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Beau Peep Notice Board => Outpourings => Topic started by: Tom on February 25, 2009, 08:12:54 PM
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Names have been in the news today. Names such as:
Justin Case
Barb Dwyer
Stan Still
Terry Bull
Paige Turner
Mary Christmas
Anna Sasin
Rose Bush
Annette Curtain
Jo King
(There's more on the BBC News site!)
I used to work with Wendy Miller, and knew an Andy Mann.
Do you (or did you) know anyone with a similar kind of name?
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I knew a guy with the surname Stones who married a Ruby.
My neice dated a Herbie Shitz -we all thought Herbie was a silly name.
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I knew a guy with the surname Stones who married a Ruby.
My neice dated a Herbie Shitz -we all thought Herbie was a silly name.
;D
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Absolutely true, from a West Dunbartonshire school in the 1970's.
I give you............... Daisy Cheyne.
In the time of Upstairs Downstairs.. Nyree Dawn Porter Purse.
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I used to be in love with Nyree Dawn Porter! She was in a brilliant series called "The Liars" in the sixties.
I...um...still don't understand "Nyree Dawn Porter Purse".
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Hmmm, people in some areas also like the actors and actresses who appear in popular television programmes Roger.
In this case, Mr and Mrs Purse decided Nyree Dawn Porter was the ideal set of christian names for their new daughter.
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OH, YES!!! Heh! Heh! Heh!
Nope. Still not a clue.
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I knew a Carrie Erbags once.
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worked with Peter Rick
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There's the legendary Warwick Hunt...
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Hmmm, people in some areas also like the actors and actresses who appear in popular television programmes Roger.
In this case, Mr and Mrs Purse decided Nyree Dawn Porter was the ideal set of christian names for their new daughter.
Max, I finally understand! I was looking for some kind of pun in the name, rather than some strange parents naming ther daughter after a T.V. star. It's a bit like those dads who name their sons after entire football teams. Apologies for my density.
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There's the legendary Warwick Hunt...
It's real names we're looking for, Malcolm - not nick-names at school.
My youngest son is named Peter Daniel. There was a Peter Daniel playing for Wolves at around the time, but I'm sure that didn't influence our choice...
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Eric Shaun
Has anyone ever been told to stand in the "far queue"?
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Roger, I do believe our old mate, all round nice guy, and former Beano Editor, Euan Kerr had a difficult time during his school years.
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There was a Jack Haugh who worked at a company in Wolverhampton I did artwork for some years ago.
Mince - I haven't had a far queue experience, but I once advised an enquiring lorry driver to fork off at a subsequent road junction.
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Roger, I do believe our old mate, all round nice guy, and former Beano Editor, Euan Kerr had a difficult time during his school years.
Tarks, it was years before I realised the...er...possibilities of Euan's name. It was when a Beano reader complained after receiving a signed letter fom him and thought it was an insult/hoax!
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I just saw a tree on the local news called Douglas Fir. (Tallest tree in the UK apparently.)
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Years ago, I always thought Edward Woodward was a made up name (from the joke) - until I saw him on the telly.
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Didn't the worlds worst name belong to a guy in New Zealand called Michael Itchyanus?
As I recall he got phone calls from all over the planet... I mean. what a name... Michael.... Jeez ;D
And no, not a joke.
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There's a bloke in my place of work called Paul Brain (listed in the company phone book as P.Brain).
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This is a true story.
My mate Alistair went to North Wales to buy a fifth-hand Daimler. It was in terrible shape, and every time he waved at the former owners and tried to drive away, it gave a couple of hops, a heave, a sigh and stopped.
He looked over at the small audience and said "are you lot going to stand there and watch me jerk off?"
That's not a "name" story, but at one stage Alistair drove around in an old hearse, so he was called a few things.
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I worked briefly with a woman called Peggy Ennis. Strangely enough, whenever she was putting her initials and surname on anything official, she used her proper name of Margaret.....
How does Margaret get shortened to Peggy anyway? That one passed me by...
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The Douglas Fir is a popular choice of Christmas tree in Canada.
