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loving embarrassing what some people have as email addresses from when they were young. A friend of mine who is a respected PhD and postdoctoral researcher in her field has something like dancingwiththefairies1@gmail.com as her personal address. I guess dancingwiththefairies was taken?
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StandardToast posted:OH so I know the given usernames/email addresses aren't names but they can make for some good ones, such as "S Hartman" (shartman) and a lady with the initials of FAG that we giggle about every time she calls. I used to work with a TWATSON. She was a very nice lady.
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May 21, 2017 11:25
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Memento posted:loving embarrassing what some people have as email addresses from when they were young. A friend of mine who is a respected PhD and postdoctoral researcher in her field has something like dancingwiththefairies1@gmail.com as her personal address. I still have my teenage email address but I also registered firstname.lastname at Gmail when I needed something to put on resumes. I feel like academics are exactly the type to never recognize that particular need though.
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May 21, 2017 11:27
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Better than bettercallsaul@ouya.com
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May 21, 2017 11:30
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My middle initials are MF. My first and last name are both very common, so my work email is in the format of (firstname) MF (lastname) @ companyname. People tend to assume it stands for motherfucker, and have awkwardly inquired as to why my email address is formatted like that.. Turns out, in the great state of California you can put your name change on your marriage certificate, one of the suggestions the form gives is hyphenating your middle and maiden names, and prior to getting married my initials were AMF.
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May 21, 2017 12:44
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It's not people names, but an AI developed paint color names that are right at home in this thread "At some point, we've all wondered about the incredibly strange names for paint colors. Research scientist and neural network goofball Janelle Shane took the wondering a step further. Shane decided to train a neural network to generate new paint colors, complete with appropriate names. The results are possibly the greatest work of artificial intelligence I've seen to date." please rename me Caring Tan or Sindis Poop
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May 21, 2017 21:01
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She also taught a neural net to create recipes. https://gist.github.com/nylki/1efbaa36635956d35bcc My favorite is caramel corn garlic beef, which apparently calls for Parmesan cheese, ground cloves, and cayenne pepper. That's all.
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May 22, 2017 02:23
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I am partial to the absurdity of Bird Hots with Mold.
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May 22, 2017 02:25
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I got some paperwork today for a kid named 'Qyr' (with a completely normal Anglo surname). I can only imagine that it's pronounced 'queer' but I really hope I'm wrong about that. I also can't imagine this kid spending his whole life trying to explain what the gently caress is going on with his name.
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May 22, 2017 07:47
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get that OUT of my face posted:Kessel, named by a couple of Pittsburgh Penguins fans for the player on that team named Phil Kessel. I hope he grows up to be a Flyers fan. I hope he grows up to play baseball or run track and field. Then fans can talk about the Kessel Run.
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May 22, 2017 08:06
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cyberia posted:I got some paperwork today for a kid named 'Qyr' (with a completely normal Anglo surname). I can only imagine that it's pronounced 'queer' but I really hope I'm wrong about that. I also can't imagine this kid spending his whole life trying to explain what the gently caress is going on with his name. I'm guessing it's pronounced like Cure. Edit: googled a bit, and most of the hits are either obviously not related (radio station call signs, stock exchange abbreviations) or ancient Hebrew and/or Aramaic. So my guess is some obscure Bible thing. Blue Footed Booby has a new favorite as of 11:08 on May 22, 2017 |
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May 22, 2017 11:05
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Sent out a package for a Guy Sonn today.
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May 23, 2017 21:17
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Ungeleak. I believe it's a variation on Angelique, but woof.
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May 26, 2017 16:56
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A local man on the news was being represented by a lawyer named TheArthur A. Duncan II Esquire
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May 26, 2017 17:53
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There was an older dude at the bar a couple days ago named Shirby. He was kinda grumpy. I would be too.
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May 27, 2017 05:02
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I just watched a really good movie where one of the main characters was called Dathan. e: Oh gently caress it's a biblical name I guess I've just never seen it before 
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May 27, 2017 06:20
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rodbeard posted:A local man on the news was being represented by a lawyer named TheArthur A. Duncan II Esquire author of: https://www.amazon.com/Felon-Attorney-TheArthur-Duncan-II-Esq/dp/1631771876
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May 27, 2017 15:57
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Saw someone significantly under the age of 70 with the name Ethel the other day. Are hipsters giving their children old people names now or something?
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May 27, 2017 16:38
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Tumblr of scotch posted:Saw someone significantly under the age of 70 with the name Ethel the other day. Are hipsters giving their children old people names now or something? Yes. I know an Elsa (who was born before Frozen), an Enid, a Vera, a Beatrix, and (god help the poor girl) a Gladys. All born in the last 10 years to mid-twenties, cold-brewed-coffee-drinking, avocado-toast-eating parents. The trend doesn't seem to have hit boys' names, though. At least not where I live.
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May 27, 2017 16:52
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Tumblr of scotch posted:Saw someone significantly under the age of 70 with the name Ethel the other day. Are hipsters giving their children old people names now or something? It's not just a hipster thing. Names go in cycles. By the time a generation grows up and starts having kids, the folks with what their parents considered old people names have died off. So those names just sound like less common names to the folks actually having kids. The result is that every generation throughout history hates the names given to "kids these days." You can actually find rants from any decade you please going back centuries saying the same poo poo that people in this thread say about names now, right down to unique snowflake spellings and people named after fictional characters.
