To think that she should just stop commenting on my name?

[madbrews]

I've been part of this local tight-knit volunteering group for about a year now. Recently, there was a change in 'leadership' which is fine. I have, however, been told by her (twice!) to change my email address (it's listed in the private group listing) as it looks 'rude'!

My email address is simply firstnamelastname, with my first name being probably the most popular shortened variant of a fairly popular name. In her eyes, it contains nothing but 2 bad words which 'gives the wrong impression'. Surely people aren't that daft to not realise that it's just my name, and a well-known one at that?

I'm gobsmacked by the ridiculousness of it all. AIBU?

IvaShawTwilley

OpheliaShawTwilley

I went to school with girls with the surnames Topliss and Dickie and I worked with a Pussey.
Are one of these you OP?? 😉😉

SO, I assume that you haven't changed your name since you became part of the group, and it has always been listed like that? Tell her just that.

People get funny about names, for some reason. LOL, I recently got a wedding announcement for a friend's daughter, who is marrying a man named "Watt." That makes this the "Huh-Watt" wedding. I am secretly praying that they hypenate their last names! I did not, however, bring this to Mama's attention. That would be mean.

My DS 17 likes to change his name on his ebay account. We've had Ben Dover, Ivor Biggun and I currently it's Dixie Normous. The postman is used to it now but it was VERY embarrassing in the beginning when I took the parcels in 😂

This needs to be in Classics 😂

I knew a girl called *** thomas but if she had been born a boy her parents had intended on calling him Johnathan 🤣

Is it Fanjita Ball-Baggs???

Hang on...you’re volunteering? So,you don’t even have to be there. You’re helping her, giving your time to a good cause? Unless it’s offensive (racist, homophobic etc) what’s her problem?

I'm seeing a physiotherapist at the moment called Christopher Peacock and it never occurred to me before reading this thread that his name could be rudely shortened.

🤣

@MaryBear

My DS 17 likes to change his name on his ebay account. We've had Ben Dover, Ivor Biggun and I currently it's Dixie Normous. The postman is used to it now but it was VERY embarrassing in the beginning when I took the parcels in 😂

Your son is brill 😂

@madbrews pleeeease come back and give us a clue!
I used to know a Mr Rodaway the steel erector which used to make me giggle.

And a Chinese couple who's names were Dickman Lo and Suk Ha Lo.

These all remind me of some of Terry wogan listeners

I’m thinking the OP is maybe called Maureen Foster or some such surname beginning with Fo, shortened to MoFoster@domain.

I recently cave across a Tony Watkins. His email address was [email protected]. Made me smile everytime it came up

details of the name have been changed slightly but same effect

I’m thinking the OP is maybe called Maureen Foster or some such surname beginning with Fo, shortened to MoFoster@domain.

Or Mo Lester!

Mo Fokker
Fanny Rider
Flick Hunt
Shital Ahmed

WHATS YOUR NAME OP???????

OP's name must be worse than even we are coming up with.

Bitchcunt Anus-Bellend?

Or Mo Lester!

I used to know a woman with the surname Lester and a first name ending in a 'muh' sound e.g. like Thelma. It wasn't her married name either - her parents had actively chosen it either without realising or without caring.

They might have been the MNer equivalents of their day in the Baby Name threads, where posters are suggesting a name/combination of names where plenty of others point out a very unfortunate association or homophone and the OP just responds with "Really? Oh, nooooo, I'm sure nobody would hear it and think that" - even though 30 strangers on MN just did exactly that.

I'm reminded of the excellent (as always) Dave Gorman piece where he and some friends set up a fake 'baby name recommender' website to try and get a colleague to call his child Adil (as in Adil Ray) - even though his surname was Fiddler!!

Is your name Annie Alcock?

Then your email address could be analcock.@skynet.schwarzenegger.usa_roolz

YANBU though.

@WeirdWomble

I recently cave across a Tony Watkins. His email address was [email protected]. Made me smile everytime it came up

I know someone with a similar name but their internal reference (thankfully not the public facing email address!) only uses the first three letters of the surname...

Surely Tony would go for awatkins (assuming he's actually Anthony), wouldn't he?! Or maybe he found it hilarious and just decided to own it!

Me and my bf send parcels to each other with ridiculous names, soooo pinching some of these