:14
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ToastFaceKillah posted:I really wish I was joking about either of those kids names. :/ I actually believe you, simply because of the way you've posted it twice in similar, but not identical ways. And because generally I enjoy your posts. (cue ten million new Abcde posts) Wouldn't it be awful if your name WAS Abcde and you kept spelling it wrong? I just tried searching for several different permutations of "Abcde" spellings on Behind the Name, but was given "EPIKTETOS" as a suggestion for what I really wanted. Epiktetos is a loving awesome name. If I was a porn star, I'd be Epiktetas Von Swallowmany. And, to be actually on topic, there was another teacher here in my city in Korea at some point whose name was Jamie Smellie.
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Nov 5, 2013 00:56
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There are some real Abcde-s out there, but the amount claimed to be known by people far out number the real ones. I did remember a real great one I saw years ago. The birth announcement is long since down, but when I hung out on the Baby's Named a Bad, Bad Thing forums way back when, Urhines Kendall Icy Eight Special K was the gold standard for "Holy crap someone really named their kid that?"
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Nov 5, 2013 01:25
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I thought we just didn't like the probatable names not because they're never true but because when they're not true they're usually racist, and when they are true they cause dumb derails? 'Cause Mark Lemongello was a real dude, he played baseball in the 70s.
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Nov 5, 2013 06:57
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Where I work we see a lot of names, and over the years have compiled a great list of odd ones. Naturally I can't think of them all now, but this one always stuck with me: Pushpindra. Why.
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Nov 5, 2013 14:08
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Got a new student today from Thailand. Not a terrible name, per se--just one that causes an English speaker to pause. "Wipaporn." Pronounced like you think: like a command to beat a pornagrapher or pornstar with a whip.
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Nov 5, 2013 17:42
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