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Post by melanell on Oct 29, 2014 14:43:09 GMT
I sometimes prefer to cut and paste because I'm responding to a statement, not an individual. Yes, or because they have a long post and I only want to comment on one small part of it. BUT, in my example you could still hit the Quote button and then just delete the unwanted extra material if you would rather.  |
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Post by genealopea on Oct 29, 2014 14:45:50 GMT
I went to summer camp with a Precious, college with Crystal Dick and Candy Kane (who had a sister with another funny name, but I can't remember what it was), and babysat for Jay Walker's kids (who didn't let his name stop him - he went on to found Priceline.com). I also knew a Mary Airy (her married name), and my cousin recently married a girl named Alison. Her married name is now Alison Alison. |
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Post by lily on Oct 29, 2014 14:48:57 GMT
A friend of mine went to work at a company in a Human Resources Dept. Her supervisor was named Sapphire. Not a crazy name, but different.
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Post by melanell on Oct 29, 2014 14:55:56 GMT
I will say from a genealogial standpoint, unusual names are a mixed blessing. Try searching for "your" John McHue or Mary Rossi and you can go crazy trying to sort them all out. But when you are looking for Wellington or Banfield, there's likely to be only one. However, when you're searching for Milenna and her name is spelled differently every single place she is mentioned, then it's an issue. The good news is that these days, it's less likely that even an unusual name will be misspelled on anything important as opposed to 200 years ago when some people didn't know how to spell their own name. |
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Post by Sparki on Oct 29, 2014 15:18:19 GMT
Sparki , Princess Heaven has kids now (with her last name), and their names are unusual as well. I want to say she has a daughter named Angel Heaven, but I'm not positive. I see your War Eagle - what part of AL are you in? Or, I guess I should say where did you go to high school? I'm wondering if I know you in real life. Princess was always really sweet to me....she lives in Houston now, I think. I just sent her a friend request on FB. |
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Post by Sparki on Oct 29, 2014 15:19:39 GMT
Oh yeah, a friend from school just got married to a lady named Madison, so now her name is Madison Madison.
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Post by gorgeouskid on Oct 29, 2014 16:47:57 GMT
I had two Uniques, the same year. One of my student's little brother's name was AB (no periods, no dashes, no spaces, both capitalized, pronounced Abie.) Another teacher had an ABCD (Abe-see-dee.) My first year, there were twins Base Pipe and Thai Stick (not spelled that way, but pronounced- both are drug related and had drug addict parents- they went by Base and Tai.)
You see a lot of different names in over twenty years of teaching.
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Post by mikklynn on Oct 29, 2014 18:36:42 GMT
My son went to school with a Sparkle. The local paper had a list of unusual names and I remember Chrystal Chanda Lear.
Our CEO's last name is Grewcock. Yikes. I'd keep my maiden name!
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Post by pretzels on Oct 29, 2014 20:33:06 GMT
There's a boy in my daughter's grade (seventh) named Lionangel.
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Post by honeyb on Oct 29, 2014 21:17:06 GMT
I subbed in a 4th grade classroom today. A student's name was spelled Jailynnnd. (no, my 'n' did not get stuck. Seriously, 3 n's).
I asked him if his name was pronounced Jay-lind. He told me that no, it was Jay-lin. The d was silent. (WTH?)
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Post by momstime on Oct 29, 2014 21:30:08 GMT
I am a teacher. Many years ago I had a little girl named Autumn Breezome, and she lived on Fallen Leaf Ln.
This year I have a Cray. It takes everything in me not to call him Cray Cray. WTH were his parents thinking?
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on Oct 30, 2014 13:48:58 GMT
I went to high school with a girl named K.C. ________ (lastname) . Her name was pronounced Casey.
Her mother named her for K.C. and the Sunshine band.
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Post by tincin on Oct 30, 2014 14:12:24 GMT
Brandy Luv
Dick Burns
Clark Kent
All relatives of mine and Brandy's parents don't drink and she abhors her name.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2014 15:30:12 GMT
The La-a thing is an urban legend. You can find an entry on snopes.com. It's hard for me to take seriously anyone who repeats it. As crazy as that name sounds I totally believe it's possible there's one woman in the United States named La-a. I'm surrounded by kids who's parents wanted to make them different by giving them "unique" names. If I know a Jack Frost, it's entirely possible La-a is somewhere out there. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2014 16:31:32 GMT
There's a boy in my daughter's grade (seventh) named Lionangel. I wonder if he will ever change it to the correct spelling? |
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Post by pretzels on Oct 30, 2014 18:29:13 GMT
There's a boy in my daughter's grade (seventh) named Lionangel. I wonder if he will ever change it to the correct spelling? There's a correct spelling of "Lionangel"? It's not pronounced "Lionel." It's pronounced the way it's spelled. |
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Post by anniebygaslight on Oct 30, 2014 19:02:23 GMT
YS went to Primary school with a Paige Turner.
