[quote]DoubleDuce wrote:
When Los Angeles was founded in 1781, it was called “El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de Los Angeles de la Porciuncula,” which translated to “Town of Our Lady the Queen of the Angeles of the Small Portion.”
That’s pretty ridiculous.[/quote]
Ask a Mexican for his full name and it won’t seem ridiculous in context.
A Mexican woman is even better.
I had a coach named William Williams.
Had a high school teacher named Nels Nelson.
Went to college with a kid named Philip A. Beverage.
Lets see…
I went to a high school with a tamil guy named Myurin - literally pronounced my urine.
Growing up my dad lived beside a guy named Phuckrudeen. They called him Phuck for short.
Had class with someone named Ahmed, Ahmed. Somebody started ripping on his name over the online class discussion board and was reprimanded for it.
At my internship in 2006, there was guy named Long Wang.
Know a guy named Gagandeep. He goes by Gagan for short.
None of these are in fact ridiculous, they just sound weird in English.
I temped in an office doing filing and got to see a few weird names, like Dawn Butchart, but the best by far was Jungle Jungle.
“The name’s Jungle…Jungle Jungle.”
Be thankful you’re not this guy
Can’t believe we forgot Moon Unit and Dweezil!
Let us not forget Mr. Zopittybop-Bop-Bop, or it is just Mr. Bop-Bop?
Seymour Loving. Was a customer contact at a job I worked about 12 years ago. Still cracks me up.
I work with a lady whose first name is Merry and last name is Christmas…
My favorite is about 8-10 years ago there was a running back for the Browns I believe, his name was Ben Gay!
he then changed his name to Benjamin Gay
EDIT:
There was two college basketball players (Maryland?) Mathematic and Scientific
Was in AIT with a girl named Maria Patricia Valdivia Villalobos-Floyd. My favorite is Taqueria (like a taco stand), but she pronounces it Ta care ria.
I know an 80 year old couple. Her name is Happy, and his name is Dick.
[quote]Iron Dwarf wrote:
His name backward is Suknub.
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Suknub is a quality name…
[quote]doogie wrote:
Was in AIT with a girl named Maria Patricia Valdivia Villalobos-Floyd. My favorite is Taqueria (like a taco stand), but she pronounces it Ta care ria.[/quote]
ROFLMAO!!! You must be joking. Was she really named Taco Stand?
When I was working at a Call Center I got to hear a lot of funny names. The one I remember the most was Kal-El (Yeah, like Superman).
Went to school with Candice Kane and Armand Hammer.
I have a friend who works at a children’s hospital and there was a little girl named Clitoria…they called her Clit for short. Another little girl’s name was La-a, pronounced la-dash-a, the dash (hyphen) is not silent.
[quote]Freaky_Frankie wrote:
[quote]doogie wrote:
Was in AIT with a girl named Maria Patricia Valdivia Villalobos-Floyd. My favorite is Taqueria (like a taco stand), but she pronounces it Ta care ria.[/quote]
ROFLMAO!!! You must be joking. Was she really named Taco Stand?
When I was working at a Call Center I got to hear a lot of funny names. The one I remember the most was Kal-El (Yeah, like Superman).
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Hey, if it’s good enough for Nicholas Cage…
I once checked in a couple at the hotel I worked at whose last name was Porno…they were celebrating their 10th wedding anniversary.
Ima and Ura Hogg.
Daughters of quirky Houston socialites.
Hoggs are Google-able
