Having recently returned from vacation, I spend an evening reading the German phone book looking for amusing names.
Here we go. Grimmsman
Heimlick
Hoinke (* hoi-na-key,* I think, or possibly Honkie.)
**Adolf Hoops
Kock
Lurking
Micklitz
Mock
Rydzy
Schimmel-Pfenning
Schweden
Smotrickaja
Zens
Damm
Futterer
Frauenstein
Kukla
Schadau
Schmurdy
Schoo
Schwolow ** ( I haven’t a clue about this pronunciation. SchVolov?) Wunderschutz
Wutnenow ** Sounds like What Now
Bonko
Christ
Czudnochowski
Klan
Schlumm
Schlummbohm
Schmal
Schmeller
Schmuck
Schmurdy-Vogelfanger
Wins
Boy
Dick
Flohr
Habakuk ** Habakuk for Humanity anyone?)
Hieronymous ** (cool last name. First name Henry)
Knoblich ** Which is pronounced, I beleive, Ka-nob-leech. Lala
Last
Maruhn
Piro
Rupprecht
Schreiner
Schwanz
Schwarm
Suckel ** This would be perfect if the first name was Ivanna.
Wrensch
Zysk
Rammo
Schnorr
Some of the Absolutely Best Names I found were:
** Drahomira Spirius.** Is that cool or what? sounds like a spell from Harry Potter.
** Thea Knaack** A most excellent name and Band. My Sharona!
Other Names I have found Elsewhere and have been saving for your Dining And Dancing Pleasure
**Rhys Summer-Hayes ** Think about the last name. Rather Amusing.
Bracegirdle Which is also a character in Horatio Hornblower.
Wakatutu A dance? A tiki bar? No! a last name somewhere in Ontario.
Here I was thinking this would be another of those “I knew a guy named Dick Hurt” threads. I was alllllll set to contribute with the name of a girl who goes to a program where I’m involved.
Oh, her name? Dashita. There are several compound names in this group (diondrae, oriana, devondre, etc), but I think this one takes it home.
In the phonebook where I grew up was a listing for a Mr. Phenus Head. I kid you not. Endless hours of amusement calling up and asking for ‘Penis’. Usually the reply was “Junior, or Senior?” :eek: Some dude grew up with that name and then inflicted it on his son?
So I’m outside having a smoke at work the other day. I’m standing outside of an area of the building that has recently been converted to cubicles, and I happen to look in the window at the new cube farm.
That’s when I noticed the name plate on one of them. I was certain I had to be reading it wrong, but no, I moved in close and saw that my first read was accurate.
This poor, poor woman is named Willow Klitz. :eek:
Is it that common a practice to read the phone book when on vacation?
Did you read it on the train, in the bar, back at the hotel or in one of those big hangars they call tents at Oktoberfest?
Did you giggle at the names in public? If so, how did people react?
I’ve been reading phone books while on vacation for years. Mostly because being in a hotel room at times can get tedious. I’ve only started writing down my humourous findings in the last few years.
I make notes everywhere of any amusing name ( human or business) that I find. Usually on napkins or scraps of paper.
I haven’t met anyone recently with an amusing name, but normally, if the person looks to have a sense of humor I will make a comment like, " I bet you were picked on alot as a kid."
Example, I use to have a client with the last name Aho and another one whose name was/is Richard Seaman. Dick Seaman, IRC, was his dad.
My father has had the honor of competing at pool with Mr. Hugh Cocke. No, really. I’ve met the guy. That’s his name, and he’s damned proud of it…he carries his birth certificate around in his wallet.
He beat my dad pretty good, too, which is an impressive accomplishment; my dad recently competed in the APA National Championship and placed 65th out of 350-some-odd. Then again, one supposes a certain natural skill at competitive events would come part and parcel with the name.