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Post by Alexxussss on Oct 30, 2014 21:06:46 GMT
I had a student named Sam Adams!
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Post by 950nancy on Oct 31, 2014 2:33:55 GMT
A fourth grader in my school is named Princess. I wonder how many American names are bad words in other languages/countries. I know Fannie is a naughty word in England.
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Post by 950nancy on Oct 31, 2014 2:35:32 GMT
We played soccer a few weeks ago and there was a Miracle on the other team. That reminds me of the movie History of the World. A favorite of mine. |
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Post by 950nancy on Oct 31, 2014 2:38:02 GMT
A boy in another class is the IV child in the name series and he goes by "eye -v." The kids all think he is named after a plant.
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Post by SabrinaM on Oct 31, 2014 3:37:08 GMT
I met a Macksengill today. Poor kid.  |
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Post by tiffanytwisted on Nov 1, 2014 23:56:45 GMT
I'm on the fence about the "fah Molly" or any version of it...I've heard that story so many times dating back years and from so many different people. Not saying it's NOT true, I'm just saying I question it's legitimacy. I checked Snopes and found this: Snopes Funny Names linkI used to work for a medical billing company and I did indeed come across this more than once. How did I miss this hilarious thread?! My neighbors named their kids Colorado & Acadia, but that's all I got on the unusual name front. And no, that's not where they were conceived (so they say). Those are just places they love. |
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Post by melanell on Nov 2, 2014 1:02:40 GMT
I went to high school with a girl named K.C. ________ (lastname) . Her name was pronounced Casey. Her mother named her for K.C. and the Sunshine band. I once knew someone who was called K.C. (Casey), but in her case they were truly her initials, not just her given name. |
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Post by ktdoesntscrap on Nov 2, 2014 14:39:25 GMT
I knew a kid named Jack Hammer Daniels.
I also knew the most GORGEOUS hunk of a man called Justin Angel!!
I know two families with a Skye and River, one the girl is Skye and the boy is River the other the opposite. I can never remember which is the boy Skye and which is the girl Skye!!
There is a boy at my daughters school who's name is Dean Luca I always refer to him as DE!
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Post by andy on Nov 2, 2014 16:22:39 GMT
I had L-R show upon my kindergarten roster this year...my first thought was the Peas saying L-a as ladasha didn't exist and I was bracing myself for a 'Ladasher' or something similar. Turned out she had two middle names, Lolita-Renee, and it wouldn't fit in the system so they shortened it to L-R for the computer. Phew!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 2, 2014 17:09:16 GMT
When I was a child one of our local dentists was named Dr. Sharp. His daughter married another dentist whose name was Dr. Gum. He joined his fil's practice and it was named Sharp-Gum Dentistry.
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Post by oldcrow on Nov 2, 2014 17:10:45 GMT
A fourth grader in my school is named Princess. I wonder how many American names are bad words in other languages/countries. I know Fannie is a naughty word in England. I worked with a girl from India and her name was Animol(not sure of the exact spelling) and in her language it means something nice. But when she realized it sounded like the English word animal she changed it to Ann. |
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Post by oldcrow on Nov 2, 2014 17:15:29 GMT
I knew a kid named Jack Hammer Daniels. I also knew the most GORGEOUS hunk of a man called Justin Angel!! I know two families with a Skye and River, one the girl is Skye and the boy is River the other the opposite. I can never remember which is the boy Skye and which is the girl Skye!! There is a boy at my daughters school who's name is Dean Luca I always refer to him as DE! My youngest grandson's name is River Pierre (I had no say). And in this town there is a little girl about the same age named River. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 2, 2014 17:28:16 GMT
I knew a kid named Jack Hammer Daniels. I also knew the most GORGEOUS hunk of a man called Justin Angel!! I know two families with a Skye and River, one the girl is Skye and the boy is River the other the opposite. I can never remember which is the boy Skye and which is the girl Skye!! There is a boy at my daughters school who's name is Dean Luca I always refer to him as DE! My youngest grandson's name is River Pierre (I had no say). And in this town there is a little girl about the same age named River. I can just imagine what my IL's might say online about my children's names... |
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