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And Trent Reznor had a cat named Fuckchop, which is about the best cat name ever. Now here's some funny dead people names. Gay Hitler!
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Say Nothing posted:
Now the only question is if this is the same person as Dr. Gay Hitler, son of George Washington Hitler, of Pickaway, Ohio.
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I saw someone tagged in a Facebook post by the name of Phranny. That's not just a cute nickname the poster gave her either - her profile page has her listed under that name too. I guess Franny is a pretty normal name, albeit a bit dated, but Phranny? Seriously?
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Finisher1 posted:I saw someone tagged in a Facebook post by the name of Phranny. That's not just a cute nickname the poster gave her either - her profile page has her listed under that name too. I guess Franny is a pretty normal name, albeit a bit dated, but Phranny? Seriously? It's the type of Franny you use to make free long-distance phone calls.
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# ? Apr 17, 2014 21:10 |
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From the excellent Futility Closet blog:quote:
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Rosie Wood.
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Black guy at my job has the initials of K.K.K. and it cracks me up everytime he has to initial anything.
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Here's a few.
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# ? Apr 24, 2014 05:10 |
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Oh my god, the last three pages of this thread killed me. Holy gently caress.
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Haruharuharuko posted:Black guy at my job has the initials of K.K.K. and it cracks me up everytime he has to initial anything. My white cousin's initials are K.K.K. I'm not entirely sure what my uncle was thinking. Ok, so our last name starts with a K, we're going to give her a traditional family middle name that starts with K, and then name her after Great Aunt Kate? Sounds great! Edit: more from Futility Closet quote:The Rev. Ralph William Lyonel Tollemache-Tollemache (1826–1895) got a bit carried away in naming his children: HelloIAmYourHeart has a new favorite as of 02:02 on Apr 25, 2014 |
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What was wrong with Dora Viola to not get a super special long name?
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# ? Apr 25, 2014 06:14 |
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The English commentators pronounced Butzhammer just as you'd imagine (butts hammer).
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Istari posted:The English commentators pronounced Butzhammer just as you'd imagine (butts hammer). The correct pronunciation is more or less that, but with a German accent.
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I am holding a file for someone with the first name Racial.
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Lotish posted:I am holding a file for someone with the first name Racial. I'm guessing you have a racial profile?
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Kaiju Cage Match posted:I'm guessing you have a racial profile? There is a family who made up a first name for their daughter, complete with weird spelling, so that it rhymed with her last name. I don't want to put the real name here but it's like Nolynn Folan.
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Lotish posted:I am holding a file for someone with the first name Racial. Is it at least pronounced "Rachel"?
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sweeperbravo posted:There is a family who made up a first name for their daughter, complete with weird spelling, so that it rhymed with her last name. I don't want to put the real name here but it's like Nolynn Folan. I went to primary school with a boy whose first name was Matty (not Matt or Matthew), which rhymed with his surname. A classroom full of 7-year-olds pretty quickly figured out that it also rhymed with 'fatty' and 'tatty' (slang for breast). He was chubby and a total mamma's boy, so the class made good use of these rhymes.
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edit for accidental repost
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Bertrand Hustle posted:The correct pronunciation is more or less that, but with a German accent. Yeah butt is actually an english surname also. For instance http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicky_Butt
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Bertrand Hustle posted:Is it at least pronounced "Rachel"? I wish I knew, but I was just doing a termination since she hadn't attended class. I never had a chance to hear her name spoken. Kaiju Cage Match posted:I'm guessing you have a racial profile? Bravo.
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# ? Apr 26, 2014 21:38 |
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At work, an Aaron but spelled Ahren.
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jojoinnit posted:At work, an Aaron but spelled Ahren. That's a common German/Jewish spelling of that name.
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# ? Apr 28, 2014 20:39 |
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Was watching an episode of "The First 48" and one of the people they arrested was a teen named "Debanair."
