# Names with too many words in them **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 4, 2016, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-with-too-many-words-in-them/765016 "2016-09-04T13:55:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2016, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-with-too-many-words-in-them/765016/21 "2016-09-04T20:37:15Z")
El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles del Río de Porciúncula The Town of Our Lady the Queen of the Angels of the Porciúncula River better known as Los Angeles, CA La Villa Real de la Santa Fe de San Francisco de Asís The Royal Town of the Holy Faith of Saint Francis of Assisi better known as Santa Fe, NM ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2016, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-with-too-many-words-in-them/765016/22 "2016-09-04T21:06:19Z")
BenJarvus Green-Ellis. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2016, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-with-too-many-words-in-them/765016/23 "2016-09-04T21:07:08Z")
> [@Shagnasty](#): > > You have to go to a bar to buy a six pack of beer for takeaway service To be fair, that’s true of every place in Pennsylvania. That state has some of the most arcane and Draconian liquor laws in the country. I turned 21 in Pennsylvania. I don’t know if it’s true now, but I had to get a special card from the state, known as a PLCB card, to be able to buy booze or be served in a bar. And hard liquor and wine are only allowed to be sold in Commonwealth owned “state stores.” ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2016, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-with-too-many-words-in-them/765016/24 "2016-09-04T21:11:22Z")
Any name that has to include “presents” or the like as part of it. Deftly mocked by the Simpsons when they visited Africa, including “Pepsi Presents New Zanzibar”. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2016, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-with-too-many-words-in-them/765016/25 "2016-09-04T21:16:51Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > To be fair, that’s true of every place in Pennsylvania. That state has some of the most arcane and Draconian liquor laws in the country. I turned 21 in Pennsylvania. I don’t know if it’s true now, but I had to get a special card from the state, known as a PLCB card, to be able to buy booze or be served in a bar. And hard liquor and wine are only allowed to be sold in Commonwealth owned “state stores.” And to make a contribution to this thread, PLCB stands for Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2016, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-with-too-many-words-in-them/765016/26 "2016-09-04T21:53:07Z")
Georgia College & State University. It goes by Georgia College or GCSU less formally. Not sure if the “&” is official. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2016, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-with-too-many-words-in-them/765016/27 "2016-09-04T21:55:03Z")
> [@bibliophage](#): > > The French word for today is _aujourd’hui_. Etymologically it means “on the day of today.” True, but the construction was to avoid confusion between “hui” and “oui,” so it has the right number of words to accomplish its task. ---
**Author:** ![rsat3acr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@rsat3acr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rsat3acr)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2016, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-with-too-many-words-in-them/765016/28 "2016-09-04T22:01:33Z")
> [@harmonicamoon](#): > > Hot water heater. same with ATM machine ---
**Author:** ![Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90ced4/32.png) [@Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waltzes_with_Cacti)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2016, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-with-too-many-words-in-them/765016/29 "2016-09-04T22:21:21Z")
If we were to look at personal names, then Spencer Horsey de Horsey (1790 – 1860), a British Tory politician. Two horseys to pull your barouche: fine. Two Horseys in your name: overkill. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2016, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-with-too-many-words-in-them/765016/30 "2016-09-04T22:28:37Z")
[Alan Mitchell Edward George Patrick Henry Gallagher](http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/gallaal01.shtml) ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2016, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-with-too-many-words-in-them/765016/31 "2016-09-04T22:30:16Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > hard liquor and wine are only allowed to be sold in Commonwealth owned “state stores.” Same in Virginia. Perhaps it’s a Commonwealth thing? ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2016, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-with-too-many-words-in-them/765016/32 "2016-09-04T22:56:05Z")
A combo of title and name, but it’s close enough: Her Majesty Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and of Her other Realms and Territories Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith AKA Elizabeth II, Dei Gratia Britanniarum Regnorumque Suorum Ceterorum Regina, Consortionis Populorum Princeps, Fidei Defensor And another dozen-plus similar mouthfuls representing her supreme positions in another dozen-plus countries and sundry protectorates. Bottom line: It’s Good to be Queen. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2016, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-with-too-many-words-in-them/765016/33 "2016-09-05T00:35:33Z")
Captain [Leone Sextus Denys Oswolf Fraudatifilius Tollemache-Tollemache de Orellana Plantagenet Tollemache-Tollemache](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leone_Sextus_Tollemache) ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2016, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-with-too-many-words-in-them/765016/34 "2016-09-05T01:51:19Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Indiana University of Pennsylvania is usually referred to by locals as I-UP. pronounced “eye-youp” ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2016, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-with-too-many-words-in-them/765016/35 "2016-09-05T02:04:00Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Alaska USA Federal Credit Union. Do they really need USA in there? How else would they differentiate themselves from the Alaska Zimbabwe Federal Credit Union? ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2016, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-with-too-many-words-in-them/765016/36 "2016-09-05T02:19:22Z")
> [@Mister\_Rik](#): > > How else would they differentiate themselves from the Alaska Zimbabwe Federal Credit Union? To be fair, they were established in 1948, long before statehood. ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2016, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-with-too-many-words-in-them/765016/37 "2016-09-05T02:39:32Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > Same in Virginia. Perhaps it’s a Commonwealth thing? Liquor, yes, but wine is sold in grocery stores and convenience stores. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2016, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-with-too-many-words-in-them/765016/38 "2016-09-05T02:52:27Z")
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio Nobody should have a name that’s eleven syllables long. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2016, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-with-too-many-words-in-them/765016/39 "2016-09-05T03:13:01Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > Master Chief Petty Officer Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force (only one person has that rank at any time) ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2016, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-with-too-many-words-in-them/765016/40 "2016-09-05T03:14:54Z")
> [@Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](#): > > If we were to look at personal names, then Spencer Horsey de Horsey (1790 – 1860), a British Tory politician. > > Two horseys to pull your barouche: fine. Two Horseys in your name: overkill. Boutros Boutros-Ghali [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-with-too-many-words-in-them/765016.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-with-too-many-words-in-them/765016.md?page=3)