Unusual names

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<p>My mom told the Fe-mal-ee story 50 years ago. In that version, they thought the hospital had named the child. cough–urban legend–cough.</p>

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<p>Oh, I forgot another one! A local grocery chain district manager - Dick Dingleberry.</p>

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<p>We have a local dentist named Dr. Bracey. Really…he couldn’t have just stuck it out for the orthodontics program?</p>

<p>A friend of mine had a college professor named Richard Face. Went by Dick.</p>

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<p>A girl named Shekeela. Pronounced Sha- kill-ya. Hahahahah</p>

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<p>I have a whole list of “Richards” who go by Dick. Starting with race car driver Dick Trickle. Sounds like a medical condition.</p>

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<p>Are there kegels for that?</p>

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<p>No, they do a bladder suspension.</p>

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<p>I had a boss whose last name was Wilt. What were his parents thinking when they named him Richard?</p>

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<p>I am laughing so hard I am crying…</p>

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<p>^ lol!!!</p>

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<p>On a related subject, there was a girl in my kids’ grade school whose name was Miracle Wang.</p>

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<p>On a related subject, there was a girl in my kids’ grade school whose name was Miracle Wang. >>></p>

<p>Thank goodness that’s not a male!</p>

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<p>I grew up with an Uncle Ben. A few years ago his wife started referring to him as Franklin. I thought it was her nickname for him. I asked my mom, and it turns out his real name <em>is</em> Franklin, and Ben was his nickname from childhood - because he was always “inventing” things as a kid. I still think of him as Uncle Ben, even though everyone else is calling him “Frank” these days.</p>

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Was he late, on time or Iralee?? ;)</p>

<p>My great aunt’s name was (really, no kidding) Augusta Wind.</p>

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<p>Come to Buffalo and see the Amigone Funeral Homes.</p>

<p>My spouse has met them; very nice people who ask their family name be pronounced, “Ah- MIH- go - nee.”</p>

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<p>I know an elementary sch. aged girl named Raine Moore.</p>

<p>Also know a little girl named Asia but the parents pronounce it AH-ze-ah. She’ll be correcting people for the rest of her life. </p>

<p>S1 had a girl in his class named Rainbow.</p>

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<p>Taught a young woman named Venuslily once.</p>

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<p>I think I recently watched a late night infomercial for the Miracle Wang…</p>

<p>:D :D</p>

<p>Also a few years back there was a senior in high school in Seattle (I think) named Yale Fan. He got into Harvard and Yale and was trying to decide which one to go to and ultimately decided on Harvard (his loss ;))</p>

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<p>For more fun reading of wild names, read this thread from yesteryear <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parent-cafe/202771-whats-name.html?[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parent-cafe/202771-whats-name.html?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>My husband works with a Richard who goes by Dick Butt</p>