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General Discussion & Feedback => Just Chat! => Topic started by: paul.fr on 24/07/2008 13:39:12
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Are some parents just morons?
What would you have liked to have named your kids?
WELLINGTON (AFP) - A New Zealand judge has ordered a name change for an embarrassed nine-year-old girl called Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii, a local newspaper reported Thursday.
The girl was so embarrassed that she had not revealed the name given by her parents to friends, who simply knew her as K, the Taranaki Daily News said.
Family court judge Rob Murfitt said in a judgement made in February -- but not released until Thursday -- that oddball monikers created social hurdles as children grew up.
"She fears being mocked and teased and in that she has a greater level of insight than either of her parents," he said of the girl.
The judge discovered New Zealand parents had given their children some other unusual names including Number 16 Bus Shelter and Midnight Chardonnay, both of which may relate to the conception of the child.
One child was named Violence and two pairs of twins were called Benson and Hedges and Fish and Chips. The children from one family were all named after six-cylinder Ford cars.
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I taught a girl called Annette Curtain.
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My brother-in-law's second wife insisted that their daughter (now 5) be called Lily - not unusual, except that their surname is Pink.
Remember the Scaffold - "Lily the pink, the pink, the pink......". I doubt that any of the tot's contemporaries will know of this - but if it ever gets out...you know how unkind children can be. [;D]
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There was a girl in my primary school class called Theresa Green (she was American)
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This guy's name shouldn't be a problem.
http://www.occupationalasthma.com/personview.aspx?id=38
but it still amused me. He used to work in the same organisation as Dick Wagg and Bill Anchor.
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Allegedly these are screenshots of genuine emails
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Related TNS post...
http://www.thenakedscientists.com/forum/index.php?topic=15905.msg186311#msg186311
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In my elementary school we had a girl who's name was pronounced Va-Jean-na, but that is not how it was spelled.
My middle name is Clapp--I've heard them all.
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One of my former employers asked me to marry him. His last name was Hardee and he wanted us to have a daughter so we could name her Laurel Ann.
But noooooo.......I did MUCH better and married someone whose last name is always mispronounced cock! [:(!]
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One of my former employers asked me to marry him. His last name was Hardee and he wanted us to have a daughter so we could name her Laurel Ann.
But noooooo.......I did MUCH better and married someone whose last name is always mispronounced cock! [:(!]
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Years ago my wife knew some people called Niskin, they had a son called Peter - yes, P Niskin.
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I have a friend called Stephen P Lodge; affectionately known as Splodge.
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There are thousands of Messers "Ness" whose first name begins with P, poor devils.
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My boss at ICI (now Astra Zeneca) was called Richard Head. The joke going around the lab was Dr Head is changing his name.......to John Thomas!
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My Dad once taught a girl whose name was Teresa Green.
Seriously.
He's very professional though, so probably never giggled about it in front of her. Probably.
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I taught a boy with the name Tye Dyer
it was one of the things I had to think about carefully when naming the kids.. our surname is a common everyday word and I had to make sure all the school yard bullying would not originate from my naming skills.
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Once I had a fishmonger called Bass and Sons.
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My Dad once taught a girl whose name was Teresa Green.
Seriously.
He's very professional though, so probably never giggled about it in front of her. Probably.
He wasn't a teacher at my primary school, was he?
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I like the builders - Bodgitt & Runne
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Although this is intended as a pun on Battersea Dogs' Home, I find the connection between batter, sea & cod rather amusing too.
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I had a friend called Duncan whom we called Duncan Disorderly!
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Especially for JimBob
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My first ever night in Hong Kong, I sat up nearly all night reading the phone book (yeah, I'm sad). Some of the names I found were Fat Dong, Fat Wong, Hong Kong Dong, and, honestly, Florence Sh1t!
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My Dad once taught a girl whose name was Teresa Green.
Seriously.
He's very professional though, so probably never giggled about it in front of her. Probably.
He wasn't a teacher at my primary school, was he?
Could be - I can't remember which school it was. Ever lived in the midlands?
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My Dad once taught a girl whose name was Teresa Green.
Seriously.
He's very professional though, so probably never giggled about it in front of her. Probably.
He wasn't a teacher at my primary school, was he?
Could be - I can't remember which school it was. Ever lived in the midlands?
Good Lord no. What do you take me for!?
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DrB, where did you find the first picture (Battersea...)? It's now a Chinese takeaway called "Wok this way" and does a very good roast duck in orange sauce.
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When we lived in the middle east, the local jewellers was called "Faiq".
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DrB, where did you find the first picture (Battersea...)? It's now a Chinese takeaway called "Wok this way" and does a very good roast duck in orange sauce.
And, as if by magic, here it is!
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Looking at it, that must be a different place. The buildings either side are different.
