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Most Unfortunate Names You Never Want To Be Stuck With... (Original Post) smirkymonkey Dec 2018 OP
Well, Abcde is right up there near the top of the list now. Aristus Dec 2018 #1
My mother had a classmate named Hugh Pugh TexasBushwhacker Dec 2018 #13
At least Dr Butts' first name is not Seymour crazycatlady Dec 2018 #16
Yes. Thank goodness for that n/t TexasBushwhacker Dec 2018 #19
There is a urologist in Boulder named Steven Weiner. Laffy Kat Dec 2018 #24
Is it spelled that way? TexasBushwhacker Dec 2018 #25
Yes, I know the practice. Laffy Kat Dec 2018 #35
Don't forget about the area51 Dec 2018 #41
Wow Land and sea Dec 2018 #2
Mike Litorus, LOL....... dewsgirl Dec 2018 #3
I'm guessing it's made up gratuitous Dec 2018 #5
Probably, Mike Hunt I remember that from Porky's. dewsgirl Dec 2018 #10
Kim Kaskashian Turbineguy Dec 2018 #4
I didn't think that was a very good one. smirkymonkey Dec 2018 #6
Classical music is hard, hard work. Turbineguy Dec 2018 #15
I'm Not Even Getting That One ProfessorGAC Dec 2018 #34
Always felt bad for NASCAR driver Dick Trickle. woofless Dec 2018 #7
My mom's former neighbor's name was Dick Tickle. geardaddy Dec 2018 #9
great post, lolled :) JuJuYoshida Dec 2018 #8
Hmmmm.... Xolodno Dec 2018 #11
The campaign sign copied off a public restroom wall is pretty funny. Kaleva Dec 2018 #12
Norman Lear's daughter....... Shanda?? mitch96 Dec 2018 #14
that's up there with North West crazycatlady Dec 2018 #18
Zappa's son was named Dweezil. nt Laffy Kat Dec 2018 #36
Yup, my buddy named his dog Dweezil.... too funny..nt mitch96 Dec 2018 #38
I once had a name come up in my database crazycatlady Dec 2018 #17
Believe it or not, there actually was a woman named "Ima Hogg". smirkymonkey Dec 2018 #20
Wasn't her sister named Ura? dhol82 Dec 2018 #26
Actually, that was just an urban legend, but Ima was a real person. smirkymonkey Dec 2018 #33
There used to be a Computer Game Programmer named Wolf Frankula Dec 2018 #21
My favorite is the Cianci (pron. see-an-see) family nolabear Dec 2018 #22
I heard the former mayor of Providence named his daughter Nancy Ann DFW Dec 2018 #23
I went to school with a girl named Mary Aloya. Don't know if it was deliberate. catbyte Dec 2018 #27
"John" always reminds me of a toilet. delisen Dec 2018 #28
Debbie Downer anyone? delisen Dec 2018 #29
A friends mother was named, Grace May Tripp. nt List left Dec 2018 #30
I know a very smart woman named, I kid you not, Cherri Pancake lapfog_1 Dec 2018 #31
I bet she gets True Dough Dec 2018 #39
Many of them are love letters lapfog_1 Dec 2018 #42
Nice! True Dough Dec 2018 #43
Any crepes that bother Ms. Pancake lapfog_1 Dec 2018 #44
Battered even! True Dough Dec 2018 #45
My dentist treated a seaman named COLGATE4 Dec 2018 #32
This guy should run for office dalton99a Dec 2018 #37
Randy Prude used to be a Republican county commissioner JCMach1 Dec 2018 #40
Used to know a guy named Dick Butz Major Nikon Dec 2018 #46

Aristus

(66,380 posts)
1. Well, Abcde is right up there near the top of the list now.
Mon Dec 3, 2018, 05:00 PM
Dec 2018

I just have to when I see the result of such parental stupidity...

TexasBushwhacker

(20,192 posts)
13. My mother had a classmate named Hugh Pugh
Mon Dec 3, 2018, 07:55 PM
Dec 2018

I had a customer named Tangy Orange. That was her legal name. It was on her credit card and her drivers license.

We have a doctor in Houston named Donald Butts who is a proctologist. I guess if your last name is Butts, and you're going into medicine, you might as well go with it.

TexasBushwhacker

(20,192 posts)
25. Is it spelled that way?
Tue Dec 4, 2018, 09:49 AM
Dec 2018

Technically, "Weiner" would be pronounced "Wine-er" with a long I, but if he's a urologist, he probably just goes by Dr. "Ween-er".

ProfessorGAC

(65,057 posts)
34. I'm Not Even Getting That One
Tue Dec 4, 2018, 12:06 PM
Dec 2018

Must be missing something. I don't get how her name fits this category. Because it sounds like "Kardashian"?

The others fit the category but i don't see how her name does.

geardaddy

(24,931 posts)
9. My mom's former neighbor's name was Dick Tickle.
Mon Dec 3, 2018, 06:28 PM
Dec 2018

My sister knew a colleague whose name was Dick Bohn.

mitch96

(13,907 posts)
14. Norman Lear's daughter....... Shanda??
Mon Dec 3, 2018, 07:55 PM
Dec 2018

That crewel... Moon Unit??? Frank Zappa named his kid that..
And then there is a Urologist I worked with...... Richard Finder.. We all called him Dick
No joke..

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smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
20. Believe it or not, there actually was a woman named "Ima Hogg".
Mon Dec 3, 2018, 09:02 PM
Dec 2018

However, even though she was a privileged southern belle, she was a lifelong Democrat and led a very interesting life. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ima_Hogg

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
33. Actually, that was just an urban legend, but Ima was a real person.
Tue Dec 4, 2018, 11:42 AM
Dec 2018

She also did not have a sister named "Hoosa".

Wolf Frankula

(3,601 posts)
21. There used to be a Computer Game Programmer named
Mon Dec 3, 2018, 09:02 PM
Dec 2018

Dick Head. There's a Vietnamese singer named Duc Phuc.

Wolf

DFW

(54,397 posts)
23. I heard the former mayor of Providence named his daughter Nancy Ann
Tue Dec 4, 2018, 02:09 AM
Dec 2018

His name was Buddy Cianci, which in Italian would have been pronounced "CHAN-chee." However, Anglicized, it would have been "see-ANN-see," and so his daughter would have been Nancy-ann-see-ann-see.

*oops, I see Nolabear was way ahead of me!

delisen

(6,044 posts)
28. "John" always reminds me of a toilet.
Tue Dec 4, 2018, 10:02 AM
Dec 2018

As a memory aid I pair the name John with a toilet bowl,seat up or an image of a guy wandering the streets looking for illicit sex.

Result: I am always able to remember a person nam John as soon as I see his face-but unfortunately always feel uncomfortable shaking his hand.

lapfog_1

(29,205 posts)
31. I know a very smart woman named, I kid you not, Cherri Pancake
Tue Dec 4, 2018, 10:05 AM
Dec 2018

Cherri M. Pancake
Professor and Intel Faculty Fellow
School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Oregon State University

http://web.engr.oregonstate.edu/~pancake/

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