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Who's name always makes you smile?

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chaosisawayoflife · 22/10/2009 08:26

For me, its the radio 2 newsreader Fenella Fudge. I think it sounds like a Harry Potter name but it always makes me smile.

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thell · 03/11/2009 13:58

New boy at our DD's nursery this term called Ridley...she thought he was called Bigley / Pigley.

squashimodo · 03/11/2009 01:46

My fil's name is Sharm Sharma.

nictorina · 03/11/2009 00:49

Oh and there's a Sandy Sandy in our town too, she changed her surname when she got married!

nictorina · 03/11/2009 00:45

My colleagues OH works with a Headley Pringle!

HopingForASunnyDay · 02/11/2009 03:49

...although there was a guy I used to work with called King Wan - it's actually pronounced 'Won' but everytime he sent an email his name came out as Wan,King

HopingForASunnyDay · 02/11/2009 03:46

chegirlknowswhereyoulive - that's exactly what I was going to say!

DF has to suppress a chuckle everytime he is on...too close to 'five knuckle shuffle' for comfort

mumzy · 31/10/2009 18:02

the use to be a weatherman on bbc world called Everton Fox

rachel234 · 26/10/2009 18:29

Fenella Fudge was born Fenella Fudge.

She ruined her name by marrying Mr Haddingham .

Watchtheworldcomealivetonight · 26/10/2009 18:28

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chegirlknowswhereyoulive · 26/10/2009 18:25

I remembered the name of the weather man!

Tomas Shafaknacker (sp).

It always makes me smile.

yama · 24/10/2009 20:34

Tommy - I too remember when Fenella changed her name. I thought she had one of the poshest names I'd ever heard and then ruined it.

Tommy · 24/10/2009 20:29

I think R2 Fenella used to be called Fenella Haddingham and she got married to Mr Fudge actually changed her name

I remember when she changed it - someone wrote in and asked if she said it as a Red Nose Day joke

bibbitybobbitycat · 24/10/2009 20:19

I worked as an estate agent in Plymouth many moons ago (sorry!) and we had clients who were Mr and Mrs Wardrobe. Gosh how we laughed when we talked about "moving the Wardrobes".

(Can't stand the Grammerpolice either).

ByThePowerOfGreyskull · 24/10/2009 20:17

I always thought that she was called
rizla teef

jonty rhodes

DebiTheScot · 24/10/2009 20:13

There's a kiwi playing in the NZ v Australia game that's on just now called Fuifui Moimoi

Tomatefarcie · 24/10/2009 20:09

I love Linda Popoulopoulos (I think I've spelt that right..). She is a relationship/sex therapist on the telly.

ohfuschia · 24/10/2009 17:33

I like Dotun Adebayo (Radio 5 live)

NorbertDentressangle · 24/10/2009 16:34

Mark Pougatch (sports commentator) who I always thought was Mark Poogash

Imagine the ribbing the poor kid got in the playground

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chegirlknowswhereyoulive · 23/10/2009 20:21

expresso my DS has auditory processing disorder. He has particular trouble with names so Auntie Caroline = Auntie Carrot, Dyonne = Dingdong, Auntie Susan = Auntie Simpsons, Nathan = Haven. I am forever getting the names of his classmates wrong because I can only go by what he tells me. Most of them have Asian or unusual names so its not like I can guess!

There is a producer who works on American programmes whose 2nd name is Fukutoo. Honest, I have seen it!

Nina Nana gets my vote too. There is also a youngish male weather guy with a name that makes me smile but rubbishly I cannot remember what it is!

stakethroughtheheartofgold · 23/10/2009 20:02

just read your post espresso - my dd had swimming lessons over the summer and said her teacher knew everyone's names except one boy, who he called "dude"...

stakethroughtheheartofgold · 23/10/2009 19:59

not so much smile as snigger: candida beverage who i seem to recall is something to do with 'you and yours'

ShowOfHands · 23/10/2009 19:52

I'm not a secondary school English teacher but it's subjective though isn't it, taking offence? It wouldn't offend me, I'd be grateful and interested.

ineedalifelaundry · 23/10/2009 19:33

Showofhands - it's just so unnecessarily patronising to the op, especially the way it was expressed here. I'm a secondary school English teacher but I certainly don't feel the need to point out everyone's grammatical errors on an informal chat forum.

Branflakes, if you're so concerned about correct English, why do you have no capital letters at the start of your sentences?

yama · 23/10/2009 18:52

Rageh Omar - I love him.

Oh, I love the name too.