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Originally Posted by Mr. Silver
That's what I tried to say on page 2 of this thread. Maybe it's happened more than once. oh my.
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Originally Posted by Mr. Silver
That's what I tried to say on page 2 of this thread. Maybe it's happened more than once. oh my.
On that basis ds#1 would be called "Waterfall Full Moon"!!Quote:
Originally Posted by rachelroo
...but nothing to compete with "Hemi D":(
My neighbors girls names are Sky and Blaze which, when I met them found their names to be the only people I had ever met with those names, and still the only ones I know. Their pit bull dog is named Blaze too, not sure what the story is there and have never asked. I think it was just a coincedence when they got the dog from the previous owners though.
Okay - here goes the weird names of people that I have met:
Childhood family, brother and sisters, Rock, Brick, and Feather.
Girl - Snow White - White was her maiden name, so it was intentional.
There are also many people running around this neck of the woods with the last name of "Butt" Haven't met Ima Butt or Ura Butt, but my father swears they are living in a city about 30 miles away. I tend not to believe him on this one :rolleyes:
A good friend of mine has a flatmate who is called Brian O'Brian (for any rugby fans among you he is a cousin of the referee Paddy O'Brian)Quote:
Originally Posted by margo49
My mother knew a guy in college named Harry Wang.
I also knew a fellow named Joseph (Joe) King. Probably unintentional...
There was a story many years ago (a dozen?) in our local paper -- names that local maternity nurses had come across during their careers. There was reportedly a woman who had twins and named them Lemonjello and Orangejello (le-MAHN-zhellow and ah-RAHN-zhellow). Now that I read your list, I wonder how true either story is .... there couldn't POSSIBLY be more than one, could there??Quote:
Lemonjello (no, not lemon jello...more like this: le-MAHN-zhellow)
A nurse also told the story of a spanish-speaking woman who delivered a baby girl, and when filling out her paperwork wanted to know the spelling of a beautiful word that she had heard while in the hospital ... it sounded so beautiful that she wanted to name her daughter .... Placenta. I guess the nurse managed to talk her out of it.
My daughters went to school with Princess, Charmer, and Majesty.
The authors of Freakonomics have a chapter about the influence of "different" names -- "Would a Roshanda by Any Other Name Smell as Sweet?" -- if an employer received resumes from three people, Justin, Lydia, and Lemonjello, who would be least likely to get the interview?
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Originally Posted by quint41
There was a study done on names. they took people with comparable resumes, all of them were black. the people with names like Michael and John consistently got called for interviews and then hired before Jamal and L'altwan did.
With this coming up generation, this is going to be interesting because it's clear to me that not just black people are naming their children creatively.
just like the tattoo thing. tattoes will definitely affect your ability to get jobs. But once the tattoo wearers are the hirers, this too will change.
How did this thread get to 9 pages already without someone mentioning the Utah Baby Namer? :D
Zestpoole Hallah Lujah !
Unfortunately, my name would have been: "Blond wig did the trick!"Quote:
Originally Posted by margo49
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Originally Posted by zencentury
Latrina is on the Utah list (undere the "Plumbers" heading). :)
Oy, that list makes my head spin.
Woo Hoo!Quote:
Originally Posted by Starfish
I'd like to see that;)
If I had a kid I suppose he'd be Jack Daniels or for a girl, sensimillia
Names inspired by the family car: Audi, Fairlene, Celecta, Pontiac, Vonda, Vonza, Auto, Cherokee, Lexus, Porsche, Skylark, Truckston, Avis, Chevrollette, Chevonne, Caprice, Dodge
What??? No Element??? Oh wait, is there a category of science names? :eek:
A friend of mine has twins in her 3rd grade class this year…Reese and Mo’Reese
Greetings, Mr@
http://technewsworld.com/story/NLZ7Y...ng-Baby-.xhtml
I forgot to mention that there was a Tin Kan Hung in the neighborhood where I grew up. I never met him or his kids, though. If he had a son, they should have called him Will. LOL.
