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Astrobastard posted:Wow I cant believe I forgot to mention an old School friend "Pogard" Ah yes, the always confusing "acronym" namesake. I have a friend I first met in high school and still know where she got the initials of all the women in her mother's family, and wound up with "Brrasie". Yes, one S, two Rs. It's a pretty enough name, but hell on people spelling it right.
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Choco1980 posted:Ah yes, the always confusing "acronym" namesake. It also makes me think of Brassiere.
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# ? Mar 23, 2016 12:18 |
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https://youtu.be/FyvpHuI-ffU?t=84
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# ? Mar 27, 2016 07:09 |
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As harassment campaigns against minorities go, that's pretty clever.
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# ? Mar 27, 2016 08:13 |
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I corresponded this week with a dude who was very important, but hard to take seriously. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mycle_Schneider
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Memento posted:I corresponded this week with a dude who was very important, but hard to take seriously. I don't get it.
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# ? Mar 27, 2016 18:17 |
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there's someone on the sign-up list for one of my classes named cheese cheeseman and i hope to god that's their real name
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# ? Mar 27, 2016 22:08 |
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Jerry Cotton posted:I don't get it. It's Michael, but spelled obnoxiously.
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# ? Mar 28, 2016 04:57 |
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My name is Michael as well, and it's distressing how often people spell it Micheal. Jesus Christ, it's even in my phone's swipe dictionary I mean, it's been one of the most popular boys' names for decades, wtf?
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# ? Mar 28, 2016 06:14 |
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Blame the Irish.
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# ? Mar 28, 2016 07:07 |
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What the gently caress? How would you not have changed your family name sometime in the last 71 years? "No no, I know it got some bad press, but public perception of this word will change sooner rather than later!" Kim M. Nazi, Ph.D. Archive - JUS
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Memento posted:What the gently caress? How would you not have changed your family name sometime in the last 71 years? "No no, I know it got some bad press, but public perception of this word will change sooner rather than later!" She is literally Dr. Nazi. I mean, you think she'd get tired of going "No, it's pronounced Nazzy."
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# ? Mar 28, 2016 23:20 |
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Dr. Nazi, P.H.D. would make a good exploitation film!
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stubblyhead posted:My name is Michael as well, and it's distressing how often people spell it Micheal. Jesus Christ, it's even in my phone's swipe dictionary I mean, it's been one of the most popular boys' names for decades, wtf? My stepdad's name is Micheal and my phone constantly autocorrects it to the normal spelling. Luckily I hate him so I don't type his name very often.
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# ? Mar 29, 2016 00:19 |
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In my retail job today: Three consecutive women with a toddler named some variation of Aiden.
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# ? Mar 29, 2016 00:31 |
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Jorjia (pronounced Georgia)
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# ? Mar 29, 2016 00:35 |
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Ok I've been saving up names for a while now and I have enough to split them into categories. Creative Spellings --Baili --Baille --Antuun --Vicktorria --Aryn (son of Ryan) --Caci --Kyzer --Taiylor --Tayelor Just Plain Made Up --Kiffany --Exancier --Queenster --Oather --Dimple --Taurean --Londrew --Lynder --Karvette --Nolan and Dolan (twins) --Champ Ian (first and middle name) Full Names --Sue Denham (pseudonym?) --Dawn Wake --Ginger Pennie --Lester Worcester Middle must have been really hard when your last name is: --Wimp --Peed --Dolester --Boob (this is my absolute favorite of all of these)
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# ? Mar 29, 2016 01:25 |
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Seychelle
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# ? Mar 29, 2016 01:41 |
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Jumpingmanjim posted:Seychelle ??? but just one??
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# ? Mar 29, 2016 01:56 |
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By the Seychore?
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# ? Mar 29, 2016 02:17 |
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sweeperbravo posted:??? but just one?? Yep
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# ? Mar 29, 2016 02:45 |
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Little boy with the first name of Palin.
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# ? Mar 29, 2016 02:49 |
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HelloIAmYourHeart posted:Just Plain Made Up I went to elementary school with a kid named Taurean! He was born in May, so I always figured that was the reason
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# ? Mar 29, 2016 02:55 |
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I thought his parents might have been big World of Warcraft fans, and also bad at spelling.
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# ? Mar 29, 2016 03:03 |
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Or else they really really liked soup.
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gamingCaffeinator posted:I went to elementary school with a kid named Taurean! He was born in May, so I always figured that was the reason Taurean is a reasonably popular name in some areas.
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# ? Mar 29, 2016 04:17 |
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You can't spell Taurean without urea.
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# ? Mar 29, 2016 05:07 |
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Now I have to see if he's in my shed.
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# ? Mar 29, 2016 05:50 |
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In the terrible spelling category, I would like to submit "Pawny", for when you want your kid to sound like the mascot do a 90s computer program for teaching kids chess.
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HelloIAmYourHeart posted:--Lester Worcester The Lord of Hats posted:In the terrible spelling category, I would like to submit "Pawny", for when you want your kid to sound like the mascot do a 90s computer program for teaching kids chess.
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Astrofig posted:Or else they really really liked soup. Took me a minute, good one
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Runcible Cat posted:Does he pronounce his surname Wooster? In that case, not being "Leicester Worcester" is a missed opportunity.
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# ? Mar 29, 2016 15:29 |
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I've seen Aryn before, I went to school with one. Watching price is right this morning and there was just an Azah (Asia) who shouted out to her siblings India, and another country I missed.
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AA is for Quitters posted:I've seen Aryn before, I went to school with one. I remember hearing parents calling out to their children when I worked at a portrait studio, they had used the same naming convention. It sounded like a weird meta social studies class. "India, where's Asia?" And there's a student with special needs at my school named Aryan. His family might just be from a different culture, but it seems like a weird thing to name a kid to me. (I only mention the special needs part because of the irony of the Nazi thing)
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# ? Mar 29, 2016 20:30 |
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My brother once knew someone with the first and last name combination Cherry Stunner. It sounds like a McDonald's dessert.
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sweeperbravo posted:I remember hearing parents calling out to their children when I worked at a portrait studio, they had used the same naming convention. It sounded like a weird meta social studies class. "India, where's Asia?" I was nearly named Aryan, spelled Arjen, after my grandpa. It's a pretty normal name here in the Netherlands and doesn't carry the WWII connotations it does in the US/UK. My parents decided naming me after my other grandpa instead. Come to think of it though, grandpa Arjen's side of the family were Nazi sympathisers during the war, so it might not have been as innocuous as I always thought. Guess I might have dodged a bullet, but looking it up Arjen seems to be derived from Adrianus, and Aryan comes from French, meaning melody, so it's not a white pride thing at all, at least here.
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http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20160325-the-names-that-break-computer-systems posted:Jennifer Null’s husband had warned her before they got married that taking his name could lead to occasional frustrations in everyday life. She knew the sort of thing to expect – his family joked about it now and again, after all. And sure enough, right after the wedding, problems began.
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Sorry have to post it https://xkcd.com/327/
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