Amusing names 1

[addy]

Not 100% sure if this post is relevant to this board but anyway, has anyone come across people with amusing names? Genuine cases only.

The reason I ask, I got an email from my friend yesterday who had to make a phone call to a Mr Hugh Deeney.

Now there's a guy who could get out of any situation.

 

[AnotherHiggins]

James Wallace "Wally" Butts, Jr. is a former head coach for UGA football. That's kind of an embarrassing name in itself, but it gets better.

Currently there is a building on campus named after him and another former head coach, Harry Mehre.

That building is the Butts-Mehre Heritage Hall. If you don't leave a deliberate pause in the middle it is pronounced "butt smear".

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[Lunatic]

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[sarahnade]

hah! I think he was a little before their time, Lunatic.

Sarah
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[aardvark92]

I went to college with a guy named Sam Francisco.

 

[SantaMufasa]

I listened to some poor announcer...when s/he called Phuk Hong

If the fellow was from Viet Nam, then his name was likely spelled, Phuc Huang (which the announcer could have pronounced "Phook" with far less embarrassment to annoncer, wrestler, and audience.)


I have mentioned in earlier threads about my similar experience in May of 1975. That was the month during which South Viet Nam fell to North Vietnamese forces, and the U.S. accommodated the relocation, assimilation, and retraining of tens of thousands of Vietnamese refugees.

Our technical college (Condie College) in San José, California, received many of those refugees, most of whom did not speak more than rudimentary English. In my May 1975 COBOL training section, we, as usual, had "Get-To-Know-You" introductions.

After introducing about half of the 24 students, I asked the next young man his name. He seemingly beligerently said, "F*** You." A palpable gasp rolled amongst the American students in the class as they looked to see what my response would be. I responded, "Excuse me?"

The Vietnamese student pointed to his name tag which read, "Phuc Yu".

I called for a 5-minute break as we changed his name tag to read "Phillip Yu", and through a more proficient English-speaking Vietnamese student, I helped "Phillip" understand why he would be subject to less bodily harm if he graciously accepted our suggested name change.

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[gbaughma]

My sister was telling me about someone she knew of out in the DC area...

She had 3 kids....

(Spelled phonetically) "Lem 'mon gel o" and "Or ahng gel o"

Spelled... Lemon Jello and Orange Jello.



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[thekl0wn]

I know a girl whose first name is Friendly. She married a guy with the last name Dike, and is now attending an all-girls college.

 

[AnotherHiggins]

Greg: I've heard that story for years. A friend of an ex-girlfriend swore that they (orangjello and lemonjello) went to a summer camp where she worked.

But when pressed, she said that they were there the year before - she didn't have first-hand knowledge of them.

I suspect you'd find a similar third-party reporting if you ask your sister about it. I further suspect that the story is just an urban legend as outlined at snopes.

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[karluk]

My mother's family owned some land in western Kansas, not too far away from where the murders chronicled in In Cold Blood took place. The land was actually farmed by one of the local farmers, a guy named Fielding Hands. A web search turns up a number of references to the name. The Hands family apparently has amassed one of the biggest farming operations in the state, although Fielding himself has mostly turned over day-to-day operation to his sons.

 

[medic]

1) There is a lady who lives here in our city whose surname is Burns. Her first name is Pleasant.

2) There was a guy who was applying for work in our company whose surname is Cox. My co-worker was laughing out loud after picking up a call from this applicant. When I asked why, he showed me the name which appeared in the caller ID. It says 'Cox, Hughes'.

 

[jsteph]

I knew a girl in high school--and I am not making this up, tho it would seem inconceivable that a parent would do this--but her name was Anita Dick.

I know her brother, who married to a friend of mine, and my friend demanded that their kids keep her last name, to squelch any chance of their kids suffering others making attempts at working that target-rich last name.
--Jim

 

[Dollie]

Aside from my own name....

I went to school with Anita Cherry

I used to buy parts for a pipe-fitting company from Bob Ball

And I had a customer with the last name of Smallwood-Johnson (what exactly does that say about her husband?)

 

[AnotherHiggins]

I used to work with a Richard Rich. He insisted on going by
Richard. How lazy must his parents have been?

I've decided to repeat my story from the other thread (lucky, lucky you)....

This involves a couple of my friends who were married several years ago. Her maiden name is Schlicksup. His last name is Cox. Seriously. I couldn't make this up.

She chose not to hyphenate her last name, but the wedding announcement in the paper was great.

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[flapeyre]

I'd just like to see the wedding announcement if Al Franken's son ever gets engaged to Ben Stein's daughter.

There is a hot dog and beer restarant chain called Frank & Stein.

Tibi gratias agimus quod nihil fumas.

 

[Dollie]

Sometime in the distant past (or "back in the day" as they say now), I was introduced to funny names when I heard "What would happen if Ella Fitzgerald married Alan Funt?" My 7 year old giggle button was pushed and stayed pushed. It's the first thing I think of whenever I see anything about funny names, so I thought I'd mention it here as well

 

[stackdump]

...or if Whopee Goldberg married Peter Cushing

 

[hawks]

When looking for a Dr. to help me and the wife from producing anymore children. We have 2 boys and thought that is enough. So I volunteered to go under the knife, well I found one in the phone book specializing in this area. Dr. Hacket, well guess where I didn’t go……

 

[Stella740pl]

stackdump,

...or if Whopee Goldberg married Peter Cushing

Actually, I've read in an article some time ago that Whoopi Goldberg (born Caryn Elaine Johnson) was nicknamed Whoopi, and was considering taking Whoopi Cushion as her stage name.

Her mother said, though, that this would be not an appropriate name if she wants to be taken seriously, and suggested using last name from the Jewish side of her family instead (I believe, Goldberg is Whoopi's mother's maiden name).

 

[Dollie]

The "hands down funniest name ever" award goes to.....


Peter O'Toole

 

[SantaMufasa]

I'm telling this second hand from a student of mine in Atlanta that claims that in his evangelical church outside of Nashville, Tennessee, one of the congregation members is named, "Harry Butts".

As if this is not bad enough, apparently, Harry, performing his evangelical best, invited two lady friends to services with him one Sunday. Without first considering the sound of his words, the minister invited the guests to introduce themselves:

Will the women with Harry Butts please stand and introduce themselves.

Is there any wonder why no women, even the guests, chose to stand?

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