Odd/unique names of folks you have dealt with
 

I spoke to "Laqueta' today. In a follow up call to her inquiry, I spoke to a fella named Cyril.




We have a client whose last name is Muhommadaly.:)

Some others are difficult to pronounce without breaking them down.

What is your experience?

This won't go well. :D

neighbor in college....his name was Justin Case. no kidding

Knew a young lady surname "Greathead" once. Have worked with Dr Killer and Dr Careless.
Nominitive determinism need not apply to the docs, ignorant re' the young lady

My first name is Talmadge. That is why I go by Sandy.

Hugh. Hugh Jorgen.

There was this legal officer who... well she was a large african american woman. her name was Le-A, she was introduced in a meeting as Lea. She went off at that point and said My name is Le ( dash ) A, the dash is not silent.

Lawn Gardner goes to my church

Seriously, years ago I got hooked up with a Mexican American who was a partner in a Tijuana body & upholstery shop that I used for my '55 Austin Healey 100 resto. He went by Tanis, pronounced "Tah niece".

I asked and he said it was short for Estanislaus, whhich is Spanish for Stanislaus, which is a Polish name, which I thought was interesting.

My wife worked in a lower class school for a year. Lemonjello and her twin sister Orangejello were interesting, but Cemone(pronounced See-man) and his sister who'se name is pronounced Shi-Theed but if written looks like fecal cranium.

Dead serious. Went to high school with Mike Hawk. Worked with Jack Goff.

My wife knew a guy named Rhythm Lamborghini. He legally changed his name.

Ahh, memories. When I was a little kid in a small town in NE Ohio we had a neighbor, an elegant, David Niven-ish man in his 70s, who was a prominent insurance man in town - Mr. Kyle.

Now, I'm not making this up! This man's last name was Kyle, his first name was Kyle, his middle name was Kyle and the name of his insurance agency was "KKK Insurance".

Oh, I know - WTF? But I kid you not!

What about "Norman"?

-think about what your instant face-picture of a person named "Norman" is:

1. A pale-skinned, poorly-socialized nerd with thick glasses.

2. A 400 pound beer-swilling Boston bar partron from a famous TV show.

I am certainly neither! I will admit to having a "boisterous" personality online, but I am kind of quiet in person.

Heh! Yeah that's really great! Folks DONT YOU EVER GIVE YOUR KIDS AN ODD NAME!

I caught NO end of crap all through my childhood for that silly stupid name! I wasn't even supposed to be named this. My "parents" decided to name me Michael James, after my grandfathers brother, who was an early NBA player, and my mothers father. Only when I was born four weeks early with complications for both me and my mother, my dad, in a fit of stupid personal zeal decided to name me after himself. Thus my grandmother's name for my dad sticks with me today: Norman Joseph.

[I will say that I kind of think it is cute when I walk in the front door of the crash pad in Memphis and the drunks laying around the couches all look at me and say in unison:

"NORM"

:) ]

Anyway, you've seen the mistake in my name. You've heard me talk about how I don't like it, it doesn't fit. And I've endured hundreds of hours of crap from the other kids, most of whom didn't measure up to me, but that silly stupid monicker that someone else gave me hangs like a damn albatross over my head, causing me no end of problem and gaining me nothing. It is just an appendix; only this one has been swollen for years, yet never warrants removal.

That's the way I want you to think about odd names for your children. If you give your kid an odd name it will be like an appendix that makes him sick on a regular basis, but never makes him sick enough to warrant its removal. Because your kid has to live with YOUR decision.


a- Nything else please!

All true.....

Peter Gethard

Dick Beaver

Gurguis Gurguis

and my favorite....

Schmeerfardt Lip****z

I get a kick out of that skier, Picabo Street - pronounced "Peek-A-Boo". :)

What about "Norman"?

You don' wanna Fk with NORMAN! :eek:

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Went to HS in KS with a girl by the name of Edith Dyke.

No shyt!

I was in a meeting at work several years ago and the engineers were bitsching about something or other and I said "Blame it on Stew; it's his fault". "Stew? Who's Stew?" "Stew Pedasso."

FKNG engineers...got NO sense of humor. :D

I knew a guy named "Running Bear". he had a cal state dl with that name. on it and Yes he was an authentic American Indian.