Cruel Parents - Bad Names - Page 8

xoxoxoBruce · 05-08-2008, 12:46 AM

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Originally Posted by lookout123

The name issue is a valid discussion if everyone drops the knee jerk sensitivity for a minute. I've long held the belief that names DO matter.

This from a guy that named his son Li'l Lookout.

Sundae · 05-08-2008, 03:22 AM

I spent a couple of months being teased about my surname. Which was Robinson FFS. Children will pick on anything, it doesn't have to make sense.

Cloud · 05-08-2008, 09:00 AM

I know someone named Mike Hunt. I keep thinking, "why, would they do it?"

Radar · 05-08-2008, 10:21 AM

My cousin was seriously considering naming his son Michael Hawk....

Similar to Mike Hunt

sweetwater · 05-08-2008, 10:32 AM

Perhaps one of these days parents will learn to follow the Internet practice of letting kids choose their own names and change them at will. Would I have picked sweetwater? Probably not. I do have another name I use in most other sites and have been seriously considering making it my legal name. My parents would hate it, but it would make a nice turnabout.

Dingleschmutz · 05-08-2008, 02:33 PM

Yeah, I knew a girl in high school named Amanda Touch. That ended up being great fun when my friends started dating her.

I guess this one's hearsay, but one of my friends works in delivery rooms. One woman had twins and hadn't thought of names for them yet. So she looked over at her dinner tray and brilliantly came up with the names LeMonjelo and Oronjelo (I'm guessing at the spelling, I'm sure there's probably at least three apostrophes in each name).

euphoriatheory · 05-08-2008, 04:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Sheldonrs

When I worked in a library, we had a student who's 1st name was Ufuk. I never had the guts to ask him how he pronounced it.

That totally reminds me of being in the Army... there was this MSG who was African-American, and his last name was "Negrow".... I just called him by title whenever I had to address him.... most terrifying time of my LIFE.

Sheldonrs · 05-08-2008, 06:18 PM

And did I mention my HS principals' name was Seymor Hyman?
True! And no, his parents were NOT Gynocologists.

monster · 05-09-2008, 07:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dingleschmutz

Yeah, I knew a girl in high school named Amanda Touch. That ended up being great fun when my friends started dating her.

I guess this one's hearsay, but one of my friends works in delivery rooms. One woman had twins and hadn't thought of names for them yet. So she looked over at her dinner tray and brilliantly came up with the names LeMonjelo and Oronjelo (I'm guessing at the spelling, I'm sure there's probably at least three apostrophes in each name).

Really? Your friend? Take a dekko at Snopes for that one

Dingleschmutz · 05-09-2008, 08:00 AM

Yes, my actual friend. Want her number?

monster · 05-09-2008, 08:04 AM

oooh, tempting... but I'm taken....

monster · 05-09-2008, 08:12 AM

http://www.namenerds.com/uucn/advice/urbanlegends.html

Dingleschmutz · 05-09-2008, 09:26 AM

So either she was lying, or as usual, people put everything they can think of on Snopes. Either way, I don't really care. I said it was hearsay, so congratulations on making me look like an idiot or whatever, I'll go put myself in the corner now.

Radar · 05-09-2008, 09:57 AM

They show Long Dong as an urban Legend. I really knew someone with that name.

Shawnee123 · 05-09-2008, 10:41 AM

[Mo]I went to school with Amanda Huginkiss. [/Mo]

05-08-2008, 03:22 AM	#107
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	I spent a couple of months being teased about my surname. Which was Robinson FFS. Children will pick on anything, it doesn't have to make sense. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

05-08-2008, 09:00 AM	#108
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	I know someone named Mike Hunt. I keep thinking, "why, would they do it?" __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

05-08-2008, 10:21 AM	#109
Radar Constitutional Scholar Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Ocala, FL Posts: 4,006	My cousin was seriously considering naming his son Michael Hawk.... Similar to Mike Hunt __________________ "I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death." - George Carlin

05-08-2008, 10:32 AM	#110
sweetwater lives inside a Mobius strip Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 1,120	Perhaps one of these days parents will learn to follow the Internet practice of letting kids choose their own names and change them at will. Would I have picked sweetwater? Probably not. I do have another name I use in most other sites and have been seriously considering making it my legal name. My parents would hate it, but it would make a nice turnabout. __________________ I knew I shoulda taken that left turn at Albuquerque! - Bugs Bunny

05-08-2008, 06:18 PM	#113
Sheldonrs Master Dwellar Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 4,412	And did I mention my HS principals' name was Seymor Hyman? True! And no, his parents were NOT Gynocologists. __________________ Laugh and the world laughs with you; cry and the world laughs AT you.

05-08-2008, 02:33 PM	#111
Dingleschmutz is not a palindrome... Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Des Moines Posts: 341	Yeah, I knew a girl in high school named Amanda Touch. That ended up being great fun when my friends started dating her. I guess this one's hearsay, but one of my friends works in delivery rooms. One woman had twins and hadn't thought of names for them yet. So she looked over at her dinner tray and brilliantly came up with the names LeMonjelo and Oronjelo (I'm guessing at the spelling, I'm sure there's probably at least three apostrophes in each name).

05-09-2008, 08:00 AM	#115
Dingleschmutz is not a palindrome... Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Des Moines Posts: 341	Yes, my actual friend. Want her number?

05-09-2008, 08:04 AM	#116
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	oooh, tempting... but I'm taken.... __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

05-09-2008, 08:12 AM	#117
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	http://www.namenerds.com/uucn/advice/urbanlegends.html __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

05-09-2008, 09:26 AM	#118
Dingleschmutz is not a palindrome... Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Des Moines Posts: 341	So either she was lying, or as usual, people put everything they can think of on Snopes. Either way, I don't really care. I said it was hearsay, so congratulations on making me look like an idiot or whatever, I'll go put myself in the corner now.

05-09-2008, 09:57 AM	#119
Radar Constitutional Scholar Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Ocala, FL Posts: 4,006	They show Long Dong as an urban Legend. I really knew someone with that name. __________________ "I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death." - George Carlin

05-09-2008, 10:41 AM	#120
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	[Mo]I went to school with Amanda Huginkiss. [/Mo] __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

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