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I was christened ‘Murray Scott’.
try saying that after a double shandy, down at the student disco…
Thankfully, I changed my surname to something less befitting of a pronstar.
He sounds like a dick Cougar.
You have to lean into it, in his cas ei would go for
SPEAKING IN CAPITALS.
TBH we used to have someone who only had a first name and that although normal was spelt a bit tricksy.
He also used to get a bit arsy when asked what his second name was, we had to change our software to cater for it.
I always thought once you’ve realised that your name was a bit off the norm you’d sort of be used to people asking perfectly valid questions and sort of pre-empt with a witty remark 🙂
Used to work at a place where there was an office with Mr Kok and Mr Dangler. If a new recruit called Penis showed up you can be sure what office they’d be assigned to!
I was christened ‘Murray Scott’.
try saying that after a double shandy, down at the student disco…
Thankfully, I changed my surname to something less befitting of a pronstar.
TBH when I were a younger DoD if the conversation at the pub/party was getting boring I’d just drop out with a smile that I used to be a stuntcock 🙂
(Not sure how the filters going to cope with that.) It wasn’t true but it always used to get the party rolling.
Oddly I nearly bought a house in Cock road but I didn’t think I could handle the address, it actually did have a well known pronstar living there.
Maybe we need a sister thread for unfortunate place names. I drove down Cuckstool Lane the other day, there's a road that must have a story. Please, please god have a story.
He also used to get a bit arsy when asked what his second name was, we had to change our software to cater for it.
A mate of mine wrote a massive article on this subject. The TL;DR was that if your name fields were anything other than a free-form [NAME] then it's going to cause a problem for someone somewhere.
I always thought once you’ve realised that your name was a bit off the norm you’d sort of be used to people asking perfectly valid questions and sort of pre-empt with a witty remark
I have.*
"Where does your name come from?"
"My dad."
(* - for some value of "witty.")
I saw an article today on the BBC website about an Australian teenage sprinter called Gout Gout. Made me smile. Although I do have gout.
I met a Doctor Love once, IIRC at the time he worked for Sheffield Hallam University.
One of my colleagues in the early noughties was (a different) Dr Love. He’s now Professor Love.
I knew a James Bond, he actually complimented me on my Blofield impersonation at a party one time as I actually had a cat to stroke.
(I have a nasty feeling he may have ended up with having spray glue sprayed on his hair and Frosties sprinkled on it after passing out, them old school parties were wild times)
Had a mate in high school called Robert Fish. He absolutely hated his surname, took his mothers maiden name as soon as he could legally change
No way - you know Robbie Tosspott as a kid? I knew him at uni!
I particularly liked the reference to his mum's delight at divorcing his dad. Being Patricia Mycock must have been challenging.
It is a really common surname around north Derbyshire, lots of business vans are emblazoned with it
I followed that link
and Google seems to think my computer may be sending automated queries! No, my iPad has sent a query on my behalf! 🤬
Three sister at my school, daughters of a rather evangelical American RE teacher.
Faith, Hope and......Heather.
I was at primary school with a girl called Katie who’s older sisters were called Faith and Hope
My 1st wife trained as a nurse and swore this was true. During her midwifery training Mr & Mrs Pipes gave birth to a boy who they intended to name Dwayne,,
I was at primary school with a girl called Katie who’s older sisters were called Faith and Hope
Ah yes, the trinity. Faith, Hope and Katie.
My 1st wife trained as a nurse and swore this was true. During her midwifery training Mr & Mrs Pipes gave birth to a boy who they intended to name Dwayne,,
That is surely an urban myth. Not least because of both of those names being really unusual in the UK, let alone together (though I guess The Rock might have given some traction to "Dwayne"). But it's simply not possible that Mr Pipes is unaware of "Dwayne Pipes," by the time he's reached adulthood he'll be so sick of hearing it that he'll be giving out his name as "Pipes, and no it's not Dwayne."
The only way this can be true is if it was intentional, surely. Far more likely that someone else told your 1st wife the story, just as you are now.
Ah yes, the trinity. Faith, Hope and Katie.
1 Corinthians 13:13
”And now abideth faith, hope, Katie, these three; but the greatest of these is Katie.”
At least they didn’t have a fourth, which tradition demands would have had to be called Desperation.
I thought the greatest was Hop?
I suspect there are quote a few Callum Murrays around.
I was christened ‘Murray Scott’.
try saying that after a double shandy, down at the student disco…
I don't get this?
Many years ago I remember reading in one of those quaint newspapers that a couple with the last name of Peacock called their son Andrew not thinking that his name might be shortened to Drew.
I remember going through names for my kids and spent a fair bit of time making sure things like this wouldn't happen
I remember going through names for my kids and spent a fair bit of time making sure things like this wouldn't happen
And then when you finally hit on name, it might mean something outrageous in Swedish. You don't generally have to drive very far to find a Chinese restaurant called something like Phat Cok, which no doubt means "delicious food" in Mandarin.
This is very true but they're not in Sweden and by the time they maybe venture there they'll be old enough to deal with that.
And yes I do understand that Sweden was an example
My brother went to school with Everard. His sister was Ophelia.
The children of Mr & Mrs Dick.
My czech friend translated my surname to her dad and he burst outlaughing.
Everyone finds my name funny. Most notably me 😀
My paternal Grandmother was Fanny Hands. She always used Diana (actually her middle name) and I only learned of her first name when reading her death certificate. Can't blame her.
Attended an RTC in Glasgow. Local police car burst a red light and T boned a civvy car driven by a tiny wee Chinese guy. I asked his name and rather than saying it out loud, he just handed me his licence; King Kong, no middle names. Can only imagine the grief he got, especially when dealing with officialdom.
Probationer on the shift, surname Trainer, called his first born son Noah. Shift immediately named him 'Flip-Flop'; 'cos that's no a trainer. Dad suddenly realised he'd condemned the boy to a childhood of ridicule.
I remember going through names for my kids and spent a fair bit of time making sure things like this wouldn't happen
MrsMC is a social worker. A lot of kids names held bad memories for her!
My brother went to school with Everard. His sister was Ophelia.
The children of Mr & Mrs Dick.
Did he? Did he really?
One is unlikely but possible. Both is straight into urban myth territory.
There are quite a few Mycocks around Derbyshire. One of them used to have an electrician business and when we were kids we'd ring up for the line of "Hello, Mycock's electric" to which we would dissolve into uncontrollable giggles!
a couple with the last name of Peacock called their son Andrew
I know of a Christopher Peacock who never allows his first name to be shortened.