johnboyjjb
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I work with the unfortunate fellow P. Popanut. He romanian.
Ways to misspell my name...
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Chrispy
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It\'s not so much my funny sounding name, as it is people can\'t get it right! It even extends to my last name which is so simple!
Swan Becomes:
Swain
Schwan
Svan
Sven
Schwen
Shawn
Swann
Swab
Swam
Swum
Swwan
and my personal Southwest favorite:
Juan
It not just me in my family, either! Yesterday my mom got a letter of Caristine...
Swan Becomes:
Swain
Schwan
Svan
Sven
Schwen
Shawn
Swann
Swab
Swam
Swum
Swwan
and my personal Southwest favorite:
Juan
It not just me in my family, either! Yesterday my mom got a letter of Caristine...
On the subject of funny names, this is probably the funniest website I\'ve seen in years. This woman collects bad baby names from bulletin boards, and blasts the parents for them.
http://notwithoutmyhandbag.com/babynames/index.html
I think the best ever is \"Toolio DeSac.\"
http://notwithoutmyhandbag.com/babynames/index.html
I think the best ever is \"Toolio DeSac.\"
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t_haye2
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well chirnapsy, back when i was a kid at school, amsterdam dialect makes my full name more like tomora than tamara, which soon turned into tomato or tomorrow....the first one from my fellow students the second from my teahcers...yeah,yeah,yeah, tomorrow
On the other hand, some people think i\'m called tommy now....(which is kinda annoying when I get an email for a mr. Tommy Haye)
On the other hand, some people think i\'m called tommy now....(which is kinda annoying when I get an email for a mr. Tommy Haye)
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praetorian0_1
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Caristine...
hmmm... sexy...... arghlth(drools):duh:
hmmm... sexy...... arghlth(drools):duh:
Godlikebuthumble
New member
What to say?
Things could be worse... I know!
My full name is Mirza Brkovic (go figure)...
You just can\'t imagine how often people misspell or mis-read (?) my name... the 2 most shocking moments, however:
1: had a minor traffic accident, the lady wanted to see my DL to copy down my name and stuff (my driver\'s license\'s got my name right, btw)... and writes down: Mersa Berkovic... What are these people, illiterate?
2: (you\'re gonna love this) 2001 German Games Day (me working for GW at that time), I got my Games day Staff shirt and name plaque... saying Merza Brukowitsch! For god\'s sake, these people just had to C&P my name into the list!
Well, since I\'m in college, where some higher education shines through (like reading abowe fourth-grade average), my name\'s been raped less often... but for how long.... *insert Twilight Zone music here*
Things could be worse... I know!
My full name is Mirza Brkovic (go figure)...
You just can\'t imagine how often people misspell or mis-read (?) my name... the 2 most shocking moments, however:
1: had a minor traffic accident, the lady wanted to see my DL to copy down my name and stuff (my driver\'s license\'s got my name right, btw)... and writes down: Mersa Berkovic... What are these people, illiterate?
2: (you\'re gonna love this) 2001 German Games Day (me working for GW at that time), I got my Games day Staff shirt and name plaque... saying Merza Brukowitsch! For god\'s sake, these people just had to C&P my name into the list!
Well, since I\'m in college, where some higher education shines through (like reading abowe fourth-grade average), my name\'s been raped less often... but for how long.... *insert Twilight Zone music here*
A school friend of mine, with the last name Kerr, had an older brother by the name of Wayne.
I also used to play football with Wayne King (his father was a footballer too...). He ended up changing his name to John, probably a good idea being a school teacher and all.:flip::flip::flip:
I also used to play football with Wayne King (his father was a footballer too...). He ended up changing his name to John, probably a good idea being a school teacher and all.:flip::flip::flip:
vincegamer
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When I was in Highschool I had this friend. One day he was talking to another guy and I asked him \"who\'s your friend\" and he said \"oh, this is some kid.\"
When I persisted wanting to know his name it turned out that was it.
I don\'t know how it was spelled. He was Cambodian and his name sounded like English \"Some Kid\".
Later in life I had a friend doing his medical school residency in ER. People with no money and no insurance often go to the emergency room at the last minute to get free medical care. One day a woman in labor came in to give birth. My friend had her fill out the paperwork and she said she wanted to name her daughter \"Virginia\" but when she filled out the form she spelled it v-a-g-i-n-a. He pointed out the mistake and she thought it was funny so LEFT IT!
When I persisted wanting to know his name it turned out that was it.
I don\'t know how it was spelled. He was Cambodian and his name sounded like English \"Some Kid\".
Later in life I had a friend doing his medical school residency in ER. People with no money and no insurance often go to the emergency room at the last minute to get free medical care. One day a woman in labor came in to give birth. My friend had her fill out the paperwork and she said she wanted to name her daughter \"Virginia\" but when she filled out the form she spelled it v-a-g-i-n-a. He pointed out the mistake and she thought it was funny so LEFT IT!
I knew a girl once named Ocean Bay.
When I was in the Navy I knew a guy name Peter Spray who\'s rank was Seaman.
(Seaman Spray)
I knew a guy in the Coast Guard named Rusty Steele.
Knew an Internal Communications Second Class named Robert Testes.
That was hilarious on the ships intercom...\"IC2 Testes Quarterdeck\".
When I was in the Navy I knew a guy name Peter Spray who\'s rank was Seaman.
(Seaman Spray)
I knew a guy in the Coast Guard named Rusty Steele.
Knew an Internal Communications Second Class named Robert Testes.
That was hilarious on the ships intercom...\"IC2 Testes Quarterdeck\".
The two worst ones I have ever run across, my grandmother worked with a man names (I am NOT making this up) Dimwitty Furmister!
