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Mlle posted:Sampling of classmates in my online course: These names sound Mormon as gently caress, especially Starlotte.
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Bertrand Hustle posted:These names sound Mormon as gently caress, especially Starlotte. they neglected to mention they go to BYU
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Sep 5, 2016 03:18
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I like to imagine the Honey Jane family follows gendernormative nuclear family naming conventions, like the Berenstain Bears. Ma Honey Jane Pa Honey Jane Small Bear Honey Jane eventually becomes Brother Honey Jane Those books were hella hosed up if you think about it. They were so affronted when the pandas moved in next door.
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Sep 5, 2016 05:47
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Further adventures in new English names (new to me, that is, these kids are actually seniors.) Cinven Feyman Cesar Leavy Knight
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Sep 5, 2016 08:37
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Cesar? That stuck out to you?
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Sep 5, 2016 08:40
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Alaois posted:Cesar? That stuck out to you? Aren't rhetorical questions silly?
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Sep 5, 2016 11:05
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Cesar is a normal name but if I were a Chinese exchange student I'd try to come up with something that didn't make me sound like an 80-year-old French guy.
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Rangpur posted:I used to think having a niece named Brooke would make her stand out. Thanks to this thread I've come to realize she's more likely to get teased for having too boring a name instead. Thanks to the world-wide popularity of American soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful, Brooke is probably one of the best-known anglophone woman's names in the world.
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Sep 5, 2016 12:32
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Istari posted:Someone with the middle name Crustaceans. Turns out Crustaceans isn't her name; she filled her allergy information in the wrong section of the form.
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Sep 5, 2016 12:35
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That also explains classmate Animal Dander
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Istari posted:Turns out Crustaceans isn't her name; she filled her allergy information in the wrong section of the form. How do you mix up the middle name and allergy sections? This sounds like a poorly-designed form.
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Bertrand Hustle posted:How do you mix up the middle name and allergy sections? This sounds like a poorly-designed form. One's immediately below the other.
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Istari posted:Turns out Crustaceans isn't her name; she filled her allergy information in the wrong section of the form. This seriously gave me the giggles for a few minutes. 
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I'm from Germany and I went to school with two girls, Fanny (who was French) and Svenja (English). One day Fanny decided to make fun of Svenja, telling her "your name means pig in Russian!" Svenja got angry and blurted out "WELL YOUR NAME MEANS oval office IN ENGLISH!!" In retrospect it was hilarious. I'm sorry no one believed you, Svenja.  Wikipedia puts it very diplomatically: "Im angelsächsischen Sprachraum ist der Name seit längerer Zeit durch bislang unerläutert gebliebene Nebenbedeutungen belastet und daher kaum mehr im Gebrauch" "In English-speaking countries, the name has been burdened by so-far unexplained other connotations for some time and is therefore hardly given anymore"
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Sep 5, 2016 18:53
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Can't talk about fannies without posting this clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jl1Zfz-Widc
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ookiimarukochan posted:Can't talk about fannies without posting this clip: That led me to the name Dick Tingeler in this clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b28_wgzR34Y
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Recently came across a form with the name Drenda at work. Also one for a Mr. Huemann, who I like to think is an alien trying to be incognito.
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Bertrand Hustle posted:That led me to the name Dick Tingeler in this clip: Can confirm.  The titles of the books are "Willi Wacker: Really Big" and "Willi Wacker: Large In Shape (literal word-by-word translation)/In Top Form" rotoscoped has a new favorite as of 21:28 on Sep 5, 2016 |
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Why don't they just call him Andy Capp?
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stubblyhead posted:Why don't they just call him Andy Capp? Why are the Schtroumpfs called the Smurfs in backwards cultures 
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Cody Rhodes, the pro wrestler, also named his kid Link. Naming your kid after Navi, though? You're setting them up for failure...
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sweeperbravo posted:That also explains classmate Animal Dander They call her Anni for short.
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Alaois posted:they neglected to mention they go to BYU Johnaca Jonthan Seannathan Charmin Nicklette Veverly and the obligatory Paytyn
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Bertrand Hustle posted:Mosima Gabriel Sexwale (pronounced se-khwa-le) is his real name. Tokyo is a nickname someone gave him as a kid because he took karate. He's a South African politician and was an anti-apartheid activist back in those days. Not a billionaire as far as I know. Pronounced se-khwa-le. Suuuuure it is. Sex-wail, sez I. ... Killjoy. We dont need no steenking facts ITT, gringo! zimboe has a new favorite as of 06:45 on Sep 7, 2016 |
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Quote: from Snopes: [Reader's Digest, 1958] My friend R.B. Jones doesn't have a first or middle name — only the initials R.B. This unusual arrangement was never a problem until he went to work for a government agency. The government is not accustomed to initialed employees, so R.B. had a lot of explaining to do. On the official forms for the payroll and personnel departments, his name was carefully entered as R (Only) B (Only) Jones. Sure enough, when R.B. got his pay check, it was made out to Ronly Bonly Jones.
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Faker has changed his name to McCrea.
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bringmyfishback posted:Faker has changed his name to McCrea. After the Overwatch character?
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Isn't there someone on SA with the username Tokyo Sexwale? (Or Tokyo Sexwhale)
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Male Tears posted:After the Overwatch character? Hahaa, yep.
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Whenever someone mentions Sexwhale, I'm reminded of serial killer Moses Sithole.
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I can't believe Dick Tips and Taco Pope were voted out of Name of the Year 2016. Still a little salty about that. Also Burm Snart. Burm fuckin' Snart.
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The cashier at Walmart tonight had a nametag that said 'Road'. I didn't have a chance to ask her how it was pronounced.
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Astrofig posted:The cashier at Walmart tonight had a nametag that said 'Road'. I didn't have a chance to ask her how it was pronounced. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KT3vOCWA-J0
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bringmyfishback posted:Hahaa, yep. are you sure, because McRae is a rally driver name, not an Overwatch character
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Astrofig posted:The cashier at Walmart tonight had a nametag that said 'Road'. I didn't have a chance to ask her how it was pronounced. One time I saw an empty cash register at a store and it had a two-row display which said: WHO ARE YOU SKIMMED MILK And it struck me as a very profound question. Welp that's my store story hope you enjoyed it.
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