Author Topic: Regional naming quirks? (Read 1127 times)

Questor · « **on:** June 10, 2009, 05:32:13 PM »

Here in Minnesota, up north in the infertile part of the state now mostly populated by third generation unemployed iron miners, you'll often encounter somebody given an odd name by apparently cruel parents. Penny Coin and Holly Wood come to mind. My barber has a relative that recently named a son Ebeneezer.

Are there any such shenanigans in your part of the country? Got examples?

GH1 · « **Reply #1 on:** June 11, 2009, 12:39:56 PM »

You mean like Laquisha, Moeesha, and Lafonda?
GH1

WylieKy · « **Reply #2 on:** June 11, 2009, 01:02:56 PM »

How about Phuc Yoon... Chew on that for a while, lol.

nomosendero · « **Reply #3 on:** June 11, 2009, 01:32:46 PM »

Quote from: GH1 on June 11, 2009, 12:39:56 PM

You mean like Laquisha, Moeesha, and Lafonda?
GH1

I thought some of those looked familiar, W.M., I see!

gypsyman · « **Reply #4 on:** June 11, 2009, 01:36:32 PM »

We have a uroligist by the name Dick Tapper here in the Toledo area. Don't know if he just figured to live out his name sake when he decided on a career. gypsyman

greg916 · « **Reply #5 on:** June 11, 2009, 01:46:01 PM »

One of our drivers is named Peter Handler. He is a sour old coot, but I guess it is understandable.

Redtail1949 · « **Reply #6 on:** June 11, 2009, 03:46:44 PM »

kinda like the Johnny Cash song.."A Boy Named Sue!" make you tuff and a little sour as time goes by.

Questor · « **Reply #7 on:** June 11, 2009, 04:50:27 PM »

I completely forgot about the Laqueesha type names. There have been studies done that confirm common sense: that people with ghetto names get a prejudiced response from people who read job applications. It's not doing the child any favors to give a name like M'blibli Muhammad Jones, for example. It's kind of a change since the old days when black people named their kids with revered names, like Washington Lincoln Jones. Even the black dude in The Mod Squad television show was named Lincoln, or Link for short. Solid!

I did work with a girl named Bambi once. It wasn't her nickname. It was actually her first name.

Oldshooter · « **Reply #8 on:** June 11, 2009, 05:02:30 PM »

Wife came home one day and told of Delivery nurses talking one mom outa using "Placentia"

There's a guy here locally goes by the name "Cooter"

GH1 · « **Reply #9 on:** June 13, 2009, 02:09:25 AM »

Quote from: nomosendero on June 11, 2009, 01:32:46 PM

Quote from: GH1 on June 11, 2009, 12:39:56 PM
You mean like Laquisha, Moeesha, and Lafonda?
GH1

I thought some of those looked familiar, W.M., I see!

Damn, we're practically neighbors.
GH1

JonnyC · « **Reply #10 on:** June 13, 2009, 02:20:04 AM »

Had a janitor where I worked named Jim Crotchfelt. A girl namd Holly Wood. Another named Penny Worth. A boss named Peter Ackens. All real names

bobg · « **Reply #11 on:** June 13, 2009, 03:24:27 AM »

My brother worked with a man whose last name was Peters. The guy said he had a sister. Her first name was Fonda. I don't know if this is true or not.
bobg

moxgrove · « **Reply #12 on:** June 13, 2009, 04:33:04 AM »

i HAVE WORKED IN A BUSY METRO er FOR 20 YEARS. A few that stand out Lemonjello and Oranjello. Another was shiTHead the th was a hard sound together not as two words. I had a tense moment when calling for the patient to come back. The second E also was a hard A sound Like A-ed

Questor · « **Reply #13 on:** June 13, 2009, 05:22:44 AM »

Moxgrove:

You're kidding, right? Please tell me you're kidding.

I've worked with some Europeans and Asians with names that didn't work well in the US, last names like Kunt and Phuc, Goodbottom, Spaz, etc.

