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Most unfortunate names revealed.....

87 replies

2pt4kids · 25/02/2009 18:15

here

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ScottishMummy · 27/02/2009 20:51

Dr D'eath....pronounced Dee'aff to ally pt fears

Shylily · 27/02/2009 20:44

I know a Brie Cheeseman. Her parents swear they didn't make the cheese link when they named her.

strictmumof3 · 26/02/2009 18:55

I went to uni with an Eileen Dover, she pretended her brother was called Ben but i don't think he was....

TheCrackFox · 25/02/2009 23:36

I went to school with a William Dick and he insisted on being called Willy. Also went to school with a Mike Hunt.

IfYouSuspectItReportIt · 25/02/2009 23:17

I have a great book, which a friend of my mother's found in a charity shop many moons ago, called "Remarkable Names of Real People". It contains such gems as:

  • T. Hee (restaurant employee, New York)
  • Mustafa Kunt (of the Turkish Military Attache, Moscow)
  • Mary Louise Pantzaroff (Huron County, Ohio)
  • Justin Tune (Chorister, Westminster College Choir, class of 1947)
  • Miss. Friendly Ley (Mission Hills, California)

And (one of my faves)

  • Charles Adolphe Faux-Pas Bidet (Commissaire de Police, Paris)
controlfreakythecontrolfreak · 25/02/2009 23:17

simon swindells?? dont get it...

Desiderata · 25/02/2009 23:09

There was a thread on this last year. The one that strongly stuck in my mind was a business woman from Hong Kong called Fanny Pong

Princeonthemove · 25/02/2009 23:06

I knew a Philip McKracken who insisted being called Phil. snurk

melpomene · 25/02/2009 20:56

I don't understand the comment at the bottom of the article from the man who was named Simon Swindells. Is there something particularly funny/bad about the combination of Simon and Swindells? Swindells isn't the greatest surname, but why did he have to change his first name?

Nontoxic · 25/02/2009 20:15

I was at primary school with a Robin Banks - no one ever teased him about it at that stage; I didn't notice it until my mum and her friend were sniggering when they saw his name on the display of work - they thought it must be a joke.

bodiddly · 25/02/2009 20:12

I know a middle aged builder called Michael Hunt ....

Slashtrophe · 25/02/2009 20:10

I heard of Annette Brown who got married to Richard Curtain, so now she's Annette Curtain...

kitsmummy · 25/02/2009 20:08

I went to school with a Fanny Faa!

noonki · 25/02/2009 19:54

a knew a Wendy who married Mr House.

always makes me smile.

nigglewiggle · 25/02/2009 19:52

Emma Gration
Ken Airey

Wolfblass · 25/02/2009 19:51

MadamDeathstare that is brilliant!!!

ten10 · 25/02/2009 19:47

Also knew an Aaron Pratt,
i.e. A Pratt

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ten10 · 25/02/2009 19:45

I taught a Ben Dee a few years ago,

lollystar · 25/02/2009 19:41

That took me ages to figure out Jenny Taylor even with 2pt4kids' post

merryandmad · 25/02/2009 19:20

I have worked it out. Thanks

Stretch · 25/02/2009 19:13

Am PMSL at Tim Barr and Sue Mee the lawyer!!

ILikeToMoveItMoveIt · 25/02/2009 19:01

I know of a Harry Beever, Randy Queen and Richard Head. Their parents should be done for child cruelty

Oh, and my friends GP was a Doc Clapp.

DesperateHousewifeToo · 25/02/2009 19:00

I used to know someone called Jenny Taylor. Twas years ago so she would be ancient like me now

Hulababy · 25/02/2009 18:53

We really liked the name Joseph, but couldn't use it because of our surname, King. If DD had been a boy it would have been her middle name.