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Neither. Allow me to introduce Baby R-Type.
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I'm going to name my children after the three Gods of Thunder: Thor, Raiden & Gene Simmons.
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Mar 17, 2014 21:27
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Junius posted:Similarly, a birth announcement popped up in my Facebook feed for the arrival of "... our darling Deja (pronounced like déjà vu but without the weird bit)." Maybe they really liked Dejah Thoris from the John Carter of Mars series.
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Mar 17, 2014 23:14
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flakeloaf posted:In a part of the world where "a" is pronounced "err" I can see that being a problem. Where I'm from (Australia), the 'a' is pronounced 'uh'. The problem is that 'are' is pronounced in such a lazy way that it also sounds like 'uh'. Blast Fantasto posted:Yeah, it's an accent thing. Some people will pronounce the name similar to "Treeza" (hence the joke) and in other parts of the world it would be "teh-reese-ah". For us, it's somewhere in the middle. 'teh-ree-zuh'. That said, Australian pronunciation is so lax that if you were called 'teh-reese-ah', and someone pronounced it 'teh-ree-zuh' or 'treeza', it probably wouldn't be considered a mispronunciation; only someone pretty finicky would correct a mistake like that.
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Istari posted:Where I'm from (Australia), the 'a' is pronounced 'uh'. The problem is that 'are' is pronounced in such a lazy way that it also sounds like 'uh'. Sorry guys, yeah, I'm from Australia too.
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Mar 18, 2014 03:48
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I noticed something strange the other day. The name Oprah doesn't sound strange at all. Everyone's heard of Oprah Winfrey, and she's been on the air longer than I've been alive, so her name doesn't sound weird even though it's made up. The funny part is she got the name because nobody could get her actual name right. She was born Orpah Winfrey. It's a real name, and it's even in the bible but it sounds more made up than her stage name just because we're more used to hearing her stage name. Even my browser accepts Oprah as a word and takes exception to Orpah.
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Mar 18, 2014 20:23
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I'm glad officials stopped this, but what is with people trying to give their kids horrible names?
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Mar 20, 2014 09:02
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Saw the Need for Speed movie tonight and I will never not laugh at the actress Imogen Poots and her very unfortunate name. edit: Her full name is legitimately Imogen Gay Poots holy crap.
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Mar 20, 2014 09:06
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Say Nothing posted:I'm glad officials stopped this, but what is with people trying to give their kids horrible names? It's possible the couple could've been from a non-English country and was angling for "a nall" or something like that. Also there's a mistake in that article - the girl actually was named Talula etc. and she was suing for emancipation so she could change it.
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Mar 20, 2014 13:16
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A perfectly normal name for an elf sex expert.
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Mar 22, 2014 08:33
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Is that icelandic or danish or swedish?
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I was looking through the police blotter in the paper today. A guy named Nikalaus Outhouse got arrested on a heroin charge.Jippa posted:Is that icelandic or danish or swedish? Icelandic e: That said though that entire part of the world is simply lousy with elves so it's definitely good to make sure one way or the other. stubblyhead has a new favorite as of 09:33 on Mar 22, 2014 |
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Mar 22, 2014 09:15
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Grew up with a friend named Zolt which is apparently a not totally uncommon Greek name. Also my real estate agent has the middle / last name combo of Khant Singh. Oddly enough he's never available for karaoke night.
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Mar 24, 2014 07:25
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Not really terrible but I was at a memorial service and sat near an older lady I've known my whole life and it finally struck me that her name is kinda odd, it's Lova pronounced low-vuh. It's kinda interesting how you can know a name your whole life and not realize it's odd until someone points it out. I also know a Julilah.
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Mar 24, 2014 08:32
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I have a bible that was lent to me in Sunday School as a kid, which I forgot to give back before I moved away. In the front cover, it has the names of the other people it had been lent to over the years. A. Bort. Someone with the given name Ghorst. But then there's someone with the surname Sass. And, one of the greatest names I've ever heard, Meridien Starchild (who had the book in the '50s).
