I can’t recall hearing a US person who goes by Gord but I am sure there are some. Saw yet another Gord from Canada today.
Klaatu poutine curling eh.
At least one is.
never seen him called Gord
Oh, when I saw the title I thought Gord as a last name.
But Gord short for Gordon? Never even heard it. Gordie/Gordy, yeah, though most of the Gordons I’ve met were called…
wait for it…
Gordon.
I have the perfect reply for this thread, but it won’t let me post an image. I am annoyed.
The album posted is called “Gord’s Gold,” but Lightfoot is of course Canadian.
Well, there was this one guy named Gordon, but everybody called him Alf, and he wasn’t Canadian.
Flash Gordon is from Canada?
According to wikipedia all the famous people named Gord are… Canadians:
The amusing thing is that in the UK, GORD is what we in the US would call GERD (Gastroesophageal reflux disease). In Britain its called Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease, hence the O instead of the E…
I mean, a super Canadian band even named their album “Gordon.”
The Tragically Hip’s lead singer, one of Canada’s most beloved musicians ever, was a Gord. Feeling they were not sufficiently Canadian, they also made sure the bassist was named Gord.
The most Canadian name possible is Gord MacKenzie, and yes, Canada is full of them.
My brother-in-law is called Gord.
Gord Tough, Kathleen Edwards’ guitarist, is both a terrific player and Canadian.
And to come full circle, “Gerd” is a popular German first name, on its own and sometimes as a short form of “Gerhard”. One of my cousins is called Gerd.
There appear to be many famous Gordons all over the world. Many of them are American …
The first Gordon that comes to my mind though is an Englishman from Sheffield, Gordon Banks, legendary English football goalkeeper, the “Banks of England”.
I know a professor at McGill who goes by Gord. Full Canadian. Plays hockey at 60.
Just to re-emphasize the OP, this thread is about “Gord”, not “Gordon”.
And, interestingly, in the Wikipedia link to “Gordon” that @wolfpup shared, one of the names which shows up in the thumbnail is Gord Ash, an executive with the Milwaukee Brewers. Mr. Ash, not surprisingly, is from Toronto.