Heather · « **Reply #14 on:** June 13, 2009, 06:08:03 AM »

My dad has a brother named Leroy Brown and an uncle named Dick Boner. Both birth given names given by god fearing parents here in the south. My uncle was named before the song and his uncle before it was a common slang term. LOL

Heather

JRiddle · « **Reply #15 on:** June 13, 2009, 06:25:17 AM »

My dad used to have a guy that worked for him, his first, middle, and last names were all the same...James James James

Heather · « **Reply #16 on:** June 13, 2009, 08:22:00 AM »

My dad has no middle name, he is simply Leon Brown.

Heather

45-70.gov · « **Reply #17 on:** June 13, 2009, 08:45:39 AM »

MY DAD HAD NO MIDDLE NAME
i named my sons after him...sorta...they have no middle name

the electric company on a job once was owned by
a man named .... jim beam

david bloe worked for him .... as in blow a fuse
david bloe once had his own electric company
i ask david bloe if he had signs out in front of his jobs stating ''this is another bloe job''

davids helper was a girl named patty lickt.........i won't go there

moxgrove · « **Reply #18 on:** June 14, 2009, 04:28:41 AM »

I kid you not! Those are real names.

buckbeast · « **Reply #19 on:** June 14, 2009, 06:24:56 AM »

I went to school with a girl named Anita Lauyer (I need a lawyer). We used to tell her that is what her dad said when she was born and that her mom mistook that for what he wanted to name her.

Questor · « **Reply #20 on:** June 15, 2009, 02:45:42 AM »

I went to school with Ann Orr.

45-70.gov · « **Reply #21 on:** June 15, 2009, 02:49:47 AM »

Quote from: buckbeast on June 14, 2009, 06:24:56 AM

I went to school with a girl named Anita Lauyer (I need a lawyer). We used to tell her that is what her dad said when she was born and that her mom mistook that for what he wanted to name her.

i heard she married Mobey Dick

what if ella fitsgerald married darth vader?

JonnyC · « **Reply #22 on:** June 15, 2009, 03:57:57 AM »

Also know Anita Smoker and Roda Book

Questor · « **Reply #23 on:** June 15, 2009, 05:43:38 AM »

Jeez Moxgrove, what a terrible burden to put on a child at birth. Almost as bad as giving him a facial tattoo.

mcwoodduck · « **Reply #24 on:** June 15, 2009, 07:23:42 AM »

There was a girl in High School her name was Elisibeth She went by Biffy with a last name of ....
I kid you not SLUTSKY.
So Biffy Slutsky if your out there Hello.

moxgrove · « **Reply #25 on:** June 15, 2009, 10:08:45 AM »

Yeah, sometimes parents don't think. My mom went to dinner the other night with my aunt and her pregnant daughter, my cousin. Anyway my cousin announced that she and her husband had decided on a name for their son in the oven. Cole. My mom liked the name and my aunt was horrified. She said you can't do that to my grandson. You see their last name is Shaw. The kid would end up being COLESLAW for his entire school career. Again no harm meant just not thinking.

Questor · « **Reply #26 on:** June 15, 2009, 10:31:21 AM »

Moxgrove:

That reminds me of an old joke: A man and his nine-months pregnant wife are killed in a car crash but the unborn twins survived. An uncle was called in as an advocate and to name the children. The mother of the deceased woman asked what the names of the kids were and the uncle said, the girl's name is Denise. That seemed like a nice name, so she asked what the boy's name is. Denephew.

Dixie Dude · « **Reply #27 on:** June 15, 2009, 10:48:58 AM »

Moxgrove is right. Saw one in the paper (new birth) with the same name, the "Shi" is pronounced first then the "thead" pronounced. Can you imagine what kind of harrasment this kid will get in school.

mcwoodduck · « **Reply #28 on:** June 15, 2009, 11:58:26 AM »

OH saw one in the news the lady named her daughter LA-A
When none of the teachers could get it right she said it was LA DASH A. the line is not silent!

Questor · « **Reply #29 on:** June 15, 2009, 01:09:57 PM »

Dixie Dude:

There's more than one of them!!!???!!! Things are worse than I thought.