Names with too many words in them

Said Jerome K. Jerome to Ford Madox Ford,
“There’s something, old boy, that I’ve always abhorred:
When people address me and call me, ‘Jerome’,
Are they being standoffish, or too much at home?”
Said Ford, “I agree; it’s the same thing with me.”

                                                     -- William Cole

His wife was a noted equestrian. (Among other things.) We could argue that just one Horsey won’t do in such a situation.

Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (ditto)

Hector Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho. And Major Major Major Major.

Miami University of Ohio was established in 1809, when Florida belonged to Spain, and 16 years before the present city of Miami was settled. The university (and river) in Ohio took its name from the Miami people, while the city in Florida took its name from the Mayaimi people.

It’s to distinguish her from all the other Mary Mastrantonios who are members of SAG. :stuck_out_tongue:

Like Indiana PA, Miami of Ohio was founded before the city in Florida was given its name.

Almost every AKC registered dog name. I don’t want to list any real names for privacy sake, but the majority seem to follow the pattern of:

Her Majesty Princess Puffwaddle von Regina, who goes by George.

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Usually goes by Virgina Tech or VPI.

Really, you singled out that and ignored NORTH Georgia College and State University?

NGC&SU is no more. It has ceased to be. It is a defunct school.

(Actually it merged with Gainesville SC to become University of North Georgia.)

Another Georgia state college that could lose a word or two is Atlanta Metropolitan State College.

(If people are going to complain about geographically misleading college names, may I suggest the all time champ in my book: Washington University. In Missouri. Looks like a mix up of U of WA and WA State U.)

She ain’t got nothing on Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje and Mahershalalhashbaz Ali

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

The Church Divinity School of the Pacific

Molybdenum has an odd arrangement of syllables that makes it awkward

And for some reason I always thought the actor Henry B. Walthall really needed to lose the middle initial. His name sounds clunky.

Also, the actor Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree has a name that’s a mouthful, but I kinda like it.

The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies

“When People Were Shorter and Lived Near the Water” seems rather long for a band name.

Ruth’s Chris Steak House

Rose Bowl presented by Northwest Mutual

Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. “North Korea” to most of the rest of the world.

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. “England” to the rest of the world, usually.

The United States of America. “That country without a name” to the rest of America.

The Governor Hugh L. Carey Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel.

By the time you finish saying it, you’ve made it to the other side.

These two aren’t too bad as their family goes:

Juan Carlos Alfonso Víctor María de Borbón y Borbón (aka Juan Carlos I) and
Felipe Juan Pablo Alfonso de Todos los Santos de Borbón y Grecia (aka Felipe VI).

Note that “de Todos los Santos” (All-Saints’) is itself a single name.
And the former Aeropuerto de Madrid-Barajas is now Aeropuerto de Madrid-Barajas Alfonso Suárez. I guess we should be grateful that the option of calling it “Aeropuerto de Madrid-Barajas muy excelentísimo señor don Alfonso Suárez, Duque de Suárez” was discarded.

Ten, -nio is a dipthong.

Ya nailed it!

(from a former AK resident)