Great Real Names

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hee hee

set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 28 March 2013 21:19 (eleven years ago) link

my boyfriend's boss' fiance is a public defender who was defending a woman whose name appeared on the legal documents as "LA-AH"

and as the story goes, he asked her how the name is pronounced, is it "LAY-uh" or "luh-AH" etc

to which she replied "It's pronounced LADASHAH"

open the blood gates (elmo argonaut), Thursday, 28 March 2013 21:27 (eleven years ago) link

the sad thing is that I've heard that one before

the pheromones of hot clothing (DJP), Thursday, 28 March 2013 21:28 (eleven years ago) link

(wah-wah)

i've a cozy little flat in what is known as old man hat (Hurting 2), Thursday, 28 March 2013 21:29 (eleven years ago) link

-ah (pronounced "Hyphenia")

i've a cozy little flat in what is known as old man hat (Hurting 2), Thursday, 28 March 2013 21:30 (eleven years ago) link

see also: Female (which rhymes with "Emily", apparently)

the pheromones of hot clothing (DJP), Thursday, 28 March 2013 21:30 (eleven years ago) link

can i start signing my gov't name "&rew"

open the blood gates (elmo argonaut), Thursday, 28 March 2013 21:32 (eleven years ago) link

yes plz

set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 28 March 2013 21:33 (eleven years ago) link

i really want to change my name to airwrecka

i can't get over it

set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 28 March 2013 21:34 (eleven years ago) link

AIWRECKA YOU FACE!

i've a cozy little flat in what is known as old man hat (Hurting 2), Thursday, 28 March 2013 21:35 (eleven years ago) link

my boyfriend's boss' fiance is a public defender who was defending a woman who got a pickle stuck in her cooter

No, not sinister (Austerity Ponies), Friday, 29 March 2013 13:26 (eleven years ago) link

Do place names count?

Whip Ma Whop Ma Gate

Madchen, Friday, 29 March 2013 14:20 (eleven years ago) link

constant mews

oh wow, I've always found Constant Lambert's name pleasing but this is even better

susuwatari teenage riot (a passing spacecadet), Friday, 29 March 2013 15:59 (eleven years ago) link

Melody Drinkwater

http://melodydrinkwater.com

you're going home in a crispy ambulance (cajunsunday), Friday, 29 March 2013 16:12 (eleven years ago) link

my boyfriend's boss' fiance is a public defender who was defending a woman who got a pickle stuck in her cooter

― No, not sinister (Austerity Ponies), Friday, March 29, 2013 9:26 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

so shoplifting?

johnny crunch, Friday, 29 March 2013 16:29 (eleven years ago) link

o so there is a snopes entry on that, i took story on good faith from the source but now idk

http://www.snopes.com/racial/language/le-a.asp

ampersand cooper black (elmo argonaut), Friday, 29 March 2013 16:37 (eleven years ago) link

two weeks pass...

Barkevious "KeKe" Levon Mingo
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barkevious_Mingo
I am so drafting this guy with my last pick on any team that has IDP

gr8 tr∞lls i have known (forksclovetofu), Friday, 12 April 2013 21:43 (eleven years ago) link

i've heard rumors of a person named luba whose friends call her "lube"

Pat Finn, Friday, 12 April 2013 21:53 (eleven years ago) link

three weeks pass...

I am at work doing some student data analysis atm. One of the kids is called:

http://i.imgur.com/ffxwTnl.jpg?1

хуто-хуторянка (ShariVari), Saturday, 4 May 2013 15:44 (eleven years ago) link

lol at ocean plaza.

when i worked in bbc there was a girl who worked there called "media". spelled that way and all.

Tioc Norris (LocalGarda), Tuesday, 7 May 2013 12:03 (eleven years ago) link

lol what no that is awful

did she at least try and have it pronounced medea...?

r|t|c, Tuesday, 7 May 2013 12:13 (eleven years ago) link

no she introduced herself as media. it was seriously weird.

Tioc Norris (LocalGarda), Tuesday, 7 May 2013 12:28 (eleven years ago) link

i like pluralized names, that is a trend i could get behind

did you ever think 'hey, it would be ironic if a serial killer made art using your body parts?'

just me then.

