Names spelt strange ways

[propita]

My surname is Joy ~ exactly as it is. And the amount of people that ask 'how do you spell that?' makes me want to make up a different way...

I live on a street named "Normal." You can imagine how many cracks I get from people when asked my address. when Hubby and I bought our house, my father asked, theatrically incredulously, "YOU? YOU live on Normal?" I said, "Since I take after YOU, YOU shouldn't talk."

And, yes, I've had to spell it. I usually say, "It's spelled like 'normal.'"

 

[Miss Chicken]

I know someone who lives on Chitral Road. She is always explaining that it starts with a C not an S.

 

[Brian]

I had a manager who had an ' in the middle of his name, like Tra'von.

I met a guy (friend of a friend) whose name was L'nel. NOT Lionel and not short for Lionel. Prounouced Luh-NELL.

Was he a Romulan?

A guy at my old job was named Dan'l. Pronounced "DAN-ull".

 

[Kira's Mom]

The guy who runs my store is, I swear this is true, named Charlie Brown.

My mom's first boyfriend was named Charlie Brown!

One of her friends is named Donald Duckworth. He probably gets a lot of teasing- but he was actually born before Donald Duck made his debut!

 

[iguana_tonante]

I live on a street named "Normal." [...]

And, yes, I've had to spell it. I usually say, "It's spelled like 'normal.'"

You should say "It's spelled normally".

 

[gturner]

What about the people who have a regular name in print but spend their days telling people to pronounce it in some odd way?

I had a waitress do that to me once. I almost replied, my name is David but it's spelled "George".

I could also say "My name is George but most people pronounce it 'a**hole.'"

 

[Spot's Meow]

^

I had a roommate named Lindsey who insisted that everyone spell it "Linzi." That was weird and silly. Hopefully she's grown out of that by now but somehow I doubt it.

 

[Zulu Romeo]

I understand that problem completely.

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyQvjKqXA0Y[/yt]

 

[Kirby]

And my husband knows someone named Rich Rich.

Oh! I loved his comic books as a kid, but that Macauley Caulkin movie sucked.

There is also a baseball player named Rich Batchelor, and guess what? He isn't married, so he is true to his name.

 

[NCC1701]

The first thing that sprung to my mind is my mate's sister-in-law's daughter's name, she named the poor child Kaisee - a bastardised version of Casey if anyone is wondering. Fuck having to spell that out for the rest of your life

Having an odd name and having to spell it out isn't actually that horrible. When I was younger I didn't like my name but I grew to like it quite a bit. If I am ever lucky enough to have children, I'd like them to have Hindu names and they'll just have to tough it out like the rest of us did.

Don't get me wrong, there's nothing wrong with having a unique name, having to spell it out is quite another thing - believe me, I know what I'm talking about, my name's Maarten, I usually pull out my driver's licence when somebody asks how to spell my name - but to intentionally mangle the spelling of a name that already exists is quite another.

And before you say the spelling of my name is mangled, nope, it is and I'm Dutch, so there

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

There is also a baseball player named Rich Batchelor, and guess what? He isn't married, so he is true to his name.

I wonder if this guy is as well.

(seriously. I can't say the man's name without . )

 

[scotpens]

There's a choreographer named Anita Mann. Maybe she and this Rich Batchelor guy should get together.

Uh-oh . . . I can see this turning into the Juvenile Joke Names thread. Who's Dick Hertz?

 

[gturner]

Don't get me wrong, there's nothing wrong with having a unique name, having to spell it out is quite another thing - believe me, I know what I'm talking about, my name's Maarten, I usually pull out my driver's licence when somebody asks how to spell my name - but to intentionally mangle the spelling of a name that already exists is quite another.

And before you say the spelling of my name is mangled, nope, it is and I'm Dutch, so there

But why can't people in New Zealand spell your name? Aren't they mostly from Zeeland?

 

[propita]

I had a manager who had an ' in the middle of his name, like Tra'von.

I met a guy (friend of a friend) whose name was L'nel. NOT Lionel and not short for Lionel. Prounouced Luh-NELL.

Was he a Romulan?

Hah! No, and he was not a dragonrider, either.

I live on a street named "Normal." [...]

And, yes, I've had to spell it. I usually say, "It's spelled like 'normal.'"

You should say "It's spelled normally".

Done that one, too.

What about the people who have a regular name in print but spend their days telling people to pronounce it in some odd way?

I had a waitress do that to me once. I almost replied, my name is David but it's spelled "George".

I could also say "My name is George but most people pronounce it 'a**hole.'"

Love the spelling of "David."



My last name (married name) is Spanish. I took a year of Spanish, got the highest score in the class (half of whom spoke Spanish), and cannot pronounce it correctly to save my life. So I can't pronounce my last name. Didn't like my maidenname--there was NO good way to pronounce it.

 

[Velocity]

There's a choreographer named Anita Mann. Maybe she and this Rich Batchelor guy should get together.

Uh-oh . . . I can see this turning into the Juvenile Joke Names thread. Who's Dick Hertz?

Isn't there a NASCAR driver named Dick Trickle? Sounds like a social disease.
There was a man in my home town named Harry Butts. He ran for office, but I can't remember if he won.

 

[KimMH]

I went to school with a girl named Chandelier. Really.

 

[Velocity]

My surname is Joy ~ exactly as it is. And the amount of people that ask 'how do you spell that?' makes me want to make up a different way...

I live on a street named "Normal." You can imagine how many cracks I get from people when asked my address. when Hubby and I bought our house, my father asked, theatrically incredulously, "YOU? YOU live on Normal?" I said, "Since I take after YOU, YOU shouldn't talk."

And, yes, I've had to spell it. I usually say, "It's spelled like 'normal.'"

I lived in Normal, Illinois. It's a great place. A famous headline read, "Normal woman marries Oblong Man". (Oblong is also a town in Illinois)

 

[Kira's Mom]

There's a choreographer named Anita Mann. Maybe she and this Rich Batchelor guy should get together.

Uh-oh . . . I can see this turning into the Juvenile Joke Names thread. Who's Dick Hertz?

Or the local OB-GYN, Mike Hunt.

As for weird town names, how about Fucking, Austria?

 

[Spot's Meow]

There is a girl at my boyfriend's school who's name is Shadynasty. The teacher on the first day of class asked "Is Shady Nasty here?" He was quickly informed that it's pronounced Shuh-Dynasty.

 

[scotpens]

I live on a street named “Normal.”

Sounds like a good title for a song.

I've never met anybody named Randi.

I was once acquainted with a woman named Randi. But I didn't know her well enough to know whether her name matched her personality.