Strangest name I ever encountered was a girl at me school called Adete. She was named after her Mum's friend who was Indian. It was a lovely name but it always surprised new people who expected an Indian girl to turn up and got a pale blonde instead.
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Quote: Steve Sunshine @ February 23 2012, 11:16 PM GMTAnyone Know a Dominic?
Years ago. I don't mind that name.
Quote: Steve Sunshine @ February 23 2012, 11:16 PM GMTAnyone Know a Dominic?
They always end up as serious types, very few funny and carefree Dominics in the world. On the plus side, they usually get good jobs.
Quote: Steve Sunshine @ February 23 2012, 11:16 PM GMTShould it have a K?
Nope!
Quote: Steve Sunshine @ February 23 2012, 11:16 PM GMTAnyone Know a Dominic?
Plenty of them in Cork strangely enough...to do with the monks.
Once you start looking at names too long, they all start to sound weird and like you may have made them up...
Quote: Steve Sunshine @ February 23 2012, 11:16 PM GMTAnyone Know a Dominic?
Me.
He was at Uni with me and went missing. No one has found him since. He got up in the middle of a lecture, said "This is bullshit" and walked out. Never took anything, not even his family knew where he was.
True story.
Lee is a good name.
L names are the best...
Quote: Shandonbelle @ February 23 2012, 11:20 PM GMTPlenty of them in Cork strangely enough...to do with the monks.
Lot of D names in Ireland - Declan, Dominic, Dermot, etc., though I'm sometimes thrown by the spelling of names - it took me ages to associate Siobahn with a V sound.
My true story - was laughed at in Classics when I mispronounced both Antigone (anti-gone) and Penelope (penny lope). I hated school.
Quote: Lee @ February 23 2012, 11:22 PM GMTLee is a good name.
If you're a chink.
Quote: Renegade Carpark @ February 23 2012, 11:24 PM GMTMy true story - was laughed at in Classics when I mispronounced both Antigone (anti-gone) and Penelope (penny lope). I hated school.
Are you older than TIME?
Quote: Rooface @ February 23 2012, 11:28 PM GMTAre you older than TIME?
This from the woman who's name comes from some rocks - Ruby, Amber, Beryl...um, Cheryl Cole.
Quote: Renegade Carpark @ February 23 2012, 11:24 PM GMTPenelope (penny lope).
I've always had a problem pronouncing that name, sort of catches me out.
Quote: Renegade Carpark @ February 23 2012, 11:24 PM GMTIf you're a chink.
Ching Chong Chinaman!
Quote: Lee @ February 23 2012, 11:22 PM GMTLee is a good name.
My brother Roy would disagree, he dropped the Lee like a hot potato.
Can't blame him though, most people associate Leroy with big Black dudes, not 5'6" Scottish guys.