My husband knew a family whose last name was Porn. The son works in movies now.
Yep, that’s my mom’s maiden name, sigh. Thank she didn’t didn’t hyphenate us kids.
My dad’s last name (which is mine as well), while Jewish, is very neutral sounding.
The full name isn’t so bad, but the first four letters look like jism.
There was a Vietnamese girl in my elementary school named Dung Tung.
I once had a job at an HVAC repair company, one of whose customers was named Peter Dick. One day, Mr. Dick called in for an air conditioner repair and our service manager and one of the technicians were discussing what needed to be done about “Mr. Dick’s unit”. It was “Mr. Dick’s unit this and Mr. Dick’s unit that…” until I thought I was going to lose it. What finally sent me over the edge was when my manager said, “You know, Mr. Dick’s a pianist.”
Ah, yes. I knew a Dung too (she pronounced it “Yoon”). As soon as she got her citizenship, she changed her name to Kathy.
At work, I once came across the incredibly unfortunate last name of Analick. It was actually pronounced something like a-naw-lick, but still. Can’t remember what the guy’s first name was. I bet nobody can.
Peter?
A little more in the spirit of the thread, I nominate “Boehner”.
Which I find particularly noteworthy because it’s only illicit if you’re PROUNCING IT FRIGGIN’ WRONG, YOU MORON!!
drain bead thats funny cause that person is me
In college, my brother once met a Phat Phuc Ho.
A friend of my wife’s married a Bizwanger. That’s silly enough. But their first child (unfortunately born with what seems like a host of medical problems) has the name Achille. I guess it’s not as bad as some here, but unless some of those names turn out to be his classmates, you know he’ll get teased.
I’m sure I’ve mentioned on the Dope before how my sister went to Bible camp with Anita Dyck. Dyck is quite a common Mennonite name, of which there are plenty here in S. Manitoba. (Anita never got why my sister found her name funny.)
I dated a Smelley in college. He didn’t want to tell me his name for a long time.
My favorite junior high teacher was Miss Cripe. I liked her and would contact her if I could, but can’t find a trace!
A former co-worker served in the army with a guy named Phillip Glasdick. Apparently, the guy got plenty of teasing over his name.
My wife once refused to be seen by Dr. Graves, for superstitious reasons.
My son’s G.P. is Dr. Pepper.
I used to work with Fuk Yung Ho, and met his sister Suk. The weird part is that they were only half Chinese - their mother was British (and, one would assume, could recognize the connotations). They went by ‘Anthony’ and ‘Susan’.
Zombie - now there’s a funny last name.
I recently met a physical therapist named Schmuck. Poor guy.
At Wal-Mart today, our checker’s name was Tou Bee.
Any questions?
Were they of Thai extraction? I have a Thai-American friend named Tanyaporn, and she’s explained that “Porn” is a common Thai name. Her parents wanted to give her a name that could work in Thailand and in the US, and she does usually just go by Tanya. Her last name also has a fairly sexual ring to it too (I won’t share it because hello, that wouldn’t be cool), but she has a sense of humor about it. She’s married to a guy with a really common name and could change it if she wanted a little more anonymity, but she hasn’t.
Idaho has a Senator Mike Crapo. The campaign slogans write themselves.
Astrida Penis (and yes, it’s pronounced “astride a penis”).
And I had a distant relative named Harry Dick.
There are lots of Porns here. Usually a girl’s name but not always. Supaporn (sounds close to “Super Porn”) and Thitiporn (“Titty Porn”) are not uncommon.
I pity the guys named Therdsak (very, very close to “Turd Sack”) who go abroad to study.
Where I used to work there was a family that would always come in and they all were kind of clueless about things. I guess you could describe it as not having “street smarts” or something like that. Their last name was Moran (pronounced moron).