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There must be 2 and I know exactly where the other one is. Next time I'm there I will get a picture then they will be famous too.
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Interesting, though, that this place & the chip shop appear about the same size.
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Here's the pic if I can work out how to attach it. [ Invalid Attachment ]
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Gawd, that's tatty!
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True, but I don't judge books by their covers.
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Oh I do. If they have pictures of people snogging on the front then I don't read them.
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You're more the Mills & Boon type, are you?
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No the opposite. Can't stand all these forceful men and all these whimpy women.
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So, are you more this type?
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Go Maggie, Go!
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Go Maggie, Go!
She went.
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So, back on track...
There was a guy at my old work whose name was Chris Peacock. Go on, say it quickly...
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LOL...LOL...LOL...
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So, back on track...
There was a guy at my old work whose name was Chris Peacock. Go on, say it quickly...
I prefer Chris P Duck [:D]
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There was a West Indies bowler called Michael Holding and English batsman Peter Willey. The BBC commentator calling the game said "the batsman’s Holding,... the bowler’s Willey” [:D] [:D] [:D]
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There was a West Indies bowler called Michael Holding and English batsman Peter Willey. The BBC commentator calling the game said "the batsman’s Holding,... the bowler’s Willey” [:D] [:D] [:D]
The commentator in question being, I believe, the inimitable Jonners.
On the subject of which, John Arlott's classic:-
"And there's Tony Gregg, standing in the slips with his legs apart waiting for a little tickle"
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Wasn't there also a "batsman: willey, bowled: lillee, caught: dilley" or some such?
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Wasn't there also a "batsman: willey, bowled: lillee, caught: dilley" or some such?
There was certainly something similar. It couldn't, though, have been how you put it as Willey & Dilley both played for England whereas Lillee was Australian. Maybe Lillee, caught Willy, bowled Dilley? (ooh, tht sounds even worse!)
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I used to know a man who's name was Horace Ball, he was known as Ory Ball (Horrible)
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I used to work with a chap called Harry Munk.
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With names in mind, Dr Spooner would have been is serious trouble had he every lectured on myths & legends. A lecture on the legend of Robin Loxley would have been OK when referring to him as Robin Hood, which would have come out as 'Hoodin Rob', Little John also would have been OK as 'Jittle Lon', but Friar Tuck would have landed him in serious bother with the 'Quear old Deen'.
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There was a shoe shop in Greenwich called 'R - Soles'. Boring council took objection and had the owner re-name it.
Also in Greenwich was a shop called 'No Ikea'. Ikea objected to that.
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My mother's maiden name in Hunt (which is bad enough) and it was only a last minute reprieve that stopped her parents calling her Treasure.....My grandfather's name was Frank. Frank Hunt. Has anyone seen Frank Hunt?
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My mother's maiden name in Hunt (which is bad enough) and it was only a last minute reprieve that stopped her parents calling her Treasure.....My grandfather's name was Frank. Frank Hunt. Has anyone seen Frank Hunt?
Issac would have been a disaster!!!
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I'm going to be Abby nasty in the next Panto! I love pantos. They have some good names in them such as the Grand Carzy and widow Twanky which has some good rhymes.
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Theres a guy called Phil McCracken. Say it fast
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LOL LOL.. Very good one! Hee hee!
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Theres a mineral Cummingtonite [:D] [:D] this mineral must have the silliest name of them all! Its official name is magnesium iron silicate hydroxide, and it has the formula (Mg,Fe)7Si8O22(OH)2. It got its name from the locality where it was first found, Cummington, Massachusetts, USA.
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Then there is Moronic Acid
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and Rhamnose.
This sounds like the molecule that's created when you walk into doors...in fact it's a type of sugar.
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Then there is the aldehyde butanal
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Erectone
No, this isn't one of the ingredients in Viagra...but is actually one of a group of compounds extracted from the Japanese/Chinese herb Hypericum erectum, which is often used in traditional Chinese medicine to treat arthritis, rheumatism, and as an astringent.
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I'm not making these up, they are actually real compounds
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Arsole - the arsenic equivalent of pyrrole, and although it is rarely found in its pure form, it is occasionally seen as a sidegroup in the form of organic arsolyls. There is even a scientific paper titled "Studies on the Chemistry of the Arsoles"
Bastardane - ethano-bridged noradamantane.
Unununium - element 111
Dickite - a (kaolin) clay-like mineral which exhibits mica-like layers with silicate sheets of 6-membered rings bonded to aluminium oxide/hydroxide layers.
Fukalite - very rare form of calcium silico-carbonate from Fuka in Japan.
Fucitol - an alcohol, also known as L-fuc-ol or 1-deoxy-D-galactitol.
Crapinon - also known as Sanzen.
Spamol - also known as aminopromazine, lispamol or lorusil.
That's enough for now. [;D]