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Weird Personal Names

Just heard on R4's 'Word of Mouth' that in rural parts of Africa, the coming of technology has introduced new 'sophisticated' forenames including Motorola and Voicemail. :D
 
I think "Bonjela" would make a good girls name.
 
Once met a couple who named their boat by joining their names. Unfortunately their names were Bruce and Ella.

There was also a surgeon who called his boat Thrombus
 
Terry Wogan was on Jonathan Ross's show last night. He said he usd to get spoof letters from a Mr Drew Peacock.
 
Gwyneth Paltrow gives birth to baby Apple.

Story here

You would have thought that they would have waited for the drugs to wear off before naming the baby. :rolleyes:
 
Austen said:
Terry Wogan was on Jonathan Ross's show last night. He said he usd to get spoof letters from a Mr Drew Peacock.
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also theres "karen the community" aswell (anyone we know? ;) ) :D
 
There is a place in Sussex (I think it is Sussex) called Upper Dicker!
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Also Lower Dicker, nearby we have Virgins Lane, Dumbwomans Lane (where Spike Milligan used to live), Watts Palace Lane (which is a really decrepid old yard),my favourite the affore mentioned Slugwash Lane and a house that was called Slappers that really was the abode of "Ladies of negotionable virtue". Oh and Sluts Wood.
 
The cheek of such sauce! Nice.

We have a "cockle swamp alley" here, which I feel rightly belongs in Ankh Morpork.

Soong
 
There is a region in Sri Lanka called Dickwella. I've only heard of it because they grow tea there, and a local retailer stocks it.

It's a good thing it's named after a place in Sri Lanka, otherwise I think they'd get done for false advertising.

(It's OK but has a harsh aftertaste.)
 
David said:
In the Birth Announcements section of the Daily Telegraph last Saturday the 15th May:-

PITMAN.- On 7th May, to POOGEE (nee Guubbind) and SPENCER, a beautiful daughter, Ruby Rhapsody Panda, a sister for Mimi Magenta Poodle.
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Are those children, or puppies?
 
hedgewizard said:
Are those children, or puppies?
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Sadly they are children.

Even music gods like U2 are not immune to such bouts of idiotness concerning their childrens names.

The Edge has a daughter called Blue Angel. His others aren't so bad; daughters called Holly, Arun and Sian, and a son called Levi.

Bono has a son called Elijah Bob Patricus Guggi Q and one of his daughters is Memphis Eve. His others are a daughter called Jordan (bet he regrets that now) and another son John Abraham.

Larry Mullen JR has a son called Aaron Elvis and a daughter Ava (and another son who I can't find a name for).

Hmm thinking out loud....we should perhaps start a thread about our own kids names and how they were decided upon. Hmmm.....
 
Elffriend said:
Hmm thinking out loud....we should perhaps start a thread about our own kids names and how they were decided upon. Hmmm.....
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That's a lovely idea for a thread. :)
 
hedgewizard said:
Are those children, or puppies?
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Sadly they are children.

Even music gods like U2 are not immune to such bouts of idiotness concerning their childrens names.

The Edge has a daughter called Blue Angel. His others aren't so bad; daughters called Holly, Arun and Sian, and a son called Levi.

Bono has a son called Elijah Bob Patricus Guggi Q and one of his daughters is Memphis Eve. His others are a daughter called Jordan (bet he regrets that now) and another son John Abraham.

Larry Mullen JR has a son called Aaron Elvis and a daughter Ava (and another son who I can't find a name for).

Hmm thinking out loud....we should perhaps start a thread about our own kids names and how they were decided upon. Hmmm.....
 
There was an American Toys 'R' Us store director mentioned in the paper yesterday called Randy Woofter. Must mean something different in the U.S.A.
 
I've just come across paper on the Medical Management of Osteoarthritis where one of the authors is a Karen Walker-Bone
 
The architect Richard Rogers has children called Ab, Bo, Roo and Zad. His mother was called Ermengarde!
 
Rush for surnames produces 500 Genghis Khans

By Oliver August
June 12, 2004

MONGOLIANS have been ordered to invent their own surnames, after generations of living with just one name on the orders of their former Soviet masters.

Hundreds, pondering what to call themselves, daily besiege a small office in the centre of their capital where identity documents are issued. Held back by armed guards outside, some opt for surnames like Seven Drunk Men that hint at Mongolia's national pastime.

Others prefer to adopt the name of Genghis Khan, still the mightiest of Mongols, who now has 500 namesakes in Ulan Bator.

When communism crumbled in 1990 the ban on family names was lifted but many nomadic herders who roam between Siberia and the Gobi desert continue to refer to each other only by single names.

Now, to fight incest and make official records more intelligible, the Government has set a deadline of June 27 for all 2.5 million Mongolians to choose a family name on pain of a fine equivalent to several months' salary.

"We are returning to our ancient traditions," the Defence Minister said. The result is a stampede to state registration offices by Mongolians wearing felt hats and embroidered riding boots.

Some take their new name from their profession, or where it has taken them in the case of Gurragchaa, the Defence Minister. In 1981 he became the first and only Mongolian cosmonaut and was on a Soviet spaceship for an eight-day mission that made him a hero on the moonscape that is Mongolia. When choosing a surname, there was only one choice -- Sansar, or Cosmos.

Yet the gilded medals on his chest proclaiming him a Soviet hero could not hide his acute embarrassment as he handed over his business card. "It's a mistake that my surname is not shown," he said. "I think I have a newer card somewhere with my full name."

Batbold, a 25-year-old tailor, is clutching his birth certificate and a sheaf of forms in the midday summer sun. He is considering calling himself Borjigem, the clan name of Genghis Khan.

"My grandmother once mentioned that we are related to him but it may not be true," he said. "In any case, I like that he was a strong leader." Mongolians have been officially encouraged to register surnames since 1997, with most doing so in the past four years. But 10 per cent of the population still don't have one, finding it impossible to trace their family history.

Many of them look to Serjee Besud. The director of the Central State Library is Mongolia's premier surname expert and has written a book advising people how to choose an appropriate name. He uses census data from the 18th century when Mongolia was under Manchu Chinese control, as well as army records.

"I tell them to think of something they were born near," he said, "the name of a river, valley or mountain. Or people might call themselves after their occupation. We have many Mr Writers and Mr Hunters, even a Mr Policeman."

Mongolians were traditionally called things like Three Drunk Men or White Horse before the ban -- names some are returning to.

A lot of old people refuse to participate in the government program. "They want to die with the name they had all their life," Mr Besud said.
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http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,9816331%5E29677,00.html
 
That reminds me of the joke about a north America indian tribe who name their newborn after the first thing they see when leaving the teepee and the poor child who was named "dog sh***ing.
 
I suppose if we had the same tradition we would call our children "Car Park" and "Ford Ka".
 
I saw a reporter (possibly editor) from the Telegraph do the review of the papers on Sky News and she had such a porn star name: Topaz Amoore.

Emps
 
we have a weather presenter called Sara Blizzard.
 
Report on teletext today about a woman arrested for stalking Catherine Zeta Jones. Her name was Dawnette Knight.
 
The other half met Mrs Jean Pool yeaterday!

I worked for four years with a lady called Jean Pool. Her and her hubby were part of a lottery syndicate which won. They did very well out of it, sold up and moved to Wales. That's not where you are by any chance is it?
 
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