There's a young woman at work named Serenity. Her parents could not have anticipated that advent of adult diapers bearing the same name! :eek: We had a Miracle at work, as well -- a surprise menopause child. Another lady at work's middle name is Akita (she's in her 40s, interestingly enough).
There's a philanthropist by the name of C. Matthews ****.
He called his son C. Matthews **** Jr.
so what do the asterisks stand for? you can spell it like t h i s .Quote:
Originally Posted by indigoiis
yeah...
What are the **** for please??? Even just a couple of letters to clue us if you can't type all the letters with spaces...
My partner thought it would be a good idea (tongue in cheek) to call a boy Mister or Sir...
then he would always be (if his surname was, say, McKenna)
Mr. McKenna, or Sir McKenna ;)
Ok...I just spoke to one of our agents named Shauna. Spelled Shauna. Pronounced "Shaw-Una" (the Una part sounds like Uno but with an A).
I don't get it. Why??
Wow, I didn't realize the mods would asterisk over a man's name! LOL.
It's the short for Richard.
C. Matthews D i c k and son C. Matthews D i c k Jr.
you can't even write the name Emily D i c k inson with out getting the asterisks. That's a silly part of this forum.
D I C K is just a name! I work with one. Come to think of it i work with several :D :D :D :D :D
aw, okay.
Sometimes funny names are an asset. We met a man recently and he said "My name is Ray Day. It's easy to remember!" Certainly was. I never forgot it; and it usually takes a lot of effort for me to remember a new name.
LOL... too funny
I don't need to see Matthew's, thanks - I have seen plenty!
:D
ROTFLMAO!!!
Eons ago when I was an x-ray tech in training, I had to rotate through the local children's hospital. The office staff there kept a list of "famous people" that came through. Mister and Sir were on the list.Quote:
Originally Posted by RoadRaven
I can't remember them anymore...just remember one of those pee-in-the-pants giggle fests amongst us while reading. Carrie Cash and Peter Pecker are two that stick out as did Mister and Sir.
We actually had a Dr. Love at the hospital, but my favorite was the orthopedic surgeon, Dr. Propsom (actually pronounced as in he props 'em up).
I remember there once was a dentist in LaPlata, MD named Dr. Pain....
and I went to a dr once called Dr Slaughter!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by IFjane
There's a Dr. Toothacher (dentist) in California.
I also knew a D i c k Works and had the occasion to speak to a (and he was ever-so-pompous so it made me happy to make him repeat his name)
D i c k Rider. I was a receptionist at the time and this guy was not polite.
The worst one? I was having surgery and was nervous. The nurse that came to start giving me pre-op drugs had the last name of Stiff :eek:
When I was in the army we had a commander named Major Minor.
Karen
There is a gynecologist at our health services center and her name is Dr. Manlove.
When I lived in Tempe, there was an ob/gyn named Dr. Seimen...
Here is a funny site on names called "Baby's Named a Bad, Bad Thing". :D
http://notwithoutmyhandbag.com/babynames/
If I manage to get in (and through) med school someday, I'll be a Dr. Graves. Perhaps I should be a coroner? :pQuote:
Originally Posted by mimitabby
OK, I've held out on this one, but ya'll have made it easier for me to go ahead...
Cut from Yahoo People Search:
Kellar D i c k
3704 Wimbleton Ln
Mountain Brook, AL 35223-2732
I happen to know that his first name is Orville... I'll let you play with the initials on that one.:D
Hey, there is one of those up here, too! Same specialty! Retired, now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Robyn Maislin
I went to a podiatrist in Gaithsrsburg named.... Dr. Footer. He was great!
My favourite of all of these sort of ones though was the Filipino priest, Cardinal Sin
That's great...:DQuote:
Originally Posted by kiwi girl
My dermatologist's name is Dr. Skinner! :eek: