My Mum really wanted to call her daughter Holly
and then she married my Dad and realised it wasn't happening.

I knew a girl once called. Autumn Rose Sarah Ellis. Seriously. As you may have guessed, her parents were well posh and probably didn't realise what they'd done.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 17 Feb 2011, 12:24, 2 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

Ha ha

(Bazongaloid, Thu 17 Feb 2011, 12:26, Reply)

I was once asked by a director in work to setup two email groups
Northern Housing Implementation Team (or [email protected])
Southern Housing Implementation Team (or [email protected])

to save my job I decided to mention the abbreviation might not be the best email address to give to our customers.

I did also hear a story about Northumbria Uni in Newcastle potentially changing their name years ago to Central University of North Tyneside and went as far as getting thousands of pounds of stationery printed before they realised
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 17 Feb 2011, 12:28, Reply)