As a teen I babysat for the Furbush family, there sons, Jed and Forest, Poor Forest, his full name....Forest Evergreen Furbush Parents can be so mean!
As to screwing up last names, I was a Wilson, nice easy name, I married a Hildreth, trust me that name can be mangled in so many ways, the latest, Hillbreath!:flame:
We won\'t even go into my first name, I automaticilly spell it, and it still gets messed up:flame:
Gin
As a teen I babysat for the Furbush family, there sons, Jed and Forest, Poor Forest, his full name....Forest Evergreen Furbush
Parents can be so mean!As to screwing up last names, I was a Wilson, nice easy name, I married a Hildreth, trust me that name can be mangled in so many ways, the latest, Hillbreath!:flame:
We won\'t even go into my first name, I automaticilly spell it, and it still gets messed up:flame:
Gin
People have done some stange things to my name, too, but mostly they mispronounce it instead of writting it wrong. (They ask me to spell it everytime, so)
My name\'s Cheryll and the strangest things I was called are:
Sharell
Sheerel
Shary
Skariel
Skary
Skariel
But my all time favoried is still \"Sheriff\" (Used to be my nickname in elemetary school)
My name\'s Cheryll and the strangest things I was called are:
Sharell
Sheerel
Shary
Skariel
Skary
Skariel
But my all time favoried is still \"Sheriff\" (Used to be my nickname in elemetary school)
Chrispy
Active member
Originally posted by beh
So what you are saying then, dear Quirspay, is that your family seems to have some sort of curse upon it?
No nononoo.. The family curse is that if anyone gets in front of us, they automatically slow us down.... walking, running, riding, driving, web browsing..
Chrispy
Active member
Oh, and we all must remember the Tick episode... but that name had it coming.
Tick!:I\'ve had enough chasing; it\'s your turn now, forest-smog!
Thrakkorzog: Thrakkorzog! Thrakkorzog! With a \"K\"! Boy, are you ever rude.
(Thrakkorzog\'s Tongue): Eat rude Brains!
The Tick!: No brains today; we\'re only serving humble-pie, Whatchamazog!
Thrakkorzog: Listen buddy, for the last time it\'s...
The Tick!: Four ax in a bog?
Thrakkorzog: Thrakkorzog!
The Tick!: Ah, laxitive-log!
Thrakkorzog: No no no!
The Tick!: Lap lands a zog?
Thrakkorzog: No!
The Tick!: Four yaks and a dog?
Thrakkorzog: Thrak!
The Tick!: Sapsuckafrog!
Thrakkorzog: No no no!
The Tick!: Susan?
Thrakkorzog: Oh, now you\'re doing it on purpose; how juvenile!
Tick!:I\'ve had enough chasing; it\'s your turn now, forest-smog!
Thrakkorzog: Thrakkorzog! Thrakkorzog! With a \"K\"! Boy, are you ever rude.
(Thrakkorzog\'s Tongue): Eat rude Brains!
The Tick!: No brains today; we\'re only serving humble-pie, Whatchamazog!
Thrakkorzog: Listen buddy, for the last time it\'s...
The Tick!: Four ax in a bog?
Thrakkorzog: Thrakkorzog!
The Tick!: Ah, laxitive-log!
Thrakkorzog: No no no!
The Tick!: Lap lands a zog?
Thrakkorzog: No!
The Tick!: Four yaks and a dog?
Thrakkorzog: Thrak!
The Tick!: Sapsuckafrog!
Thrakkorzog: No no no!
The Tick!: Susan?
Thrakkorzog: Oh, now you\'re doing it on purpose; how juvenile!
stumpkiller
New member
nice thread qwirpsy
my maiden name was walsh while not a complicated name people just couldn\'t leave it alone, adding all manner of c\'s t\'s h\'s and e\'s.
the worst one was when I had a teacher that insisted that there is no such name as walsh, exchanged the s for a c and marked everything i put walsh on as failing. Very ugly matter, my dad got mad, somehow got a phone directory from ireland (dublin i think) and opened it up to walsh, slammed it on her desk- in front of the whole class, yay dad! - she didn\'t say one more word to me the rest of the semester.:bouncy::duh:
now my initials are pjp, and I always put the j in there
My mother\'s maiden name is gehman, I wouldn\'t want that sirname these days!
my maiden name was walsh while not a complicated name people just couldn\'t leave it alone, adding all manner of c\'s t\'s h\'s and e\'s.
the worst one was when I had a teacher that insisted that there is no such name as walsh, exchanged the s for a c and marked everything i put walsh on as failing. Very ugly matter, my dad got mad, somehow got a phone directory from ireland (dublin i think) and opened it up to walsh, slammed it on her desk- in front of the whole class, yay dad! - she didn\'t say one more word to me the rest of the semester.:bouncy::duh:
now my initials are pjp, and I always put the j in there
My mother\'s maiden name is gehman, I wouldn\'t want that sirname these days!
TwelveMilesOut
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I went to high school with a Michael Hunt. Nice guy, but substitute teachers never seemed to trust him. The first day of Senior year english his name was called for roll, and the expected titters were heard. The thing is, most of the class had been together for at least a decade. Odd that a joke that simple could last that long.
Years later, I worked with a woman named Tracy Watley. The email addresses given out by the company were all first-initial-last-name@name-of-company.com. She spoke to the IS folks and they changed it to Watleyt.
Yay! I\'m back!
Years later, I worked with a woman named Tracy Watley. The email addresses given out by the company were all first-initial-last-name@name-of-company.com. She spoke to the IS folks and they changed it to Watleyt.
Yay! I\'m back!