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Mar 24, 2014 08:49
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Not a terrible name by any means, just wondering if we could somehow get him an account... Anushka Goonawardena e: dude's got some pretty good research too Phraggah has a new favorite as of 06:38 on Mar 25, 2014 |
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Mar 25, 2014 06:35
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Nevermind.
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Mar 25, 2014 08:16
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Istari posted:Nevermind. And an actual contribution... 
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Mar 25, 2014 08:28
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straylightunity posted:Not a first name, but if you drive through Indiana you'll see a ton of billboards for RV salesman Tom Raper. The signs are everywhere. I also met an art student named The Zenith. Man, I still get a giggle out of his ads. There was a guy a few years ahead of me at school named Delmonte Zucchini Jones. I also know two women named Mary Christmas. The first married into the name, the other was her daughter who has presumably married out of it by now.
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Mar 27, 2014 06:21
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Was reading a news story and well, Armani Deniro. Rapper Joshua Ribera's killer Armani Mitchell jailed Also, my coworker claims to have gone to school with a girl named Special.
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Mar 28, 2014 00:48
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There's a politician here, Phil Twyford, who has the middle name Stoner. Apparently it was his mother's maiden name.
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Mar 28, 2014 01:10
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Stoner's actually a pretty common last name. Doesn't make it any less funny though.
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Mar 28, 2014 02:13
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My Aunt's name is Lisia- pronounced like Lisa. And I just realized the little girl who was kidnapped from Washington, DC is named Relisha. I can't help but think her Mom named her after a condiment.
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Mar 28, 2014 03:26
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One of the contestants on Jeopardy tonight was a man by the name of Clay Walls. Definitely did a double take when I heard that one.
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Mar 28, 2014 04:34
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Say Nothing posted:A perfectly normal name for an elf sex expert. For my benefit, I'm going to assume they're talking about the Santa Claus sort of elves.
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Mar 28, 2014 05:03
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Not necessarily terrible, just got really old really quickly: my name is Lily. I dated a dude called James for about a year in ~2008 when the Harry Potter craze was going full steam, and it was absolutely unreal the number of "HURR HURR IT'S THE POTTERS ARE YOU GONNA NAME YOUR KID HARRY" jokes I heard from people who thought they were clever. Luckily I never ended up having a kid with him. I did, however, have to have a serious conversation with my ex-husband (surname Jackson) about why we couldn't name our son Michael or Andrew.  e: SORRY MS JACKSON (WOOOOOOOOOO) I AM FOR REEEEEEAL 
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Mar 28, 2014 06:17
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ARE YOU GONNA CHANGE YOUR USERNAME TO THEPOTTERS
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Mar 29, 2014 13:36
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Another two found at work: Jack Hiscocks and Mrs Costa Pante, middle name Rica.
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Mar 29, 2014 15:28
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I work in a call center, and a woman regularly calls in with a last name she pronounces as "cologne", but is spelled c o l o n.
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Mar 29, 2014 19:43
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Mooktastical posted:I work in a call center, and a woman regularly calls in with a last name she pronounces as "cologne", but is spelled c o l o n. I think that's a pretty common Hispanic name. It's still funny, though.
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Mar 29, 2014 19:47
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sweeperbravo posted:I think that's a pretty common Hispanic name. It's still funny, though. Kind of like how Macarena is a perfectly normal Hispanic name but the mostly American parents of the girl I met really should have known better by the time they had her
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Mar 30, 2014 00:46
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We have Zubair here at work. People pronounce it as "ze bear". I want to be ze bear 
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Apr 1, 2014 10:40
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Someone named Chelsy just got hired at my job to fill the recent empty position. Not a weird name, just a weird spelling. edit: According to Firefox Chelsy is an appropriate substitute for Chelsea or Chelsey and I wholeheartedly disagree!
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Apr 1, 2014 14:32
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CJacobs posted:Someone named Chelsy just got hired at my job to fill the recent empty position. Not a weird name, just a weird spelling. Firefox lied.
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Apr 1, 2014 14:36
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Mooktastical posted:I work in a call center, and a woman regularly calls in with a last name she pronounces as "cologne", but is spelled c o l o n. Colin powell's pronunciation still cracks me up.
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I saw a baby named Texas Quayle. Real good poo poo.
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