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How does Margaret get shortened to Peggy anyway? That one passed me by...
Hmmm... I've done some research into this.
Margarets can be called anything from Meg, Peg, Peggy, Margaret, Margot, Marguerita, Rita, Greta, Gretel, Gretchen, Marjorie, Maggie, Madge, May, Maisie, Daisy, Maidie, Meg and Mog.
I've not been able to find out why. Daisy. Daisy ?!?
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How does Margaret get shortened to Peggy anyway? That one passed me by...
Hmmm... I've done some research into this.
Margarets can be called anything from Meg, Peg, Peggy, Margaret, Margot, Marguerita, Rita, Greta, Gretel, Gretchen, Marjorie, Maggie, Madge, May, Maisie, Daisy, Maidie, Meg and Mog.
I've not been able to find out why. Daisy. Daisy ?!?
There's a flower called a Margarete (that's not the spelling but you get my drift) - it belongs to the Daisy family.
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Thank you Vulch, that solves that one. The Peggy one's still a mystery though ???
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I used to go to school with a Eunice Hignett.
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There's a girl in my work called Mary Hale.
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Roger, I do believe our old mate, all round nice guy, and former Beano Editor, Euan Kerr had a difficult time during his school years.
Tarks, it was years before I realised the...er...possibilities of Euan's name. It was when a Beano reader complained after receiving a signed letter fom him and thought it was an insult/hoax!
Yes, it was years for me also, Roger, which either says a lot about our innocence, or else underlines what a splendid chap Mr Kerr was/is. In fact, I was told that even his cruel classmates at school overlooked the gift horse they were presented with, and actually gave him the nickname of 'Juan'. Gilding the lily somewhat.
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There's a girl in my work called Mary Hale.
I had an old girlfriend called Hale, now my ex, obviously. Ex-Hale.
Actually I made that up.
There's an area of Wolverhampton called Merry Hill, and also one of the largest shopping centres in the UK near Dudley, called Merry Hill. (Known as Merry Hell around Xmas time!)
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I had an old girlfriend called Hale
I thought this was going to be a limerick.
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I had an old girlfriend called Hale
I thought this was going to be a limerick.
Ha ha - that made me laugh! Maybe I should write one. Ex Hale would obviously be the "punchline".
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I had an old girlfriend called Hale
Who kept a large male humpback whale
Her favourite trick
was to lather it's -
Hang on, there's someone at the door.
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;D ;D ;D hang on... ooo ;D ;D ;D :o
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Reporting back on names...
My neice has a facebook friend called Misty Meints - sounds like a Scottish/German sweety company.
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When I was a student in a land long, long ago I knew a girl from Ghana called Mary Oshitalu...appropriate I should remember her today on my birthday when that time is as clear as a bell and yesterday's choice for lunch isn't.
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When I was a student in a land long ago
I knew a girl from Ghana called Mary Oshitalo
I remembered her today
on my birthday
When that time is as clear as a bello.
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very good, Mince,except it was pronounced oshitaloo ;D
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You left that bit out, Diamond Lil.
I had an old girlfriend called Hale
Who kept a large male humpback whale
Her favourite trick
was to lather it's -
I deliberately left that errant apostrophe there for Mince to see, and comment, but my little trick was that without a definite noun there's no definite proof the apostrophe is errant, but he didn't bite. The man is good. Or not very interested.
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Nice try, Malc. Hard to believe that he's not interested in an errant apostrophe, though
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Nice try, Malc. Hard to believe that he's not interested in an errant apostrophe, though
Psst! Full stop missing.
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Aha! You spelled "pissed" wrongly.
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;D
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I used to be in love with Nyree Dawn Porter! She was in a brilliant series called "The Liars" in the sixties.
I...um...still don't understand "Nyree Dawn Porter Purse".
Don't know if you're still interested, Rog, but it seems to me that it is meant to be a pun - Nyree Dawn bought a Purse.
I know a young lad Davidson whose parents christened him Marley.
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As Oscar would say, he was born to be Wilde.
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Just seen in the Paper today the man in charge of the forces in Basra was Dick Head