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raaaan posted:Once I was I line at really crowded Tim Horton's with my mother and we witnessed a lady screaming at her daughter, "Ocean! Ocean I said sit down! Don't play in the garbage!" There were more than a few people in line that I accidentally made eye contact with who looked like they were legit trying not to pee themselves laughing. Océane is a legit (spectacularly overused) French name. So maybe they just decided to translate ? Or maybe they're mispronouncing Oisín.
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raaaan posted:My best friend's single mother got all excited when her cousin named his daughter Genesis (which is somehow 80's music related I guess?) and had to be talked out of naming my buddy Duran after Duran Duran by his grandmother. Lemme get my walker...  Founded in 1967. But they did have some major hits in the late 70's and early-mid 80's during the Phil Collins era.
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Goons pretending to not know world-famous prog rock bands. That's new!
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At my old job I got to speak with illustrious fellows such as Elizabeth Elizabeth and Daax Mdaax (???). My favorite, though, has to be LordPharaoh ImHotepAmonRa, CEO for Egyptian Magic skin cream.
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raaaan posted:My best friend's single mother got all excited when her cousin named his daughter Genesis (which is somehow 80's music related I guess?) and had to be talked out of naming my buddy Duran after Duran Duran by his grandmother. You youngins and not knowing the awesomeness that is Genesis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pkVLqSaahk
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I once met someone with the last name "Huemann," pretty sure that guarantees they were a robot.
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mamelon posted:I once met someone with the last name "Huemann," pretty sure that guarantees they were a robot. I feel like I can't even read the name without exaggerating the pronunciation, either, because of the spelling.
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John Quixote posted:My favorite, though, has to be LordPharaoh ImHotepAmonRa, CEO for Egyptian Magic skin cream. He sounds like a perfectly rational and not at all insane individual.
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I don't understand the reasoning behind naming a lip balm "Chicken Poop". Yet, per list of ingredients on http://www.ilovechickenpoop.com/, it doesn't contain chicken poop! That's some false advertising...
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canis minor posted:I don't understand the reasoning behind naming a lip balm "Chicken Poop". The reasoning is that you can tell your friends that you rub Chicken Poop on your lips.
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John Quixote posted:At my old job I got to speak with illustrious fellows such as Elizabeth Elizabeth and Daax Mdaax (???).  M'Daax
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There's a councilwoman in a nearby town by the name of Sunday F. Coward. I have no idea how you go into politics without changing that.
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Niton posted:There's a councilwoman in a nearby town by the name of Sunday F. Coward. I have no idea how you go into politics without changing that. There was a politician in NH a while ago called Dudley Dudley. To make it even better it was a woman.
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Beardless posted:There was a politician in NH a while ago called Dudley Dudley. To make it even better it was a woman. Please tell me she at least put someone through a table.
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Dr. Chainsaws PhD posted:Please tell me she at least put someone through a table. All I know about her is that one of uncles stole a bunch of her campaign signs when he was drunk in college.
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My little brother has a classmate called Analy. No, we don't live in an english-speaking country but it is JUST as ridiculous as it would be then. That poor girl.
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I was just browsing Facebook, looking up HS classmates and found out that a bunch of them, and other people from that small town, have kids with dumb names: Makena, Sequoia, Daphney, and Keaton Marleigh Carminn Rivar Awtumn and Alessia Makyra Sylar and Chase Gracyn Caydon Keona Drayden Kaleen Delbert Deacon, Dakota, and Jorja Wilder Rayha Ocean and Trinity Ryder and Fayth And the best for last: Harley-Quinn Wednesday Zelda - this kid was wearing a TARDIS onesie and had a Superman pacifer.
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Carbon Thief posted:I was just browsing Facebook, looking up HS classmates and found out that a bunch of them, and other people from that small town, have kids with dumb names: Was this in Utah?
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Jorja might be my favorite entry in the whole thread, besides Sir Obediah Wheatfish.
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Carbon Thief posted:Drayden Carbon Thief posted:Wilder  bringmyfishback posted:Jorja might be my favorite entry in the whole thread, besides Sir Obediah Wheatfish. The story behind that one was pretty good, too. Simple but it has stuck with me for many years.
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Aadyn. Seen on the sign for a kid's birthday pizza place. "Happy Birthday Aadyn!" It would not honestly surprise me if it was a girl, too.
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Not My Leg posted:
I appreciate this flawless reference.
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Height of dorkiness: a guy I know named his son Lex Gannon after Lex Luthor and Gannon from Zelda. Great when he gets to high school and tells people my dad names me after a comic book villain and the bad guy in Super Mario Brothers.
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Count Freebasie posted:Height of dorkiness: a guy I know named his son Lex Gannon after Lex Luthor and Gannon from Zelda. Great when he gets to high school and tells people my dad names me after a comic book villain and the bad guy in Super Mario Brothers. A lot of great names can come from this. Bowser Ultron, example. Or maybe (Dr.) Wily Bizarro Superman
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Count Freebasie posted:Height of dorkiness: a guy I know named his son Lex Gannon after Lex Luthor and Gannon from Zelda. Great when he gets to high school and tells people my dad names me after a comic book villain and the bad guy in Super Mario Brothers. Even Lex knew it was just short for Alexander and not like it's own actual name. I bet he'll be assumed to be a girl as well and someone just left the I off Lexi.
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Bertrand Hustle posted:Was this in Utah? Northern Ontario. 
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Carbon Thief posted:Wilder It's an okay name. If I ever changed mine to get rid of this ultrareligious ball-and-chain I've been carrying my entire life, that's what I'd pick.
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Carbon Thief posted:Northern Ontario. Nothing spruces up the birth announcements like a good sized tailings pond.
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AlistairCookie posted:Aadyn. Seen on the sign for a kid's birthday pizza place. "Happy Birthday Aadyn!" I hope it's pronounced like the aa in aardvark.
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sweeperbravo posted:I hope it's pronounced like the aa in aardvark. I was thinking the aa in Aaron.
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Looks like a super-speshul-snowflake misspelling of Aiden/Aidan, probably pronounced the same. Secretly I hope it's AA as in aardvark too though.
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It's kind of fascinating how the "y" is being shoved into names all over the place. Fayth? Daphney? My kid's name is Bruce and I can't find his name on keychains or mugs or anything. But there is always a Bryce!
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There was a guy named Cotile in my store the other day.
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I had TLC on in the background and heard a promo for a new show. It's Duggars in musical form, right down to the 'J' names. Unlike the Duggars, this family is a tad more creative and so the roster includes Jedi and Jaeger.
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My local mall is doing a "spend $100, present your receipt, and we'll write your kid's name on a decorated plank of wood that you can hang on their door" deal. In the space of 5 minutes, I saw: Kayli Marilyne (pronounced Marleen) Shily and Yasp.
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