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# ? Apr 28, 2014 21:05 |
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Saw this on one of the more amusing Twtter accounts I follow.
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jojoinnit posted:At work, an Aaron but spelled Ahren. That reminds me of a guy I went to college with. His name was Aaron, but everyone, teachers and staff included, called him Beamer as he was a tremendous Star Trek dork. This was largely because he felt that if you didn't pronounce it as Aaaaaaaaron then you were calling him Erin, which is a girl's name.
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stubblyhead posted:That reminds me of a guy I went to college with. His name was Aaron, but everyone, teachers and staff included, called him Beamer as he was a tremendous Star Trek dork. This was largely because he felt that if you didn't pronounce it as Aaaaaaaaron then you were calling him Erin, which is a girl's name.
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Most everyone here says "Aaron" and "Erin" the same, but my boyfriend, who is from New York, swears there is a difference and that he says them differently.
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Hummingbirds posted:Most everyone here says "Aaron" and "Erin" the same, but my boyfriend, who is from New York, swears there is a difference and that he says them differently. They're almost the same to me, but I deliberately pronounce Erin with an "Air," so it kind of sounds like "errand." The "y" sound is still faintly there when I say Aaron but it's a lot more subtle. It's hard to explain.
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Hummingbirds posted:Most everyone here says "Aaron" and "Erin" the same, but my boyfriend, who is from New York, swears there is a difference and that he says them differently. I'm from Colorado and I say them differently? The first sound in Erin is like the word 'air', where Aaron is more of an 'ehr' sound. Content: There is a woman who comes through my store with the name Lacie Whyte. I wonder if she married into it, but it makes me giggle like an immature schoolgirl.
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Hummingbirds posted:Most everyone here says "Aaron" and "Erin" the same, but my boyfriend, who is from New York, swears there is a difference and that he says them differently. Here in Australia, they're completely different. Aaron begins with a sound like the A in 'cat', and Erin begins with a sound like the E in 'keg'. As a child, I was highly amused every time I saw an American film with a boy called Erin.
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gamingCaffeinator posted:I'm from Colorado and I say them differently? The first sound in Erin is like the word 'air', where Aaron is more of an 'ehr' sound. I'm from Michigan, and most people here would pronounce air like ehr. But we've all been over this derail before, so instead I'll mention that tonight my GF had dinner with a friend whose name is "Petar". Pronounced just like Peter. Probably common in other countries, but not in the US.
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With that one I would assume he pronounces it like Peter to make it easier for English speakers. He's probably of Balkan descent.
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The way the GF told me, his grandparents are Serbian, which explains the unusual spelling, apparently. They had the conversation because nobody here in the US ever pronounces her very German name, Anneliese, correctly on the first go.
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Woman legally got her name changed to "Sexy" Man in Florida named Eddie Cocaine, arrested for cocaine possession
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Guess what Donald Popadick was arrested for today.
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I've been lucky enough to grow up with mostly normal named people. I've known a Summer, but that's not all that unusual. My favourite is Ringo Golden-Brown. I've also spoken to someone with the surname "Chrzaszcz" which I still have issues pronouncing. Another not horrible surname is Parmagos, which I always say as Parmigiana in my head. Back on the license plates, I have seen "C8LIN" driving around quite a bit. I like to think that her name is literally spelled Ceightlin. I have a fairly common first name, however my dad decided to add an extra "n" to the end, which meant that I could never buy mugs or pens with my name on them (Roslynn instead of Roslyn).
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Lucrece posted:I've also spoken to someone with the surname "Chrzaszcz" which I still have issues pronouncing. I'm curious- Shrash?
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sweeperbravo posted:I'm curious- Shrash? That's a close approximation. The end part of the name is a little more...phleghmy sounding. Another awesome name that has been mentioned before, I know someone with the surname Danger.
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sweeperbravo posted:I'm curious- Shrash? It's actually much closer to Showsht, where the 'ow' is like 'cow' not 'show'.
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