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The MSJ posted:Singer Vanessa Carlton named her daughter Sidney Aoibheann Carlton-McCauley. Any Irish can tell us how to say that middle name? I would guess it sounds like Yvonne, but that just looks unnecessary.
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The MSJ posted:Singer Vanessa Carlton named her daughter Sidney Aoibheann Carlton-McCauley. Any Irish can tell us how to say that middle name? Even.
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Feb 13, 2015 08:16
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The MSJ posted:Singer Vanessa Carlton named her daughter Sidney Aoibheann Carlton-McCauley. Any Irish can tell us how to say that middle name? At least it's her middle name that's weird, that's not as big a deal.
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Feb 13, 2015 08:23
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The MSJ posted:Singer Vanessa Carlton named her daughter Sidney Aoibheann Carlton-McCauley. Any Irish can tell us how to say that middle name? Funny story: a couple of years ago, my aunt was pregnant. We were going through a baby name book together, and I stopped at Aoibheann and said "Holy spelling problems, Batman." We both laughed. 3 months later, I get a text message from the father saying that the baby has been born, and is called Aoibheann. We're from Australia. We do not have Irish heritage. No one here can pronounce it. No one here can spell it. My aunt is an arsehole.
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Feb 13, 2015 08:53
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I had a client named Stanley Lipshitz. He looked just like his name. Sinewy middle-aged man with thick glasses and a tweed jacket with elbow patches. He had this voice that sounded like Phil Hartman but more monotone and slow, and every time he'd leave a message on my phone it would start out with, "Hello. This is Staaaanley Lipshitz."
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Feb 13, 2015 10:15
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I had an English teacher in high school who kept reading the name "Siobhan" as "sigh-oh-ban" until finally a girl who had a sister named Siobhan told him it's pronounced "sha-VAWN". Personally I think Irish names are awesome, but they can definitely be a mouthful for people who aren't used to them. I met an adorable little girl named Mairead, which is one of my favorite names. There's an amazing Irish fiddler and singer named Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh. My ex claimed to have met her, but that's a story for the STDH thread.
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Bertrand Hustle posted:I had an English teacher in high school who kept reading the name "Siobhan" as "sigh-oh-ban" until finally a girl who had a sister named Siobhan told him it's pronounced "sha-VAWN". In Primary school, our teacher read us the first Harry Potter (before the films had come out). 3 separate kids in the class told her how to pronounce Hermione, but she still insisted on calling her Her-mee-on. And in high school, my teacher wouldn't believe me when I told her that the name Gillian is pronounced with a soft G (like Jillian). (Yes, I'm aware how Gillian Jacobs pronounces her name.) Later that year, the author of the book the name was from did an interview about the book, and pronounced it Jillian. The teacher's response was something to do with "artistic flair".
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Feb 13, 2015 13:28
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Istari posted:In Primary school, our teacher read us the first Harry Potter (before the films had come out). 3 separate kids in the class told her how to pronounce Hermione, but she still insisted on calling her Her-mee-on. I knew three Gillians in school. Two pronounced it Jill-ian, and the other Gill-ian. It was confusing, to say the least.
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hyperhazard posted:I knew three Gillians in school. Two pronounced it Jill-ian, and the other Gill-ian. It was confusing, to say the least. I'd never heard it pronounced Gill-ian until Gillian Jacobs. And I haven't heard it pronounced that way since. I went to school with two girls called Maree. One pronounced it like Marie, the other Mar-ree. They had very similar last names too.
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Knew a guy with a deformity similar to the thalidomide flipper-baby syndrome. His surname was Stubbs. 
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Glaucus atlanticus posted:Knew a guy with a deformity similar to the thalidomide flipper-baby syndrome. His surname was Stubbs. There was a guy in my home town who was left with the mental capacity of a 5-year-old after a jack slipped and the car he was working on fell on his head. His surname was Slow. (Or Slowe, or Slowwe, or something, but pronounced Slow). I never met him before the accident, but apparently he wasn't the nicest guy.
