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Say the whole thing aloud. Repeatedly.

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2Helenback · 02/02/2009 15:17

I have a friend who swears on a stack of bibles that an aquantance of hers named Mr and Mrs Royd named dd Emma and couldn't understand her shock at hearing this.

Another friend swears a child in the primary she works in is Giselle Onions. (Repeat it, and don't try and pronounce it all French like)

Also, in Stoke dialect, it you can't do something you say "I conner...". So why are there 2 kids in her school called Connor Cook and Connor Cope?

I was taught by a Sylvia Birch, but that was a cruel twist of marriage.

I have a surname which makes the say it aloud method essential.

Any other corkers out there.

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whingeomatic · 03/02/2009 14:38

DH went to school with twin girls Pamela & Leigh Flett....

rempy · 03/02/2009 14:38

Jamaycka List.

Honestly.

hippipotamiHasLostTwoPounds · 03/02/2009 14:33

ahhh Thank you bouncing!

BouncingTurtle · 03/02/2009 14:28

T. Watt

hippipotamiHasLostTwoPounds · 03/02/2009 14:20

I don't get Thomas Watt??

Dh was at school with two brothers, Norman and Roman Warrior.

bluebump · 03/02/2009 14:08

I know of a Wayne King...and my auntie was Called Teresa Green which always got pronounced without the first e in Teresa somehow.

LadySnotAlot · 03/02/2009 13:57

I knew a Paul Hiscock (say it quickly and outloud!)

Also know a phil dick.

mileniwmffalcon · 03/02/2009 13:52

thomas watt?

mileniwmffalcon · 03/02/2009 13:45

dp was at school with tamara knight

Flightattendant9 · 03/02/2009 13:42

Maretta's link I mean.

Flightattendant9 · 03/02/2009 13:42

Ooh I have just tried that link, apparently there are 3 of me?

Flightattendant9 · 03/02/2009 13:38

This will keep you happy for hours

I particularly like the baby who was innocently named Nancy Ann. The problem being that her surname was Seancy.

Frasersmum123 · 03/02/2009 13:21

I swear on my life that when I used to work at a airline, one of the trainers was called Roger Mee!

electra · 03/02/2009 12:46

At university there was a girl called Rosie Lee.

TwinkleToes76 · 03/02/2009 12:42

A distant relative was called Fanny Hertz - no joke

scattercushion · 03/02/2009 12:23

joanna crisp - d'you wanna crisp - it was fun for her a playtime

Twims · 03/02/2009 12:14

A friend of a friend wanted to call their child Henrietta - their surname ... Fox

Henrietta Fox (Henry ate a fox)

Also knew of a Henrietta Guest (Henry ate a guest)

mollyroger · 03/02/2009 12:08

Helen Back

philopastry · 03/02/2009 11:56

Husbands mate, surname Watt, recently called their firstborn Thomas.

dragonbutter · 03/02/2009 11:50

did anyone notice Di Stiph the woman from the crematorium on 'who do you think you are?' last night with rory bremner?

lollipopz · 03/02/2009 11:46

Justin Casey and also Cara Mac.

branflake81 · 03/02/2009 11:16

I used to live with a bloke called Hussein Hussein ("so great they named him twice", he used to say)

gloomysue · 03/02/2009 10:39

Jenna Talwart

Miamla · 03/02/2009 10:34

elephantjuice my cousin, Mr Curtin married a lady called Annette! I wonder if its the same one you know!

AnnVan · 03/02/2009 10:29

Another Annette Curtain. Richard Head. S.I.R Knight.