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spite house posted:There's an Olympic-medalist swimmer named Misty Hyman. I get that Hyman is an old-school, dignified family name and all, but you'd think that people named Hyman would know better than to name their children adjectives. Her brother Rusty got the worse of it. I taught English in mainland China for a while, and they choose anglicised names for themselves that range from the unpopular in the West to the completely ridiculous. Every class in the university had a Rainbow or Sunshine, there was a dude who chose Hamburger, and one girl had chosen the unfortunate name of Cowhush. Because it's what the horrible old alcoholic who taught her class used to say to her all the time.  Then I met a hairdresser who was named Viagra. Yes, he knew what it meant in English. I also occasionally go rock climbing with a dude named Sundance, but he's such a cool gentle hippy type that I think he deserves a free pass.
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Boing posted:I love it when Asian people choose their own Westernised names, because you know some names but you don't know about their context or how they're going to be perceived, so I work with a dude named Gilbert (which is awesome) and have heard him talking about his roommate Sherlock. On a similar note; a Singaporean ex-client named Dorkus. We didn't know her last name, but every time we talked about her we referred to her as Ms Malorkus.
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funkybottoms posted:
And at the end of the baby's arm.... WAS A HOOK! And the call was coming FROM INSIDE THE BUILDING!
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