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New coworker goes by the nickname "Tryst". It's on her nametag and everything. Her full name is Christiana and I haven't yet asked how Tryst is short for that.
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HelloIAmYourHeart posted:New coworker goes by the nickname "Tryst". It's on her nametag and everything. Her full name is Christiana and I haven't yet asked how Tryst is short for that. just guessing, but probably along the lines of my knowing a person who is named Robert but goes by RahRah because that's how his little sister pronounced his name and it just stuck
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Nov 12, 2016 16:44
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ookiimarukochan posted:Dudley is a man's name though - obviously her parents wanted a boy! I know a female Nicky who is actually a Dominic. Her parents were convinced they were having a boy and weren't going to let a small thing like reality deter them from bestowing the name they'd chosen.
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Nov 12, 2016 18:33
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Lady Demelza posted:I know a female Nicky who is actually a Dominic. Her parents were convinced they were having a boy and weren't going to let a small thing like reality deter them from bestowing the name they'd chosen. Could always change it to Dominique
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Nov 12, 2016 18:58
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Is he a boxer or something? I'd love to hear the commentary from one of those matches. "He's got Semen on the ropes. Semen has lost control and is all over the place!"
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Nov 12, 2016 19:14
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A good friend of mine is currently dating a woman named Michael, which has been kind of weird.
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Nov 12, 2016 19:26
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poop dood posted:A good friend of mine is currently dating a woman named Michael, which has been kind of weird. I've met a couple chicks named Micheal, I think it's a french thing
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Nov 12, 2016 20:56
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I've never heard of any French speaker named Micheal. It appears to be Gaelic, male name though.
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Nov 12, 2016 22:51
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Phlegmish posted:I've never heard of any French speaker named Micheal. It appears to be Gaelic, male name though. Maybe they mean Michel? Also, I was reading an article in the paper this morning about a homicide investigation. The victim's name is Shelsea Schilling.
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Nov 12, 2016 23:04
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Panic! at Nabisco posted:My neighbor in college was named Isis. She was Egyptian, too, so she got some...interesting reactions out in Bumfuck, Ohio. Totally normal name ruined by current events. What part of bumfuck, ohio
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Nov 12, 2016 23:27
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There's a girl in my college program whose name on all class lists is "Princess Laydee".
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Nov 12, 2016 23:47
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poop dood posted:A good friend of mine is currently dating a woman named Michael, which has been kind of weird. Michal is the first wife of King David and daughter of King Saul in the Old Testament. Here's a fun fact: the bride price King Saul demanded for her marriage was 100 Philistine foreskins. Then King David abandoned her for awhile but after marrying a series of other wives with such incredible names as Ahinoam and Eglah, decided he wanted her back. I love the Old Testament. There's also the slightly less Biblical Michael Michele, whose legal name at birth was Michael Michele Williams. First name Michael, middle name Michele.
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Nov 13, 2016 00:02
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Stoatbringer posted:Is he a boxer or something? I'd love to hear the commentary from one of those matches. They probs just pronounce it correctly, as in Simyon. Hockey announcers never called Miroslav Šatan Satan like the Devil either.
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Nov 13, 2016 00:18
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Beaten.
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Nov 13, 2016 00:38
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Osama Dozen-Dongs posted:They probs just pronounce it correctly, as in Simyon. Hockey announcers never called Miroslav Šatan Satan like the Devil either. And yet American golf commentators can never get Pádraig Harrington's name right, consistently saying "pa-DRAYG" instead of "POD-ric".
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Nov 13, 2016 00:47
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KoRMaK posted:What part of bumfuck, ohio (I went to Kenyon, the closest civilization was Mount Vernon, OH, the meth capital of the midwest)
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Nov 13, 2016 01:00
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Panic! at Nabisco posted:The wilderness north of Columbus I grew up in a little slice of hell, known as Newark, OH. If I was still there I'd need meth to cope with such a dull place.
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Nov 13, 2016 01:04
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poop dood posted:A good friend of mine is currently dating a woman named Michael, which has been kind of weird. I went to elementary school with a girl name Micheal, pronounced "Michael." She was pretty cool, and we would all gently caress with new subs who expected her to be a boy.
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Nov 13, 2016 10:04
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Dogfish posted:Michal is the first wife of King David and daughter of King Saul in the Old Testament. Here's a fun fact: the bride price King Saul demanded for her marriage was 100 Philistine foreskins. I hope the job of Royal Foreskin Accountant paid really well.
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Nov 13, 2016 10:38
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Bertrand Hustle posted:And yet American golf commentators can never get Pádraig Harrington's name right, consistently saying "pa-DRAYG" instead of "POD-ric". That doesn't make it sound sexually or religiously subversive, though.
