I worked with a Dick Funkhouser and went to school with Richard Shakeshaft…
I once knew a woman named Sharon Goff whose husband was named Jack. That’s right… repeat after me… Jack Goff. He could easily have gone by “John”, but no…
And speaking of German names involving “Fick”, my gf in college had a friend with the surname Ohnesorge-Fick, which translates (albeit loosely) to “f*ck without worry”.
I once knew a woman named Sharon Goff whose husband was named Jack. That’s right… repeat after me… Jack Goff. He could easily have gone by “John”, but no…
And speaking of German names involving “Fick”, my gf in college had a friend with the surname Ohnesorge-Fick, which translates (albeit loosely) to “f*ck without worry”.
Well, remotely humorous as it was, that wasn’t really worth repeating… sorry.
I met a guy a while ago called Jim Techar (pronounced Teacher.)
A guy with the last name of “Reer” had parents who named him “Harry.”
I worked with a guy whose last name was “Peter.” And his naive parents named him “Richard.” So he fought his way through grade school as “Dick Peter.”
In one of the cases on one of those courtroom shows was a woman named Crystal Coffin and in another was a woman who’s first name was Latrina, which sounds too much like Latrine for me.
In the credits of some movie I was watching was the name Les Slaughter.
I knew a Marina Fish and a Doug Moreland (too bad he’s a lawyer instead of a backhoe operator.) When I went to school, there was a family who’s name is Everybodytalksabout.
My favorite names from my mass-mailing days are:
Chip Diemond (Jeweller?)
Johnathan Betz-Zall (Gambler?)
Richard Major (Major, Dick)
Marjorie Strong-Beers (Brewer?)
A guy on a witness list I was compiling: Randy Schmuck. I called to verify that name. Yep. Randy Schmuck. Had an auto body shop.
My new favorite name: a person I know works with someone whose name is Aquanette. (Pronounced “aqua-netta.” What was her mother thinking?
How about the now deceased Houston woman Ima Hogg
Used to have a guy call in the office whose name was Nick Kissoff.
I mentioned on another thread about someone I know whose name is Dick Organ.
Because of the busy holiday season, we’ve been giving customers claim checks for items they want giftwrapped so they can come back in 10-20 minutes. I always ask the person for their last name, and a woman the other day spelled it out rather than say it. D-O-O-D-Y. I don’t blame her for spelling rather than speaking.
I still love Bob Hoogenboom and Soupharack Khounlivong (my two favorites I’ve stumbled across at work).
I went to school with the Head siblings: Sarina and Steve.
I once knew someone with the last name Ramsbottom.
I went to school with Winnie Poon. Took me a while to realize the teacher wasn’t calling Winnie (the) Poon.
Rumour had it that in high school, there was a guy with an anglicized name Phuc. I’m pretty sure that one wasn’t true, though.
I know a Dr. Mailman and a Ralph Pester. I also had a teacher in school named Mr. Bader. For obvious reasons he asked us not to call him Master Bader.
Alexander Cockburn pronounces his name “Coburn”. Probably not a bad idea.
Met a guy from Bosnia the other day. His name was Anes. Soft A. It was all I could do to avoid the temptation to call him Anus.
I am a very sick man.
I play hockey with a Bryan Bonner, but from a distance it looks like something else
I had a professor named Dr Weiner and i thought he was the greatest. Really good teacher with a great sense of humor.
My American History teacher’s last name is Reddick. Mr. Reddick. (Top that, I dare ya!)
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And his daughter, my age, is named Anna. Anna’s really skinny, so we lovingly call her Anna Rexic.
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My great great grandmother’s surname of Leak was merely unfortunate, until her parents decided to name her Fanny. Then it became tragic.
I have a relative named Dolly Snowball. How nauseatingly adorable is that? She’s at least 60 now.
I recently met a very nice lady with the given name Gay. At the time of her birth her parents had no way to know that a) In 20 years or so, Gay would mean something very different and b) That she would marry a Mr Guy.