to ask if you know of any 'urban myths' that are actually true?

[manicinsomniac]

a colleague told me the other day that her husband had been to school with a brother and sister called Everard and Ophelia Dick. I was very dismissive, told her I'd heard that story several times before, that it was an urban myth and possibly on snopes.com.

Luckily I stopped short of saying that the story probably had racist undertones.

But I've just googled them and they're well documented in the same town that her husband is from. So the chances are he's right. I'm very and will have to tell her so in the morning.

I get so used to these name tales being false and offensive that I didn't think there was any way it was going to be true.

Does anybody know if any of the others are true?

You can see a Dr Cox or Dr Ball on the NHS if you want.

I've met a Dr Viral (first name) and briefly went to school with Peter Pan.

I'm Welsh, and live in Wales. It is shocking how many people choose beautiful 'welsh' names for their children when they don't speak the language. There is a boy in DDS class named brechdanau- sandwich in Welsh. I kid you not. There are also a few boys called gegin which is kitchen(in Welsh)

Tom morrow His real name.

I went to school with a Richard and Fanny who were siblings, both went onto have academic careers in an unusual subject, and have a surname you wouldn't want with those first names.

Hard is a common surname around here, there are quite a few with Richard as a first name.

I used to drive a route that went through Kidderminster, and on the last of the many roundabouts was a firm of either lawyers or estate agents called Doolittle and Dalley.

anyone in Kidderminster care to corroborate?

I've met two Ewan kerr

And went to school with a Richard head

It took me ages to 'get' Jenny Taylor

My dad was at school with Willie Byrne.
On that note, I've always been sceptical about the 'correct' pronounciation of the surname name Cockburn.. So, the 'ck' is silent - yeah right!

Can't remember who was talking about a Mr Wright and Mr Perfect, but I know a Mr Lovely.

My dh went to school with a Wayne King and a Richard Head.

After this thread I may have to apologise for not believing him!

Easily Google-ale SpecialSubject - they do indeed exist, love it!

www.doolittle-dalley.co.uk

If you call your ds Mark when your surname is Spencer then Andrew was not the best thought out middle name.

One set of parents whose surname is Cox named their son Richard, Dick as he's normally called thought carefully and called his son Isaac, takes teenagers to spot that one.

I went to school with a Jade Greene and a David Davis. Why on earth would you call your son David if your last name was Davis? Why?

I know a Jenny Taylor (to be fair her parents called her Jennifer)
I also know a Theresa Wood, whose maiden name was Green.

I once met an American pastor called the Rev Randy Bishop. I nearly swallowed my tongue in my effort not to laugh when introduced.

My friend taught Dwayne Pipe. He was 4th child and ll their kids names began with a d!

oh, I've also met a Jenny Taylor and a Dwayne Wayne [surname I can't remember, it wasn't as memorable as first/middle name combo].

I know of a Richard Cox, I don't know him well enough to know if he has children but I don't get Isaac Cox

I know a guy called.Mike Hunt. really!

If I were to marry DP, I'd be Jenny Taylor. Good argument not to change my name! :)

Iborolass - I-saac-cox. Say it slowly in three separate syllables

In my church the priest's called Fr Coyle, the nun was called Sr Condon and the organist was William Richard (known by his friends as Willy Dick)...

There is a vet called Everard Cock, so very similar to the OP's name. I did not believe this could be true until I looked him up in the RCVS directory. He is not British so could have had parents who did not realise what they were doing when they chose his name.

I also knew a lady called Randy who very reasonably refused to take her husband's name. He was called Byron Gay.

One of DH's clients is Albert Hall.
He also had one called Fungus the Bogeyman - but that one had been a deed poll change of name and he was well known in the business world local, especially in the housing market.