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Patch Adams has a kid named Atomic Zagnut Adams. His other kid is named Lars Zig Edquist Adams, which is somewhat less stupid, except that it means the kids are named Zig and Zag[nut].
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This person I saw at the store named Sfeefy.
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Dec 11, 2013 02:42
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According to Facebook Shallon just turned 4.
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Dec 11, 2013 23:07
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Powerlifter Burley Hawk. Funny how some people look like their names.
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Overheard a couple talking about their friends' kid while I was on my way to work today: "...oh, you've met those two, they're the ones that named their kid Tyson Rex, so they could call him T-Rex..." On the one hand, I think it's a bad idea to name your kid something to try to force a certain nickname, but on the other hand, that is a cool nickname.
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Today at lunch we were talking about the weird names some of the kids at school have. One of my coworkers brought up the old "Female" chestnut, of course through a friend of a friend. Another nodded and said it was quite common in the black community.  I really thought this was one of those things that everyone's heard hundreds of times before, but everyone else laughed. I just kept eating.
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DizzyBum posted:"...oh, you've met those two, they're the ones that named their kid Tyson Rex, so they could call him T-Rex..." It may be a cool nickname, but at my primary school, having a name that rhymed with 'sex' was a surefire guarantee of 6 years of teasing.
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Had a girl in my grade named Temptress I always figured her mom must have been feeling pretty resentful when she was born or something. I really have no idea what would compel someone to name their child that way.
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Dec 14, 2013 04:23
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There's this kid in my school called Luke Longstaff.
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Dec 14, 2013 04:24
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paragon1 posted:Had a girl in my grade named Temptress I always figured her mom must have been feeling pretty resentful when she was born or something. I really have no idea what would compel someone to name their child that way. I have always thought this way about randy as well, but then I'm not american. Jippa has a new favorite as of 10:33 on Dec 14, 2013 |
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Dec 14, 2013 10:27
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So, some weird cultural thing in Ecuador?
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Dec 14, 2013 10:32
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Istari posted:It may be a cool nickname, but at my primary school, having a name that rhymed with 'sex' was a surefire guarantee of 6 years of teasing. In my school, having a name that could be pronounced was a guarantee of that.
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Dec 14, 2013 15:19
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flakeloaf posted:In my school, having a name that could be pronounced was a guarantee of that. 
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Dec 14, 2013 15:25
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flakeloaf posted:In my school, having a name that could be pronounced was a guarantee of that. It's worse when you have a difficult to pronounce name. Sham bam bamina! posted:A name that couldn't be pronounced, however, was unassailable. No, that's not true at all.
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Dec 14, 2013 15:48
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Beardless posted:No, that's not true at all.
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Dec 14, 2013 16:02
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Not a terrible name but a great name: If you live anywhere around the Le Droit Park neighborhood in DC and are looking for a dentist, consider Dr. Gail Cherry-Peppers.
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Jippa posted:I have always thought this way about randy as well, but then I'm not american. Randy is rarely someone's given name though. Like Bob it's usually short for something.
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Aphrodite posted:Randy is rarely someone's given name though. Like Bob it's usually short for something. My Uncle Randy's given name is Raymond.
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I went to school with a girl named Little White Dove.
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lamb posted:My Uncle Randy's given name is Raymond. People who don't go with their given names, but also don't go with the shortened form of their given name are weird. There was a guy in my Eng101 class in my first year of college whose name was Joshua, but he went by Tyler... which he then shortened to Ty. 
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People whose names match their jobs. 
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When I was a kid there was a guy at our church named Dick Titley. I also remember a guy that worked at Babbage's whose name was Nimrod. Apparently it is a Biblical name, not sure why it isn't more popular. Once upon a time I worked with a guy whose last name was Suk (different offices though, I really only knew him by reputation). Not all that funny by itself, but the next person in the company directory was named Swallow.
