I was watching a dvr’d episode of Price is Right over breakfast this morning and I thought for sure they were pronouncing one contestant’s name wrong. Because no one in their right mind would name their child this. No one. And I’ve come across some crazy names. I’m pretty sure I’ve blogged about this before, but I think it was a good while ago. When I was a bookkeeper in college I processed a check from a J. Peter Seaman. I used to work with a Shasta, a Princess, and a Valencia. My Mom used to know a Harry Balles. And Uncle L went to high school with Ima Hoar. But now, after PIR this morning I’ve heard it all. This woman’s name was Lasonya. Pronounced Lasagna. Like the pasta dish. No lie. The announcer kept saying it over and over & I was waiting for Lasonya to pipe up and say “No, it’s LAH SONE YAH” but no. She’s named after an Italian dinner. Parents can be so cruel.
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I went to high school with a girl named Crystal Ball – could have been the female cousin to Harry Balles!!
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My dad had a teacher named Mary Christmas.
There’s a story on the net about a family in Europe who named their daughter Metallica. Because they liked the band.
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Last year or so I got my graduate alumni magazine where they try to pimp out research programs to get money. Anyway, there was this cute boy standing in a photo holding an award. Under the picture was the blub. “Jeremy CUMASHOT blah, blah, blah…”
If my name were CUM-A-SHOT I would have to kill myself.
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Heh! Love it.
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Our social worker was telling us about 2 kids that she placed with Foster families. Their names were Orangello and Lemongello (as in orange-jello and lemon-jello). That’s just wrong.
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Sad. So sad. I took care of a patient named Ima Bee Rich. She told me her parents thought it would actually help her one day be rich.
Yeah.
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Bahahahahaha and I thought I had a difficult name to pronounce. Poor woman!
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That made me laugh and hungry at the same time. :)
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That is too funny.
You have heard of the siblings Lemonjello and Orangejello, right?
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When my mom was working in delivery, someone in the room mentioned the placenta. So the woman decided that would be a lovely name for her daughter and named the poor child Placenta May. I went to school with a girl named Toy. I always thought that was kind of a weird name.
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