Roberto Spiralli, Tuesday, 7 May 2013 13:44 (eleven years ago) link

Ew, graphic media.

Madchen, Tuesday, 7 May 2013 14:54 (eleven years ago) link

I liked this piece about "NPR names":
http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/05/why-do-npr-reporters-have-such-great-names/275493/

jaymc, Tuesday, 7 May 2013 14:59 (eleven years ago) link

a guy whose actual surname is 'semen'

the Quim of Bendigo (Autumn Almanac), Monday, 20 May 2013 07:21 (eleven years ago) link

New person in our office with surname Van Kuyk pronounced like ... well, yeah.

Madchen, Monday, 20 May 2013 07:52 (eleven years ago) link

Noble Sprayberry

Murder in the Rue McClanahan (jaymc), Sunday, 2 June 2013 20:55 (eleven years ago) link

There was a guy with his name on will-call last night, with a corresponding I.D. upon arrival, named

Amerika Beanbag

Evan, Thursday, 6 June 2013 16:50 (eleven years ago) link

Frank Bowling (NYC resident in the 80s)

calstars, Thursday, 6 June 2013 16:51 (eleven years ago) link

Hugh Jassolé

calstars, Thursday, 6 June 2013 16:53 (eleven years ago) link

Giasol?

calstars, Thursday, 6 June 2013 16:53 (eleven years ago) link

L3ila Smelt-S0ep

dschinghis kraan (NickB), Monday, 17 June 2013 14:25 (eleven years ago) link

Richm@n Wee

al leong dudes (qiqing), Thursday, 20 June 2013 02:50 (eleven years ago) link

M!sty P@nc@ke

Neanderthal, Thursday, 20 June 2013 03:00 (eleven years ago) link

heeee hehehehe

set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 20 June 2013 05:03 (eleven years ago) link

^^^Tao Lin's daughter

shohreh aja/danteloo (Stevie D(eux)), Friday, 21 June 2013 02:21 (eleven years ago) link

lol

Treeship, Friday, 21 June 2013 02:21 (eleven years ago) link

Corky Boozé

http://sfist.com/2012/04/18/a_man_named_butt_and_a_man_named_bo.php

polyphonic, Saturday, 22 June 2013 18:03 (eleven years ago) link

Booz-AY

Treeship, Saturday, 22 June 2013 18:11 (eleven years ago) link

Senior researcher at the biotech company I work for is called Dr Cr@ze

She is a supervillain obv

sjuttiosju_u (wins), Tuesday, 2 July 2013 19:33 (eleven years ago) link

three weeks pass...

flipping through a Baptist hymnal I found a tune credited to one Horatius Bonar:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horatius_Bonar

loosely inspired by Dr. Dre (crüt), Thursday, 25 July 2013 01:45 (eleven years ago) link

Two ppl from my job:

Sh3rry Fav0rs
Z3stty Cl4rk

Tamar Bibimbraxton (Stevie D(eux)), Thursday, 25 July 2013 03:05 (eleven years ago) link

There's a Cree artist named Garnet Tobacco.

franny glass, Thursday, 25 July 2013 03:44 (eleven years ago) link

Curious given-names among my second-generation ancestors, not necessarily great but kinda intriguing: My grandfather Ellar Brown and his brother Mac were jointly named for their mother, Mary MacEllar. Yet Ellar was born first - how'd he get the SECOND half of the name??

Also of minor note: In a double union, Ellar and Mac married a pair of sisters, Bernice and Dorothea Haley, both of whom hated their names and refused to be called anything but "Bunny" and "Toots" respectively. And their younger brother Harold similarly wouldn't answer to anything but "Pete".

Sir Lord Baltimora (Myonga Vön Bontee), Thursday, 25 July 2013 06:43 (eleven years ago) link

what is it with that generation and random mystery names

Autumn Almanac, Thursday, 25 July 2013 06:55 (eleven years ago) link

we have buckets of ancestors from that era who were known as something other than their actual names (some of which only became clear at their funerals)

Autumn Almanac, Thursday, 25 July 2013 06:57 (eleven years ago) link

Two more (real names) from that same generation, great-aunts this time: Pearl and Ruby (twins!)

Sir Lord Baltimora (Myonga Vön Bontee), Thursday, 25 July 2013 07:40 (eleven years ago) link


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