I knew a guy named Harry Dick who might disagree with Aitana. Really. His parents probably would fail the Strib employment interview.
Meran
Do I know you??? I knew Harry Dick too! A lady named Cat wad his wife. Same couple?
I have a hard time knowing that TWO sets of parents did that to their kids.
rwstyles
There’s a better one in “Freakonomics”. I can’t repeat it here. SH*thead. Really.
Some kind of freaky pronuncation, but still …
Dranorter
They’re called “copronyms”, and in parts of the ancient world were fairly common.
Coyoty
It was 40 years ago in New Britain, CT.
Meran
It was in Colorado 1991-1995. Then there ARE ruthless parents out there.
The Butzes were smart, entertaining people.
FlySwatter
I know a woman named Candy Cox. Life can be hard, can’t it?
Meran
According to my mom, her boyfriend (her life was more) of that time talked her out of naming me Kandy Kane.
That man wasn’t good for anything much beyond that.
Gyffes
Are you people unfamiliar with former NH Congressman Dick Swett?
Gregg Eshelman
My mother knew a guy named Hayon Stubblefield. There was an old friend of the family, whom we did not know her middle name until her funeral. It was truly a Surprise.
Myrna Eshelman
I also knew a guy named Harry Bottoms.
My mother knew a set of twins named Ima Hogg
and Ura Hogg. There was also Osha Hitt.
There is a racecar driver today known as
Will Power…
Pappenheimer
on a more classical note, I met a Troy Burns once.
Just_IDD
The weirdest lastname I’ve run across is “casebeer”
0z79
Sounds like one of those places where you put a full wallet on top of your head, say you’ve got a truck, washer and dryer and walk out of the bar with a new wife.
I had a professional contact in Chicago whose name really was Dotty Flake. Never asked her about it; not my concern. But memorable.
Like Alkyine Quort, which didn’t get a mention from anybody for some reason. Hm.
Chiphu’s depression concerns me, as it seems to come out of nowhere, and given his recent gender journey, there’s likely a cause he’s not going to bring up. Kind of reminds me of the bull I saw with four abscesses, one in each hoof. He was standing kind of splayed by the hoof-doctor’s rolling clinic, with the look every male in pain wears at some point: “I’m fine. Leave me alone.”
Muzhik
When I was in high school, a local paper held a contest for the best “unusual” name. The winner was a guy whose real name was “Rusty Pipes”. The second place went to someone with a Dutch/German name. Can’t do anything about the last name, and really, in a German/Dutch community, it might not receive a lot of comments:
“Patty Haderasveldt”
LMK if you need help pronouncing it…
Night-Gaunt
Butch but I don’t know his last name.
One of my hobbies is collecting uncommon names.
Here is some I created for a SF novel in ancient India as a high tech Type 1 civilization thousands of years older than our current one.
As for alien names at least Lovecraft tried to make them seem to be very alien and barely pronounceable to human vocal organs. Though some had no real names which I would give. Usually based on some word or name from other cultures like “Imhullu” a wind demon from Sumeria for the wind using aliens in “The Shadow Out of Time” where they appeared sans names.
Mo
The creator of SMBC was named Zach Weiner by his parents. Pretty harsh.
I knew a guy named Harry Dick who might disagree with Aitana. Really. His parents probably would fail the Strib employment interview.
Do I know you??? I knew Harry Dick too! A lady named Cat wad his wife. Same couple?
I have a hard time knowing that TWO sets of parents did that to their kids.
There’s a better one in “Freakonomics”. I can’t repeat it here. SH*thead. Really.
Some kind of freaky pronuncation, but still …
They’re called “copronyms”, and in parts of the ancient world were fairly common.
It was 40 years ago in New Britain, CT.
It was in Colorado 1991-1995. Then there ARE ruthless parents out there.
The Butzes were smart, entertaining people.
I know a woman named Candy Cox. Life can be hard, can’t it?
According to my mom, her boyfriend (her life was more) of that time talked her out of naming me Kandy Kane.
That man wasn’t good for anything much beyond that.
Are you people unfamiliar with former NH Congressman Dick Swett?
My mother knew a guy named Hayon Stubblefield. There was an old friend of the family, whom we did not know her middle name until her funeral. It was truly a Surprise.
I also knew a guy named Harry Bottoms.
My mother knew a set of twins named Ima Hogg
and Ura Hogg. There was also Osha Hitt.
There is a racecar driver today known as
Will Power…
on a more classical note, I met a Troy Burns once.
The weirdest lastname I’ve run across is “casebeer”
Sounds like one of those places where you put a full wallet on top of your head, say you’ve got a truck, washer and dryer and walk out of the bar with a new wife.
I’ve known a Justin Case and a Jen Erick. Ah, life. 🙂
I went to school with a Candy Mellons. She got married away from that name a week after graduation.
Candy Cane in my HS class. I will say no more.
I had a professional contact in Chicago whose name really was Dotty Flake. Never asked her about it; not my concern. But memorable.
Like Alkyine Quort, which didn’t get a mention from anybody for some reason. Hm.
Chiphu’s depression concerns me, as it seems to come out of nowhere, and given his recent gender journey, there’s likely a cause he’s not going to bring up. Kind of reminds me of the bull I saw with four abscesses, one in each hoof. He was standing kind of splayed by the hoof-doctor’s rolling clinic, with the look every male in pain wears at some point: “I’m fine. Leave me alone.”
When I was in high school, a local paper held a contest for the best “unusual” name. The winner was a guy whose real name was “Rusty Pipes”. The second place went to someone with a Dutch/German name. Can’t do anything about the last name, and really, in a German/Dutch community, it might not receive a lot of comments:
“Patty Haderasveldt”
LMK if you need help pronouncing it…
Butch but I don’t know his last name.
One of my hobbies is collecting uncommon names.
Here is some I created for a SF novel in ancient India as a high tech Type 1 civilization thousands of years older than our current one.
Merum?rt?nda “Golden Mountain-Rises-from-a-Lifeless Egg”
Hirany?ksahan?mat “Large Jaws Golden Eyes”
As for alien names at least Lovecraft tried to make them seem to be very alien and barely pronounceable to human vocal organs. Though some had no real names which I would give. Usually based on some word or name from other cultures like “Imhullu” a wind demon from Sumeria for the wind using aliens in “The Shadow Out of Time” where they appeared sans names.
The creator of SMBC was named Zach Weiner by his parents. Pretty harsh.