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Newfoundland · Joined: 14 May 2003 Posts: 75 Location: Shanghai

Any David Letterman fans should remember he used to routinely call a man in Saskatchewan just because of his name.. Dick Assman. I believe he was a mechanic. I also knew a guy named Richard Head, and you know another name for Richard. Are parents aloud to be this cruel to their own children???

Wolf · Joined: 10 May 2003 Posts: 1245 Location: Middle Earth

Years ago I worked with a young woman called Dawn McKraken. Not so wierd, but her father's name was Phil.

I've seen phone book entries for a "John Outhouse."

I had a Japanese stutend who was named Mikimasa. He was very young, and his parents would have darned well known who Mickey Mouse was (Japan has a Disneyland, for crying out loud). But named their kid that anyway.

I had another student named "Shinobu." Although written differently, this name is a homonym for the verb "to be a ninja." She had a good laugh when I showed her the "alternate spelling" to her name.

I had a Korean student named Song once. I never did get her to sing for me, but at least she was aware of the English implication of her name.

dmb · Joined: 12 Feb 2003 Posts: 8397

My favourite Turkish name is 'Yeter' Usually he/she is the 7th or 8th child in the family. It translates as Enough

cimarch · Joined: 12 Jun 2003 Posts: 358 Location: Dalian

On the British TV program 'Have I Got News For You' they were always on about a guy who lives on the Isle of Wight called Michael Itchyanus...

Eijse · Joined: 17 Dec 2003 Posts: 119 Location: Yemen (Aden)

Magoo · Joined: 31 Oct 2003 Posts: 651 Location: Wuhan, China

Many moons ago, I worked on a now-defunct newspaper in HK, where one girl was told to get an English name, as we guilo's couldn't remember Chinese names. She came into the office, delighted with her new, Shakespearean name, Ophelia. Cantonese surname? K.ok. Nobody dared explain.

lostinparis · Posted: Sun May 02, 2004 4:22 pm Post subject:

in keeping with the porn theme.... I used to work at Strange & Hoey - no, not an escort service - a law firm in downtown Los Angeles

Other oddities:
- family relations who carry the unfortunate surname of "Raper"

- a psychology professor with the last name "Snodgrass"

- a middle school student I taught whose first name was..... "Bah" pronounce it like the noise a sheep makes and there you have it.

luv,
Frisky Emerson

khmerhit · Posted: Sun May 02, 2004 4:23 pm Post subject:

schely10 · Joined: 05 Apr 2004 Posts: 38 Location: Guadalajara, Mx

There is a student at my school whose name is A__hole. It is pronounced Ash sho lay!

Also, a girl named Chandelier.

Porn name Maggie Will

johnslat · Posted: Sun May 02, 2004 5:13 pm Post subject: Maggie Dew and Maggie Will

Dear schely10,

leby26 · Joined: 30 Jan 2004 Posts: 68

An aunt of mine remembers a young girl introducing herself on her first day of classes... her name was Ima Pig - seriously - first name Ima, last name Pig... cruel cruel parents.

Oh, and apparently if I ever decide to be a porn star, you can call me Benji Hincks Wink

khmerhit · Posted: Sun May 02, 2004 8:42 pm Post subject:

There was an article a few years back about parents in Cosat rica or nicarauga giving their children what they thought were good American names like Wrench, Oldsmobile, Chicago, and so on. The govt had to step in and make it illegal. I cant find a link yet, but will keep looking.

Alitas · Joined: 19 May 2003 Posts: 187 Location: Maine

soap opera name: middle name plus mother's maiden name.

Besottedly,

Katharine McClelland

Shaman · Joined: 06 Apr 2003 Posts: 446 Location: Hammertown

I remember a linebacker for the Detroit Lions in the 80s (or 90s?) named Harry Colon. What the hell were his parents thinking?

Shaman

JosephP · Joined: 13 May 2003 Posts: 445

Let's see...Thailand is fertile ground for names that are fairly inocuous in Thai but wirth a giggle in English. I've had more than a few Kittiporns, Nuts, Boos, Nits, Porns, and and Jeeps. In Korea I had a Kim Suk Kyu -- poor thing.
Porn name using the pet+street formula... Blackie Long. Wow, that is kinda sexy, eh?