Subject: Unusual First Names
Posted by: Greatguggly
Date: Jul 28 12
Recently, my brother, a friend, and I were watching a local news broadcast. The female reporter in the field was named Chicagi. Pronounced just like the city but with an 'e' sound at the end. We chuckled a little about that but I got them really laughing when I said..."That's all from the county courthouse. Now back to you, Cincinnato."
Posted by: Greatguggly
Date: Jul 28 12
Recently, my brother, a friend, and I were watching a local news broadcast. The female reporter in the field was named Chicagi. Pronounced just like the city but with an 'e' sound at the end. We chuckled a little about that but I got them really laughing when I said..."That's all from the county courthouse. Now back to you, Cincinnato."
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tezza1551 
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When I was a student nurse, we'd occasionally go out to a pub or club for the evening. If we didn't like the guys who were trying to chat us up, we'd tell them our names were Stephi Lococcus (staphylococcus), Malaena, Fay Kallis (faecalis) and Taenia Coli... maybe you need to be in a health related discipline... We'd also give them a phone number..which, when called, connected you to the morgue at the other major teaching hospital.. Reply #21. Aug 11 12, 8:50 PM |
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Oh and just to add...when I was a student midwife, one of our tutors told us that she had once nursed a woman named Ophelia Dickie !!! Reply #22. Aug 11 12, 8:53 PM |
mountaingoat
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Now that is just child abuse. Reply #23. Aug 12 12, 1:41 AM |
Caseena
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I've met a boy named Zepelin (poor kid) and a woman named Secrete (pronounced liked "secret"--at least that one has an old-time flavor, like when people named their kids Mercy, Fear, Remember, Loyal, etc.) Reply #24. Feb 26 13, 8:48 AM |
bob114
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Years ago, I worked with a guy that had a girlfriend with the first name Renzel. Hope I spelled it right. Reply #25. Feb 28 13, 10:58 AM |
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I'm not kidding, someone at a friend's workplace is named Lettuce Gardner. Reply #26. Feb 28 13, 12:34 PM |
Mixamatosis
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One time when my husband worked behind the counter at a post office a man came in whose name was Ypres Arscott. Ypres is a French name and was also the site of a battle in WW1 but the English soldiers all pronounced it Wipers (as in window wipers). The man was English so it was clear his parents had chosen to call him Wipers Arscott. Reply #27. Jul 27 16, 1:45 PM |
C30
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In the navy I had a mate called Robert Sole.......on his name tag just the initial was used, R.Sole. Reply #28. Jul 27 16, 2:54 PM |
satguru
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I wonder if Wipers Arscott is related to Lou Rawls? Or maybe even the original Thomas Crapper? Reply #29. Jul 27 16, 8:21 PM |
Creedy
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Nobody can pronounce my first name - it's Irish - so I never use it except for official documents Reply #30. Sep 23 16, 6:37 PM |
MiraJane
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I knew a girl named Penny Coin, not even Penelope. And, yes, her idiot parents named her brother Nick Lee. They had nine months to think of a name and that's what they came up with. No wonder some countries like Brazil only allow names from an approved list. Reply #31. Sep 25 16, 9:10 PM |
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I had a work colleague years ago who named her son Buffin after someone in the "Mott the Hoople" band apparently and their surname was Beavers. Fast forward a few years and a few guffaws from people, and she changed the story saying it was spelt Buffyn and was a traditional old Welsh name. The child will be an adult by now and I bet he's changed his name. Reply #32. Sep 26 16, 5:32 AM |
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I once knew a surgeon called Dr Butcher. Seriously. Reply #33. Aug 29 17, 5:54 AM |
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I was fascinated by the character name 'Rowdy Yates' and wondered if he had brothers called 'Rowdier Yates' and 'Rowdiest Yates. Reply #34. Feb 13 19, 9:22 AM |
lesn
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A Mr & Mrs Hardy named their daughter Laurel Ann, so she was 'Laurel Ann Hardy' Reply #35. Feb 19 19, 3:08 AM |
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Shakespeare's daughter Judith's married name was Quiney and she named her first son Shakespeare Quiney. sadly he died at 6 months old and her two other sons did not survive beyond age 21. I've never heard of Shakespeare being used as a first name before. Reply #36. Feb 27 19, 3:51 AM |
Cymruambyth
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I oncw worshipped in a parish whose priest was the Rev. Shepherd. He used to joke that with a last name like his, there were only two lines of work he could go into, and since he was allergic to wool.... I always felt sorry for the daughter of a former Texas governor who named his daughter Ima. His name was James Hogg. A friend of mine was a nurse on the Morley reserve near Calgary, and had children named Chevrolet, Pontiac, Odeon, and Galaxy under her care for various ailments. Reply #37. Mar 30 19, 2:58 PM |
UmberWunFayun
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There's a singer some of you may have heard of called Lita Ford. Her father named her after his favourite car, and her real first names are actually 'Two Litre Ford Capri'. How anyone could do that to their child is beyond me. Reply #38. Mar 30 19, 7:35 PM |
rockstar51
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I work with somebody who called his son Cleave! Eeek! Poor kid. Reply #39. Aug 28 19, 12:03 AM |
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I knew someone who had a schoolfriend called Isaac Hunt. The parents didn't try saying that one out loud I guess. I'll say no more. Reply #40. Aug 28 19, 1:48 AM |
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