Crazy names people give their kids
Oct 25th 2017, 1:27 am
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Re: Crazy names people give their kids
A few years ago a family member always referred to "Marine" when talking about an in-law.
It wasn't until her funeral that I discovered her name was Maureen.
They bastardise names here, sigh.
Oct 25th 2017, 2:21 am
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Re: Crazy names people give their kids
Anther one of confusion is Don and Dawn...with a Canadian accent they both sounds exactly the same! Its confused me a time or two.
Oct 25th 2017, 3:23 am
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Re: Crazy names people give their kids
LOL! The exact same thing happened to me....I even called her "Marine" for quite a while....until one day I happened to see her driving licence (we were laughing at photos - as you do) and noticed it was Maureen!! of course everyone told me thats a really weird way to pronounce it! I said yes.....like pronouncing Hereford Her-ford.... thats a continuous on going joke with a freind of mine.
Anther one of confusion is Don and Dawn...with a Canadian accent they both sounds exactly the same! Its confused me a time or two.
Anther one of confusion is Don and Dawn...with a Canadian accent they both sounds exactly the same! Its confused me a time or two.
Drives me round the bend, lol.
(and they can't pronounce "hawk" - it's "hock")
Sorry... thread drift!
Oct 25th 2017, 11:45 am
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Re: Crazy names people give their kids
My son goes to school with a Takota!! Odd!
Oct 25th 2017, 11:50 pm
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Oct 26th 2017, 1:12 am
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Re: Crazy names people give their kids
LOL! The exact same thing happened to me....I even called her "Marine" for quite a while....until one day I happened to see her driving licence (we were laughing at photos - as you do) and noticed it was Maureen!! of course everyone told me thats a really weird way to pronounce it! I said yes.....like pronouncing Hereford Her-ford.... thats a continuous on going joke with a freind of mine.
Anther one of confusion is Don and Dawn...with a Canadian accent they both sounds exactly the same! Its confused me a time or two.
Anther one of confusion is Don and Dawn...with a Canadian accent they both sounds exactly the same! Its confused me a time or two.
