Those who know the old TV series Dallas can guess why there is now a woman with the name of Jennawade.
There was a popular TV personality here called Scot Scott.
Also, locally, there are several examples of people whose home language is not English adopting interesting English-derived names (and I am guessing other languages, too) that native speakers of the language would not think to do. Some examples:
Promise
Suffocate
Silence
Gift (quite common)
Memory
Kindness
Perseverence
Limited (!)
Praisegod
And then... my own surname means "unexpected" in Dutch!
There was a popular TV personality here called Scot Scott.
Also, locally, there are several examples of people whose home language is not English adopting interesting English-derived names (and I am guessing other languages, too) that native speakers of the language would not think to do. Some examples:
Promise
Suffocate
Silence
Gift (quite common)
Memory
Kindness
Perseverence
Limited (!)
Praisegod
And then... my own surname means "unexpected" in Dutch!
The priest who officiated at my eldest sister's marriage said that the first baby can come at any time.
We have a fellow who works locally, and his name is "Emdee". When my daughter-in-law was doing her ob-gyn residency over in Pennsylvania, one of the babies was given the name "Noname"
Many couples, when they get married, agree to combine their last names separated by a hyphen. This is the actual business card of somebody I met many years ago. I saved it because the odd last name was not inherited from her ancestors but rather, self-inflicted. I think that makes it OK to laugh at it.
My wife read this and says Judi (with an I) Abad in her language translates to "Gamble hundred years" so that is: Gamble hundred years * insert old profession*.
Not helping.
you know that how, exactly?
I met her in May 1996 when my contract at Nissan was coming to an end. I contacted four staffing agencies at the time and DPRC, represented by Judy, was the only one that never called me back. The other three presented me with opportunities and I got a new contract within a week.
It's like the fake porn star names, Rod Hardee, Johnny Long, you could make them up all day long.
There was a restaurant in Rosemead, here in Southern California, which closed. Check their Yelp.com page, maybe you can guess why.
My-Dung - CLOSED - 22 Photos & 43 Reviews - Vietnamese - 8232 Garvey Ave, Rosemead, CA - Restaurant Reviews - Phone Number - Yelp
My-Dung - CLOSED - 22 Photos & 43 Reviews - Vietnamese - 8232 Garvey Ave, Rosemead, CA - Restaurant Reviews - Phone Number - Yelp
There's the ever famous post production engineer, Glen Glenn, with hundreds, if not thousands, of classic TV episodes to his and his company's name.
I had a school principal, Mr. Licker. Not hard to think of the first names that we came up with for him...
The name of the cook at my former watering hole was Sandy Soup.
And then there's the Scottish brothers, Pat and Phil McGroin
I had a school principal, Mr. Licker. Not hard to think of the first names that we came up with for him...
The name of the cook at my former watering hole was Sandy Soup.
And then there's the Scottish brothers, Pat and Phil McGroin
The women's phys-ed teacher in "Porky's" was Mrs. Ballbricker.
Michael Myers, one of your Canadian confreres "Ivana Humpalot"
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