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May 27, 2017 18:39
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Blue Footed Booby posted:It's not just a hipster thing. Names go in cycles. By the time a generation grows up and starts having kids, the folks with what their parents considered old people names have died off. So those names just sound like less common names to the folks actually having kids. The result is that every generation throughout history hates the names given to "kids these days." On the other hand I read a thing lately that said 3 out of 4 of my grandparents' names are in danger of dying out in the UK: Maureen, Geoffrey, and Derek. I quite like Geoffrey at least. The 4th is Shirley and I love the idea of a baby named Shirley. Old people names are going strong among the preschoolers here. Alfie, Archie - never Alfred or Archibald, of course - but Albert, yes. I've worked with a Jonty and a Monty and a Margaret. Arthur. Barney. Mary. A Hazel, an Ivy, and half a dozen Florences. Matilda, Martha, Miriam. Honestly at this point they either have old people names or weird double hyphenated Kaytlynn names.
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May 27, 2017 21:08
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eating only apples posted:On the other hand I read a thing lately that said 3 out of 4 of my grandparents' names are in danger of dying out in the UK: Maureen, Geoffrey, and Derek. I quite like Geoffrey at least. The 4th is Shirley and I love the idea of a baby named Shirley. Huh, in the US Derek is a moderately popular kid's name. I wouldn't associate it with old people at all
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May 27, 2017 23:36
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Tumblr of scotch posted:Saw someone significantly under the age of 70 with the name Ethel the other day. Are hipsters giving their children old people names now or something? I know a 20-something named Jeremiah. To be fair, I think he's like the 5th or 6th, so it's been passed down since that name was hot.
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May 28, 2017 03:59
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I keep getting a kick out of seeing the name Schapelle Corby in the news.
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May 28, 2017 04:00
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Male Tears posted:I keep getting a kick out of seeing the name Schapelle Corby in the news. Re: old fashioned names chat. There's lots of instances of older names here (  ) because a lot of Chinese immigrants will choose an Anglicised name so that they're not continually trying to explain how to spell their actual name. I went to high school with a Victoria, a Rosemary, a couple of Alberts, an Ethel and a Gladys, and I once dated a Chinese girl named Ginny.
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Memento posted:Glad you're getting a kick out of it because every single person I know is sick to loving death of her. I'm in the US so I'd never heard of her before until now. Also, I knew a Korean girl who went by Ginny but it was because her Korean name was Jinhee.
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May 28, 2017 04:33
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My mom grew up with a guy named Nimrod McDade. He's got a son called Nimrod McDade Jr.
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May 28, 2017 12:23
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Istari posted:Yes. I know an Elsa (who was born before Frozen), an Enid, a Vera, a Beatrix, and (god help the poor girl) a Gladys. All born in the last 10 years to mid-twenties, cold-brewed-coffee-drinking, avocado-toast-eating parents. I've seen multiple kids with renowned old person names Wyatt and Warren.
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May 28, 2017 12:32
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I'm at my girlfriend's family reunion and her aunt just casually mentioned someone named Dick Leathers. Holy poo poo.
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May 29, 2017 19:14
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Memento posted:Glad you're getting a kick out of it because every single person I know is sick to loving death of her. same here, I'm a Kiwi and I know a bunch of first-gen Chinese NZers called Doris and Wendy and Dilys and Winnie and such a friend's sister just named her son Arsyn, "like the felony!" 
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May 29, 2017 22:04
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poop dood posted:I'm at my girlfriend's family reunion and her aunt just casually mentioned someone named Dick Leathers. Holy poo poo. at a family gathering my mom befriended a Bill Gates, a really nice older guy who was a retired NY fireman  He'll never have the renown of "the" Bill Gates but from the accounts I gathered he's a really good dude and has lived a plentiful, memorable life.
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May 30, 2017 01:36
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Male Tears posted:I'm in the US so I'd never heard of her before until now. Ginny/Jinny seems to be almost as popular as "Sunny" as an English name for Korean women.
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May 30, 2017 13:32
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I was in walmart this weekend, and I heard a mom with a boatload of kids call one of them "Patriot". His sister's name was "Glory".
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May 30, 2017 17:31
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Saw a little girl named Huxley.
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May 31, 2017 12:20
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More stars of the Minnehaha County Jail: Shidawn Fagner Kelby A guy who's middle name is Chaos.
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May 31, 2017 13:44
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The Schwa posted:same here, I'm a Kiwi and I know a bunch of first-gen Chinese NZers called Doris and Wendy and Dilys and Winnie and such Ditto. A first-Gen Chinese-Australian was the first and only Edwina I've ever met. Today I encountered twin girls in a kindergarten class, called Scarlet and Reuby (pronounced Ruby). How does that silent E improve the name at all ?
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May 31, 2017 14:05
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Istari posted:Ditto. A first-Gen Chinese-Australian was the first and only Edwina I've ever met. Maybe it's the feminine, diminutive form of Reuben.
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Had a customer called Gunn Bones
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