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Istari posted:There was a guy in my home town who was left with the mental capacity of a 5-year-old after a jack slipped and the car he was working on fell on his head. His surname was Slow. (Or Slowe, or Slowwe, or something, but pronounced Slow). Take that, athestits!
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Feb 15, 2015 05:09
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A little boy named Titan came through my checkout lane tonight. Titan was a weedy little brat of a child.
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Feb 15, 2015 07:39
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 Prince-William and Mini-Cooper.
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Feb 15, 2015 13:14
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At least Prince and William are names. still, must be slow news day down in the Pyrenees-Orientales
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Feb 15, 2015 14:01
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I had a patient once by the name of Burns, Anna-Mae. Anime burns 
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Somebody in my friend's family named their baby Baella Marceline. I don't know where Baella came from or how to pronounce it. Looks like bae + paella. Middle name makes me think they are Adventure Time fans.
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Let's see... in high school I knew an Alix, a Muhammad Muhammad Muhammad, and *snip*. Well poo poo, my bad. Blame it on faulty memory then as I wasn't close the person or nothing. M3 was a really cool guy though with a fun name to say. Iserlohn has a new favorite as of 16:12 on Feb 17, 2015 |
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Iserlohn posted:Let's see... in high school I knew an Alix, a Muhammad Muhammad Muhammad, and a La-a (Pronounced La-dash-a). You probably should have read the OP 
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Feb 16, 2015 20:46
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My sides, what a wacky name I have never heard of before
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Feb 16, 2015 20:54
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Iserlohn posted:Let's see... in high school I knew an Alix, a Muhammad Muhammad Muhammad, and a La-a (Pronounced La-dash-a). Ah yes, close friend to Major Major Major Major
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I had a customer the other day by the name of Sage Pepper. Mr. Sage Pepper.
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Feb 18, 2015 05:26
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Young actor Kodi Smit-McPhee has been cast as Nightcrawler in the new X-Men movie.
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Male Tears posted:Young actor Kodi Smit-McPhee has been cast as Nightcrawler in the new X-Men movie. His parents named him hoping he'd grow up to be a mutant
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Feb 18, 2015 22:14
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sweeperbravo posted:His parents named him hoping he'd grow up to be a mutant
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A coworker of mine a few years ago was telling me about his dad. Said the guy was named after general Grant. "Ulysses?" I asked. Nope. Guy's name is seriously just General Grant (Lastname).
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Today, a really sweet older man showed me photos of his great-grandsons. Mang (not sure of the spelling, but rhymes with wang) and Maestro. When I was unable to completely hide my surprise at the names, he just nodded his head, and said "I know" in a really disheartened way.
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That's loving incredible. It's almost David Ryder levels of dumb. Edit: also seeing the letter start with Dear Lunchbag, is making me laugh so goddamn hard. I kind of want a dramatic reading of that letter.
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Holly Bible
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I met a white girl named Africa.
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Living in a rural hicktown, I hear ridiculous names all the time. The saddest thing I think I've seen is my best friend's evil fiance tearing into him for "being too loving stupid to spell his own daughter's name". The name? Haylee. The kid is about 3 years old and the fiance still resents the fact he wouldn't let her spell it "Haeyileighe" or whatever. "SHE COULD OF BEEN loving SPECIAL BUT NOT NO MORE!!" 
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Feb 20, 2015 17:03
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 Loupcianna e: I assume it's pronounced like Luciana.
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Feb 21, 2015 11:13
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Loup is a rare but real name yeah (for men and women) and the p is indeed silent.
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Bertrand Hustle posted:I met a white girl named Africa. It's like white people named Chico, it's where they were conceived
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Feb 21, 2015 19:33
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The White Dragon posted:It's like white people named Chico, it's where they were conceived Portugal?
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The White Dragon posted:It's like white people named Chico, it's where they were conceived Grandmascouch Leftcushion Johnson, you put that ice cream back right now!
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