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Dubh posted:Couple names I don't understand. Girl named Chia, but not like the weed things. She says it's pronounced "shay." This reminds me I have a coworker named Leigh, but she pronounces it "lee-uh."
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I'm terminating old students in our database, and just came across a man with the given name Divas Cursel (first and middle name). I don't care how you pronounce it, lady, you just named your boy the plural of diva.
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Yeah, my name is Gareth and people mispronounce that all the time (the first syllable is pronounce like "care"). Most of the time I get called Garreth, Garth, Garrett or Gary.
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Say Nothing posted:It's the other way round for me. My name is one of those others you posted and I get called Gareth a lot. The best was the time I took a driver's ed class and my table also had a Gary and a Garrett.
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Apr 13, 2014 14:49
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I am holding a file for someone with the first name Racial.
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Apr 25, 2014 15:57
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Bertrand Hustle posted:Is it at least pronounced "Rachel"? I wish I knew, but I was just doing a termination since she hadn't attended class. I never had a chance to hear her name spoken. Kaiju Cage Match posted:I'm guessing you have a racial profile? Bravo.
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Apr 26, 2014 21:38
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tacodaemon posted:Are you from one of those parts of the US where everybody has a speech impediment that causes them to pronounce "Mary", "merry", "marry", and "Murray" exactly the same? I have never heard Murray pronounced the same as the other three, which I've always heard pronounced pretty much exactly the same. The first three are said like "mare-ee" and the last like "myrrh-ee." Is this different in other places?
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May 7, 2014 04:15
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Grossweiner is special, because if you know what gross means in German, you can interpret it as "big dick" and be proud of it, but most Americans don't so we all imagine the male equivalent of bluewaffle.
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May 16, 2014 19:31
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HEY GAL posted:Swear to God I walked past a truck with "Judenhass Construction" on the side last week. It means "Hatred of Jews." Reminds me of this town in Spain which has a name that translates to Kill Jews Fort. They're voting on a name change: http://www.haaretz.com/jewish-world/jewish-world-news/1.591495
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May 22, 2014 13:31
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My sister and I had preschool graduations back in the 80s, so it's long been a thing.
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Jun 2, 2014 02:45
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S'Ranthony L'Nard. I mean, L'Nard kind of works as a truncated Leonard, but it just makes me think of Monster Squad dubbed in French or something. "Loup-garou a l'nards!" edit: Another one from the terminations pile: Aspen Sky. marshmallow creep has a new favorite as of 17:00 on Jun 13, 2014 |
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Jun 13, 2014 16:52
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Saw a sign for a business called Boring Realty, apparently owned by one BJ Boring.
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Jul 3, 2014 03:13
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At the church I teach classes at, there's a classroom for "Epistles of John" taught by Johnny Johnson.
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Jul 17, 2014 19:25
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Istari posted:I don't think the two are mutually exclusive. In my experience, definitely not. I mean I'm sure there are some fine and intelligent navy dudes, but I have not met them yet.
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Jul 30, 2014 18:33
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Just got some paper work on a woman named Shakebra.
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Aug 8, 2014 17:59
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Today's winner: Beuncle Idea.
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Sep 26, 2014 22:06
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Runners up from today: Julysabel, Nosheen (from Pakistan, but still funny to me), and Shykendal.
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Sep 26, 2014 22:58
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Today brought me a Johnnathan. As in John Nathan but all one name. Of course he can't write his h's for poo poo so it just looks like Jonnnathan. e: Siloman! The Intercontinental Ballistic Superhero! marshmallow creep has a new favorite as of 15:20 on Oct 3, 2014 |
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Honestly thought he had way more posts than this. Was there an older version of this thread I'm remembering?
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Oct 24, 2014 20:19
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Best name today is Santa Bravo.
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Nov 7, 2014 16:57
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I was just reminded that one of my students is named J. The J isn't short for anything; I asked. That's it. Just... J.
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Nov 21, 2014 18:25
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One of the art projects at the school last night's toy drive was hosted at was credited to "Jnya." That was typed on a card, not written by the kid, so I have to assume it's the legal spelling.
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Dec 18, 2014 15:03
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Jerry Cotton posted:A lot of Spanish people like to think they're white as well. The government paper work my students have to fill out for class now makes them pick both "Ethnicity" (Hispanic or Not; pick one) and "Race" (White, Black, Native American, Pacific Islander, Asian; check all that apply). Some of them get really mad about having to pick both Hispanic and something else, but almost always pick "white" in the end.
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Jan 5, 2015 15:29
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Kids of the same woman: KaWayii, KaLyiah, KaGary KaGary!
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Mar 20, 2015 15:32
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hyperhazard posted:Pronounced Kawaii? I must imagine. Actually we already had a student named Kawaii. I wonder if he knew this mother.
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Mar 20, 2015 17:28
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We just enrolled a boy named Daniel San
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Mar 27, 2015 20:20
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Alternatively, it's derived (through several steps over hundreds of years) from Eleanor, from the queen of France, Eleanor of Aquitaine. That's probably what she was going off of. There's a lot of bullshit out there about names, though. I've read in different sources over the years that my name means either Spear Warrior, Gentleman, Old Man or, most recently, may be derived from "gentleness."
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Apr 29, 2015 23:43
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Got a 10 month old baby here named Leviathan.
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May 8, 2015 17:33
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Okay, this guy's middle name is Jamrc. Seems like it's missing a few letters.
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May 8, 2015 17:49
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And I just now got a file with a guy named Asian. And his last name is a normal first name, so it's like "Asian John" or "Asian Michael."
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May 8, 2015 18:05
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Today I learned that Penn Jillette's daughter is named Moxie Crimefighter.
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May 9, 2015 00:38
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Choco1980 posted:I would imagine Avengers would up the Bruces in the world. Mary honestly surprises me. It's one of those names like "Jane" or "John" where it's considered super generic. My parents were going to name my sister Megan, and then changed their mind when they noticed that several people on base were doing the same. My sister had over ten friends named Megan in high school.
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May 15, 2015 13:44
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Jushila
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May 15, 2015 18:32
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Yeah I had a student named "Wipaporn" once.
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May 19, 2015 02:36
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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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May 20, 2015 13:31
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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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May 22, 2015 14:41
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My mother was just telling me about one of her female students who was named James Curtis [lastname]. Apparently she was the youngest of seven girls, and they had promised grandpa they were going to name a baby after him, so she drew the short straw.
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Jun 18, 2015 00:58
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Opopanax posted:I'm talking to a John Johnson right now. I'm tempted to ask what his middle name is Does he teach a bible study class on the Book of John, because that happened to me. John Johnson and the Book of John.
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I await the day Feetusey becomes reality. Yesterday I met La'Cola. No word on La'Soda or La'Pop.
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