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what do you think, the worst surname ever is ? can anyone top pratt?

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beachlover · 24/02/2008 21:31

not my surname btw !

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TillyScoutsmum · 25/02/2008 10:24

We had a client at work called Mr Wanklin .. I just found it impossible to have a conversation with him without constantly smirking

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susiemj · 25/02/2008 10:25

Kum. Seriously. She was German.

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Greensleeves · 25/02/2008 10:26

I knew a Professor Bastard

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ivykaty44 · 25/02/2008 10:27

Dicks, I went to school with a girl with this name. her first name was Victoria.

I know a Cecialia Munn who doesn't tell people her first initial - she married to obtain this name.

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StringyBogies · 25/02/2008 10:28

my sis worked for a company run by two brothers called:

roger smee

and

dick smee

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Blueskythinker · 25/02/2008 11:33

My mum has a friend called Aileen Dick. I always snigger [juvenile smirk]

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LittleMissNorty · 25/02/2008 12:25

Fook Yu....

Went to school with a Wendy House...

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milkyJammy · 25/02/2008 12:36

Had a teacher at school called Richard Allcock

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SaMumInUK · 25/02/2008 13:22

My maiden name was not the best of surnames but when I got married I went from bad to worse. My surname is van der Tang, Dutch and if you pronounce it correctly the English seem to think it is thunder tongue. My husband have numerous times been asked if he is a pornstar!

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msappropriate · 25/02/2008 13:26

I went to primary school with an Emma Bogie. Also knew two men one whose surname was Cox the other Dick.

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Beauregard · 25/02/2008 13:27

I know of a Dr Butcher and a Mr Wanklin

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MumtoCharlotteMay · 25/02/2008 14:14

Newdick.

Poor girl never lived it down.

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Fimbo · 25/02/2008 14:22

Someone my dh worked with got married and wanted to double barrel her & her husband's names.

They would have been either:-

Mr & Mrs Curry-Topping
or
Mr & Mrs Topping-Curry

Thankfully sense prevailed and she is plain old Mrs Curry.

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Fimbo · 25/02/2008 14:24

Then there's Emma Tarte (best said quickly and in a Scottish accent).

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scottishmummy · 25/02/2008 14:33

HarHar said fast in a scottish accent - Yay!

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branflake81 · 25/02/2008 14:47

My grandma's maiden name was Willey.

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amazonianwoman · 25/02/2008 15:06

Once stayed in a rental cottage where the owners were called Pat Mycock and Howard (how hard) Mycock

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lisalisa · 25/02/2008 15:13

Message withdrawn

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LittleMissNorty · 25/02/2008 15:15

I stayed in a holiday cottage once where the owners were called Fred and Rose......

Just a horrible coincidence...

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Lucky13 · 25/02/2008 15:46

I went to college with a girl called Yu Pu King - fortunately she also had a western name.

Also i had an american client once called Rusty Bonnet - he didn't understand why everyone over here found his name so funny!!

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bigdonna · 25/02/2008 15:54

my granny was called lily potts.

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pagwatch · 25/02/2008 15:58

Had a client called Mr P. Ennis.
And a woman my DH has to deal with at work is called Emma Royds. And is a PITA apparently.

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Botbot · 25/02/2008 16:01

I went to university with a Bastard. Pronounced Bastard, not 'B'stard'. She was a very sweet, lovely girl.

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seeker · 25/02/2008 16:02

My dd has a slightly unfortunate name - and she was teased about it at school by one boy. Well, she was, until I discovered what the his name was, and told dd what Piles are!

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UnquietDad · 25/02/2008 16:03

There is a Scottish surname Twatt.

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