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ibntumart posted:How are these terrible names? They're standard nicknames (except maybe Chairo, never came across that one before). Not Angeles, I guess, but it makes sense and certainly isn't a terrible name. Did part of your post get eaten there?
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ALL-PRO SEXMAN posted:I knew a Mason in middle school. His last name was Potter. I worked at a place with two people named Mason. One was Masson, with two esses but still pronounced the same so we had to specify which Mason we were talking about. There was also a Britley, she said her parent's couldn't decide between Brittany or Ashley. There was a Ramon Rodriguez who everyone just called Ramrod though, so that was kind of fun.
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sweeperbravo posted:Did part of your post get eaten there? Yes, I had a bit more about nicknames and their prevalence in Latin culture that I apparently deleted without noticing. This is what I get for trying to rush an iPhone post. No great loss, though. On with the horrible names!
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Kurtofan posted:It's short for Françoise, feminine form of François. Sure is, but it also means vagina in British English. As for the Spanish names, Mamen just sounds weird and wrong in English. For the other two, it's more the extraordinary full names than anything else. I wonder if it's not dying out in Spain, though - I'm yet to meet someone my age who has a very long name legally.
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schadenfraud posted:Sure is, but it also means vagina in British English. The funniest thing I ever saw was taking my English great-aunt to a mall in Canada and showing her Fannie Farmer. She loved it.
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bringmyfishback posted:The funniest thing I ever saw was taking my English great-aunt to a mall in Canada and showing her Fannie Farmer. She loved it. I have a British friend who starts snickering every time someone refers to a "fanny pack" in her presence.
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KillerEggplant posted:I have a British friend who starts snickering every time someone refers to a "fanny pack" in her presence. My first exposure to this (when I was about 6) was that episode of the Simpsons in which Marge and Lisa are shopping for a bathing suit (swimming costume ?), and Marge points one out and says "It has a starfish on the fanny". I was shocked and horrified.
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Istari posted:I went to high school with a Peregrine who (this being Australia) went by Pezza. Is that like how James May calls Jeremy Clarkson "Jezza?"
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KillerEggplant posted:I have a British friend who starts snickering every time someone refers to a "fanny pack" in her presence. Usually telling an American friend that I'm going to pop outside and smoke a fag gets an outright LOL.
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Lotish posted:Is that like how James May calls Jeremy Clarkson "Jezza?" Exactly. But in Australia, this is outrageously common. (It's a hideous stereotype, but unfortunately, it is true among certain groups of people.) Sharon is Shazza, Gary is Gazza, Barry is Bazza, Darren is Dazza, Terry is Tezza, etc.
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Sort of like Russian short names but dumb as gently caress.
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Aphrodite posted:Sort of like Russian short names but dumb as gently caress. That's pretty much how all Australian slang works: sounds like English, but dumb.
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Aphroditers posted:Sort of like Russian short names but dumb as gently caress. Or hockey nicknames that all end in -ie. Unless your actual name does that, then your nickname is -ers.
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Istari posted:My first exposure to this (when I was about 6) was that episode of the Simpsons in which Marge and Lisa are shopping for a bathing suit (swimming costume ?), and Marge points one out and says "It has a starfish on the fanny".
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Everything you say to him sounds like the set up to a joke. "Doctor Docktor! I feel like a pair of curtains." "Well pull yourself together!" :iamafag:
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First thing I thought of. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APyl6Cnbfzw
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UltraVariant posted:Seeing as how I have to shave for my summer job on Saturday, I decided to have the shittiest sideburns/mutton chop hybrid for a day. Yes, but is your name terrible?
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Beardless posted:Yes, but is your name terrible?
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Don't know if it counts as terrible but there's someone in my building called "So Young Kim".
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Funky See Funky Do posted:Don't know if it counts as terrible but there's someone in my building called "So Young Kim". There's a 100% chance that's actually Chris Hansen.
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Just got a new enrollee whose middle name is Demon. Sadly, his first and last names can't hold a candle to the last Demon to join our classes: Demon Slaughter.
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Do you work at Sunnydale High? On topic, I've been reminded that in addition to Judge Judge, we also have a Lord Lord.
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I love that the headline had to reassure us that the fire breath was left at home.
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Yesterday I met two siblings named Dash and Violet, which are perfectly fine names individually, but together they're the names of the kids from The Incredibles. Unfortunately I didn't make the connection until several hours later so I couldn't ask if it was a coincidence or on purpose.
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HelloIAmYourHeart posted:Yesterday I met two siblings named Dash and Violet, which are perfectly fine names individually, but together they're the names of the kids from The Incredibles. Unfortunately I didn't make the connection until several hours later so I couldn't ask if it was a coincidence or on purpose. You know full well what the answer to that question is.
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Leaf Artemis (male). What is with all these boys being given the names of goddesses ?
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Istari posted:Leaf Artemis (male). What is with all these boys being given the names of goddesses ? Given the name "Leaf" I wouldn't be surprised if the parents didn't know of the Greek goddess Artemis and probably named the poor kid after some elf in a fantasy novel or something,
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I think that one might be Sailor Moon's fault. I assumed Artemis was a masculine name for years because of that show.
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One of the Duggars is named Jinger, to fit in with the other 18's J names.
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All on Black posted:I think that one might be Sailor Moon's fault. I assumed Artemis was a masculine name for years because of that show. I still think of Elliot as a girl's name because of Scrubs.
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