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I was going to mention Dick Quax in this thread, then I googled him and found out his full name is actually Theodorus Jacobus Leonardus "Dick" Quax
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stubblyhead posted:When I was a kid there was a guy at our church named Dick Titley. I also remember a guy that worked at Babbage's whose name was Nimrod. Apparently it is a Biblical name, not sure why it isn't more popular. Because he was kinda a villain in the Bible. It'd be like naming your son Herod, or Judas, or Og.
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Nimrod in the Bible is a great hunter. Bugs Bunny used it sarcastically as an insult for Elmer Fudd, but because it's so funny sounding people just thought it meant moron.
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Is... is that true? It sounds plausible. Did I actually learn something on the internet today?
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stubblyhead posted:Once upon a time I worked with a guy whose last name was Suk (different offices though, I really only knew him by reputation). Not all that funny by itself, but the next person in the company directory was named Swallow. I wonder if the fans chanted this guy's name? 
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LaughMyselfTo posted:Because he was kinda a villain in the Bible. It'd be like naming your son Herod, or Judas, or Og. I was being sarcastic, though the negative stuff about him isn't actually in the Bible.
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Say Nothing posted:Suk is Korean. I think this one may very well have already been posted here at some point, but I will never forget how simultaneously bemused and amused I was the first time I saw the name Dong Dong come up during the 2008 Olympics.  The picture's actually from the 2012 Olympics but whatever, it's the same dude.
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Say Nothing posted:Suk is Korean. It's pronounced like 'sook', though, not 'suck'.
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The chief of the police in Finland was, until 2004, a guy called Nailhead (Naulapää), the name Firefist (Tulikoura) is real and in use (there is at least a laser surgeon and a firefighter by that name), and there was a member of the military who is usually interviewed in the TV about various conflicts called Colonel Major, (Eversti Majuri), Colonel was his rank and Major his surname.
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CJacobs posted:Is... is that true? It sounds plausible. Did I actually learn something on the internet today?
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Mix and match these names for maximum amusement. Last names: -Kornfeind -Wondafrash -Diddle -Wigger -Purtle -Schwang First names: -Waymond -Shaulene -Emerald (I guess this isn't any different than Ruby or Pearl) -Tamaree -Aittel -Janeth -Maple -Raleighta -Earshel -Gentry -Tomatha People destined for a lifetime of spelling their names out very slowly: -Tieler -Rhian -Scharlette -Zakary -Jeramy -Tiphani -Shon And finally: -Sandi Cockburn
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Aphrodite posted:Randy is rarely someone's given name though. Like Bob it's usually short for something. I had a classmate in high school whose first name was just Randy. People always assumed it was short for Randall or whatever, but nope. I also knew a Katie whose name was just Katie, and apparently she's had a lifetime of people getting frustrated with her that it isn't short for Katherine.
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RazorBunny posted:I had a classmate in high school whose first name was just Randy. People always assumed it was short for Randall or whatever, but nope. Norwegian doesn't really go for nicknames in the way English does. Thus, Robert is a name people will pronounce in full, and Bob is a distinct and different (if unusual) name. See also Raymond and Randi. The former is a boy's name and the latter a girl's name, of course. (I'm a Daniel, which is uninterestingly normal. "Dan", on the other hand, is rare and hints at "my parents had satellite TV in the 80s and no taste".)
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RazorBunny posted:I had a classmate in high school whose first name was just Randy. People always assumed it was short for Randall or whatever, but nope. Reminds me of a guy I new as a kid. First name Eddie, middle name Frank. Also one of my high school teachers had previously taught at another school way out in the sticks. He claims to have had a student once named Melsia (pronounced Melissa).
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HelloIAmYourHeart posted:
Where I'm from (in Australia), Emerald is not an uncommon girl's name. Pearl, on the other hand, is practically unheard of in the area where I grew (and have subsequently lived; I have never met a single person called Pearl). I did, however, grow up with a boy called Emerald (which was very uncommon), who had an older brother called Juno (named, I assume, after the Roman Queen of the heavens). Lady Disdain has a new favorite as of 00:42 on Dec 16, 2013 |
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