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Nov 13, 2016 10:53
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poop dood posted:A good friend of mine is currently dating a woman named Michael, which has been kind of weird. Princess Michael of Kent. OK, this is sort of cheating, as her real name is Marie and her title comes from her husband, Prince Michael of Kent.
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Nov 13, 2016 17:44
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Lady Demelza posted:Princess Michael of Kent. Since Marie-Christine von Reibnitz had no British titles of her own, she takes it from her husband. Prince Michael is the younger brother of the present Duke of Kent, so prince is his only title. She's not entitled to be called Princess Marie-Christine, because she wasn't born into British royalty. She is the daughter of a former baron, but her father's title came from a foreign country. People who marry into the Windsor dynasty are required to renounce their foreign titles prior to the wedding. The most famous example of this is the Queen's husband, Prince Philip, who had to renounce his title "Prince of Greece and Denmark" before he could marry King George VI's daughter, the then-Princess Elizabeth.
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Nov 13, 2016 20:55
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He's apparently kind of bitter about the whole situation too since his kids can't take his name.
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Aphrodite posted:He's apparently kind of bitter about the whole situation too since his kids can't take his name. When Prince Charles was born, Philip complained that he was the only man in the UK who couldn't give his children his name. Eventually, a consolation of sorts was arranged to soothe his feelings of irrelevance. The name of the royal dynasty is still The House of Windsor, but it was declared that any descendants of Philip and the Queen who needed a last name would use the surname Mountbatten-Windsor. This looks good, but their sons all have titles of their own that are used as a last name, like Wales, York, and Wessex. Prince William can use his dukedom for a last name (Cambridge) and Prince Harry still uses his father's name (Wales) because he won't be given his dukedom (Sussex) until he marries. When Princess Anne, their only daughter, signed the registry at her first wedding, she wrote "Anne Mountbatten-Windsor," but this is the only time I know of when this surname was used by anyone.
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Nov 13, 2016 21:48
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Friend-of-a-friend just had a baby girl called 'Nevayah'. Firstly, 'Neveah' was invented as a name because it was 'Heaven' spelled backwards, that's its only meaning. Misspelled it doesn't mean anything. Secondly, the baby is English and 'Neva- yah' sounds like two english people having an argument (never-yeah)
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Nov 13, 2016 22:55
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Popcyan posted:Friend-of-a-friend just had a baby girl called 'Nevayah'. I have a friend who named his dog that, and for the same reason.
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King Possum III posted:When Prince Charles was born, Philip complained that he was the only man in the UK who couldn't give his children his name. Eventually, a consolation of sorts was arranged to soothe his feelings of irrelevance. We need a British monarchy megathread so I can divulge all my theories about how Princess Anne is a hardcore lesbian dominatrix and also a mysterious superhero. Like Batman, if Batman wore a lot of Kim Jong Un-style outfits and large hats and looked extremely disapproving all the time.
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Nov 14, 2016 05:46
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Fleta Mcgurn posted:We need a British monarchy megathread so I can divulge all my theories about how Princess Anne is a hardcore lesbian dominatrix and also a mysterious superhero. Like Batman, if Batman wore a lot of Kim Jong Un-style outfits and large hats and looked extremely disapproving all the time. You go ahead and start one, and I'll be the resident expert and fact-checker. My credentials are 30+ years as a student of royal history. I am happy to accept payment in either cash or hugs.
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Nov 14, 2016 06:09
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King Possum III posted:You go ahead and start one, and I'll be the resident expert and fact-checker. I think we are going to be friends.
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Nov 14, 2016 06:35
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Phlegmish posted:I've never heard of any French speaker named Micheal. It appears to be Gaelic, male name though. It's Michaël
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Nov 14, 2016 08:59
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From work: Jameson John Douglas Kiss Niss
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Nov 14, 2016 15:18
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genetic_knockout posted:From work: Jameson John Douglas Kiss Niss Oh! That's my name, too!
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Nov 14, 2016 15:29
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Fleta Mcgurn posted:Oh! That's my name, too! Whenever you go out, what do people always shout?
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Nov 14, 2016 15:33
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jojoinnit posted:Whenever you go out, what do people always shout? "Call the police!"
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Nov 14, 2016 15:49
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Fleta Mcgurn posted:Oh! That's my name, too! I'm sitting here at my desk giggling and my coworkers are staring. Thanks a lot. 
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Nov 14, 2016 16:36
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Fleta Mcgurn posted:I think we are going to be friends. Change the name back to Saxe-Coburg-Gotha y/n?
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Nov 14, 2016 19:52
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Trump has named RNC chairman Reince Priebus as his chief of staff. Reince fuckin' Priebus.
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That guy from Discworld is a Republican?
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