camber... oh wait thats my daughters name ;-)
camber... oh wait thats my daughters name ;-)
oldsaw wrote:Wally wrote: http://www.forsythnews.com/news/article/3522/ ...The Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office charged Mi Suk Yang, 47, of Marietta and Kil Cha Hurst, 65, of Jonesboro with prostitution on Wednesday.....Mmmm..... Jonesboro is 30 miles south of Marietta, and Marietta is 20 miles south west of Forsythe county. These people need to learn the law of "diminishing returns" because there's plenty of business at home, right next door, around the corner, down the street, etc., etc. Mi Suk Yang? Real, or not, that's comedy gold!
I don't see it. Of course spending as much time in Korea as I have and being married to a Korean, the only funny thing about their names is American translation. When I see the names I see how they are pronounced. Me Sook Young and Key Cha Hurst is how they are pronounced and not uncommon names in Korea.
One of my friends was a pro golfer for several years. At one of the promotional tournaments, he was greeting his assigned foursome when one of them shook his hand ans said "Hi, I'm Dick Handler." My friend immediately started wiping off his hands....
Of course, my last name is Sexton. That was a real blast.
wlkelley3 wrote:oldsaw wrote:I don't see it. Of course spending as much time in Korea as I have and being married to a Korean, the only funny thing about their names is American translation. When I see the names I see how they are pronounced. Me Sook Young and Key Cha Hurst is how they are pronounced and not uncommon names in Korea.Wally wrote: http://www.forsythnews.com/news/article/3522/ ...The Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office charged Mi Suk Yang, 47, of Marietta and Kil Cha Hurst, 65, of Jonesboro with prostitution on Wednesday.....Mmmm..... Jonesboro is 30 miles south of Marietta, and Marietta is 20 miles south west of Forsythe county. These people need to learn the law of "diminishing returns" because there's plenty of business at home, right next door, around the corner, down the street, etc., etc. Mi Suk Yang? Real, or not, that's comedy gold!
Point taken, but I really didn't think about the pronunciation of names very much after seeing Ms. Hurst (or is it Ms. Kil? Lots of folks in the US get asian names "backwards", IIRC) was 65.
wayslow wrote: My buddy snuck Russell William past his wife. We call his son Rusty Willy. It's going to suck that his kid gets to pick the nursing home though.
"Ashes to ashes. Dust to dust. If you don't take it out and use it, it's gonna rust"
Sorry couldn't resist, that's one of my favorite quotes from that series of movies.
My wife reminded me of her new initials. DLL, yeah her computer geek friends got a HUGE kick outta that one.
The Toronto Dr. that does penis enlargement surgery? Dr. Stubbs.
3 people that I work with
Sukh deep Dhillon
Truc Van Dang
My personal favourite, Clinton Pusey, and it is pronounced that way.
When my wife and I were dating my then 80+ year old Grand Father was dating a younger woman (75?) whos name was Eldeena Quackenbush. Corey may know this name as they lived in Otwell Indiana.
I used to work with a girl who's husband was named Ardell Stackpole. Also went to school with a couple of kids in my class; last name was Zigafoose. They were the kids who carried attache' cases to class, and wore bow ties every day. This was in grammar school!
I'm a sequel. My name is Mike Johnson II. My friends and I had a discussion that if you do in fact name your child after yourself, give them a cool sequel title. Die Hard beget Die Hard with a Vengeance. So... Mike Johnson II: The reconing
My ex-girlfriend's name is Amanda Sue Swallow.
Once I grew up, I woulda showed up to my folk's house and just beat them raw with a belt over that one. She once got paddled in school for writing her initials on the board, as ordered.
Seriously, peeples. Name your kids carefully.
Per Schroeder wrote: I'm torn on this subject. My name is unusual for the land of the fat and plenty, but common in northern europe. So is my boy's. It's both helped and annoyed me, but I probably wouldn't be the same person if my name was Steve. Per (pronounced like a pair of shoes.)
Man, you scandanavians are tweaked. how do you get "NI-kee" from the letters P E R?
Appleseed wrote: I'm a sequel. My name is Mike Johnson II. My friends and I had a discussion that if you do in fact name your child after yourself, give them a cool sequel title. Die Hard beget Die Hard with a Vengeance. So... Mike Johnson II: The reckoning
I think it should be Mike Johnson II: Electric Boogaloo.
In high school, i had a teacher by the name of Chris Aycock. When the teachers had to log into their computer, they would use the first letter of their first name and entire last name together. When seeing this on the log in screen, it was "CAYCOCK"....
I called one of our suppliers and the guy answered the phone "this is Ray Scism"
DukeOfUndersteer wrote: In high school, i had a teacher by the name of Chris Aycock. When the teachers had to log into their computer, they would use the first letter of their first name and entire last name together. When seeing this on the log in screen, it was "CAYCOCK"....
That's kind of like our computer system here at work. If I look up another salvage yard, it's the first five letters of their name plus their state's abbreviation. There's a yard down in Alabama called Fagan's, and their abbreviation is "FAGANAL". Seriously.
nocones wrote: I called one of our suppliers and the guy answered the phone "this is Ray Scism"
haha, we have a family friend by the name of Wade. If you call him up, he says "This is Wade", but he says it so fast, it comes out "Suede"...
Was in the PTA with a guy named Joe Polock. Thats the way he pronounced it, to. Could have said Pollock, but, no. Joe da Polock. Yes, he was of Polish desent.
Figure now's as good a time as any to share this article http://www.nydailynews.com/latino/2007/03/14/2007-03-14_the_naming_game.html
NYG95GA wrote: I used to work with a girl who's husband was named Ardell Stackpole.
I work for a company names Stackpole, named after the owner.
Per Schroeder wrote: I'm torn on this subject. My name is unusual for the land of the fat and plenty, but common in northern europe. So is my boy's. It's both helped and annoyed me, but I probably wouldn't be the same person if my name was Steve. Per (pronounced like a pair of shoes.)
I like your name.
I worked with a company in Baltimore. A lot of the women had very similar names, but they were all a little different.
Tameka, Tameko, Kamika, Shaniqua... etc. They all rhymed.
A lot of parents combine their own names to make their childrens' names. Talk about a lack of creativity.
the best name i have ever heard....
wait...
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STARKIESHA
confuZion3 wrote: A lot of parents combine their own names to make their childrens' names. Talk about a lack of creativity.
Dunno, there's quite a history of that in most cultures. Mac, O', von, -sson - lots of names indicate parentage.
I work with a guy named Steel Wang and a woman named Cherry Wang. They're Chinese, and they pretty much get to pick their own Anglicized first name so that it's easier on us gringo's.
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