STRANGE OR FUNNY NAMES
Nov 16th 2008, 8:04 pm
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STRANGE OR FUNNY NAMES
Did you ever read a book in England and think that the characters had funny or unusual names?
Now that you are living in America does it ever want to make you laugh when someone says his name is Chad , Chuck, Rip, Jim Bob, Troy, Junior, Brett, etc ?
Now that you are living in America does it ever want to make you laugh when someone says his name is Chad , Chuck, Rip, Jim Bob, Troy, Junior, Brett, etc ?
Nov 16th 2008, 8:09 pm
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Re: STRANGE OR FUNNY NAMES
nothing to do with the USA but when my Mrs worked in London there was a Swedish bloke in her office whose actual name was Urban Persson. I always thought that was amusing.
Nov 16th 2008, 8:12 pm
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Nov 16th 2008, 8:14 pm
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My french teacher at school was called 'Jerry Christmas'. We really used to tear him apart because of his name. 
Nov 16th 2008, 8:19 pm
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Dick and Randy make me chuckle...
Nov 16th 2008, 8:21 pm
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Nov 16th 2008, 8:26 pm
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I had a business meeting once with a Scandanavian guy called Bent. Had to meet him in the canteen full of people I didn't know. That was memorable...
Nov 16th 2008, 8:43 pm
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a French teacher at my school and a friend of my mum's was called Chris Mycock - he appeared on the school staff list as Mr C. Mycock
Nov 16th 2008, 9:00 pm
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Nov 16th 2008, 9:24 pm
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Nov 16th 2008, 10:33 pm
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Randy Bumgardner (Whitehouse presidential aide)
Jun-Lee Bum-Suk (Korean physicist)
Dick Burger (HR person who didn't hire me after I smirked at his name)
Jun-Lee Bum-Suk (Korean physicist)
Dick Burger (HR person who didn't hire me after I smirked at his name)
Nov 16th 2008, 10:52 pm
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Nov 16th 2008, 10:56 pm
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Nov 16th 2008, 11:00 pm
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Harry