Unfortunate Last Names
I've always thought my last name was pretty bad. And I mean that in the literal sense. 'Boese' means 'bad' (or angry) in German. But its meaning wouldn't matter much if only English-speaking people could pronounce it (it's 'burr-za', as if it had an 'r' in it... not 'boose'). But I shouldn't feel too sorry for myself, because this guy in Brazil,
Mr. Reinhardt Adolfo Fuck, has me beat hands down. As far as I can tell, that really is his name. He must get endless jokes about it.
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I work in a tradeshow office and one of my exhibitor's last names is Ahrenhoeresterbaeumer. My boss laughs at me all the time because I refuse to type it more than once. I always copy and paste.
also, my bf used to work w/ a guy named Harry Woodcock. no joke.
Posted by Kristen on Thu May 27, 2004 at 03:02 PM
At my hometown, one of the local radio stations decided to haved "Weird Name Wednsday." A nurse who worked in maternity called in and spoke about twin girls whose mother had named them Syphilis and Gonorrhea(pronounced Si-phylis and Ganaria). There was another little girl named Pajama, pronounced Pa-ja-may. I feel especially sorry for the twins, though.
Posted by Missy in AR on Thu May 27, 2004 at 09:44 PM
A VERY OLD WESTCHESTER COUNTY FAMILY IS NAMED OUTHOUSE. WHEN I WAS YOUNG THE PHONE BOOK HAD A LISTING OUTHOUSE, A PURDY
Posted by RICKK in NEW YORK on Fri May 28, 2004 at 08:31 AM
In Pennsylvania, the past president of the state financial aid agency, PHEAA, was named Richard Willey. He went by Dick, so he was known as Dick Willey...talk about a double phallic name. Kinda like Peter O'toole.
Posted by Mike in PA on Fri May 28, 2004 at 08:41 AM
a friend of mine is a nurse at a local hospital and had a patient who didn't speak english and named her new-born baby Shithead pronounce (sha-theed)
Posted by Fezzik in Philly on Fri May 28, 2004 at 09:40 AM
I work with a guy named Jack Hard. And his fathers name is Dick Hard. My grandparents introduced me to a guy named Richard Cum, he pronouced his last name cuum
Posted by Tyler in New York on Fri May 28, 2004 at 11:06 AM
I worked at a place where one of our frequent clients was Proctor Coffin. My niece's name is Mia Mann. We don't know why, and my sister STILL doesn't understand why this is bad. My grandfather's name was Zenas (and used to get mail addressed to everything from Zena to Zenith to Jesus), I had a great grandfather named Magnus and the woman living down the street from me growing up was named Casio. Better than all this was a girl I went to school with called P.J. or Jane. I asked her why she was called P.J. sometimes and Jane other times, and she said her actual name was Probably Jane, due to a clerical error at the hospital where she was born.
Under bizarre spellings, I went to school with a girl named Kjellander (pronounced Shellanda) and another girl named Kaijsa (pronouced Kai-sah).
Posted by Ga in MA on Fri May 28, 2004 at 11:26 AM
Went to school with Merry & Melody Tune. At my company (at another branch) there's a Dick Likeness. And also a Mai Ho.
Posted by Doug in Ann Arbor on Fri May 28, 2004 at 02:05 PM
My ex-boyfriend's name is Stoney Walls. His two younger brothers are Adobe and Brick. I fell especially sorry for Brick because he really is big an not too bright.
Posted by Lesley in Texas on Fri May 28, 2004 at 03:00 PM
Had a science teacher in high school. His name was Dick Pew! Students used to come into class singing the Skynard classic The Smell: "Ewww..that smell. Dick, where'd ya get that smell?"
Posted by Dave in Oregon on Sat May 29, 2004 at 07:19 AM
There's a urologist in Toledo named Richard Tapper.
I met someone named Eric Shen in college.
Posted by Phil in Ohio on Sat May 29, 2004 at 12:30 PM
a teacher at my school is mrs. dickie. her husbands name is harry. also, my dad works with someone named dick smalls.
Posted by Lauren in Connecticut on Sat May 29, 2004 at 02:15 PM
A FRIEND OF MINE CALLED HIS DAUGHTER JUANA MARIE WHICH AS IT STANDS IS QUITE A NICE NAME BUT IF YOU TURN IT AROUND ITS MARIE JUANA.
Posted by D.DOIDGE in ENGLAND on Sun May 30, 2004 at 03:58 AM
I once worked for a guy named Dick Eaton.
Another woman I met at a trade show introduced herself as Fonda Peters. All I thought was
" I bet you are... "
Posted by C. in Ohio on Sun May 30, 2004 at 08:27 PM
I went to school with a girl named Susan Ridge.... uh huh!! people called her Sue ... we have a client at work who's name is Richard Cumming :-X
Posted by Tony in Scone NSW Australia on Tue Jun 01, 2004 at 03:48 AM
For the last few years I worked for a large data warehouse and we had a derogatory name flag in the database which is essential to avoid liability. I remember seeing the surname Christmas and it turned out that there are a few with the firstname of Mary.
Posted by Jo in Cape Town, South Africa on Tue Jun 01, 2004 at 06:01 AM
I currently work for Ingersoll rand and in there email address book there is an employee called Backflush KRACK.
Also when i worked at GEC we had an employee named Gordon Bennett.
I also have a friend whos mother knows a lady called Annette Curtain.
Posted by Damian Walker in Salford in England on Tue Jun 01, 2004 at 07:48 AM
My husband informs me that he works with a man named Cliff Ball. When Cliff's son was born, Cliff thought he had it all worked out so that his son would never be made fun of. Apparently, Cliff was wrong. He named is son Zachary, which the hospital shortened on the baby's ID bracelet to "BALL, ZACH." Think about it.
I also know some boys with weird names: Coco Choctl, Sudro Brown, Jr. (yes, it would appear there was more than boy named Sue), and Huckle May.
Posted by Ga on Tue Jun 01, 2004 at 10:30 AM
I went to elementary school with a guy Named Mike Hunt....I swear, no joke.
Posted by j cardenas in Arnold, MO. on Tue Jun 01, 2004 at 10:36 AM
I went to college with a Christine Hordyke. She got
married and now her last name is Ix.
Posted by Mark in Virginia on Tue Jun 01, 2004 at 01:49 PM
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