People with Stupid NamesThere are hundreds of unfortunate people out there with silly names desparately coping with the evil their parents perpetrated upon them at birth.
So far, I've met a woman called Rusty Tharp, a child health consultant called Peter Files and have the business card for "Fab Boolaky" on my desk.
We'd like you to tell us about the people you've met or work with that have silly, inappropriate or frankly wierd names.
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chthonic, Thu 26 Aug 2004, 10:54)
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My family's surnameAs created by a slip of the pen on my granddad's marriage license, is spelt 'Churosh' - a variation on the original Czech spelling 'Curosh.'
It's caused me no end of trouble... I almost inevitably have to correct people's pronunciation of my name (CHUR-ahsh) - and am filled with seething resentment for those who stubbornly continue mispronouncing it chuRAAHSH, chu-ROASH, Churrish/Churshh, or Khurosh. Not to mention that, despite my obvious dosage of Mick/Kraut ancestry on my mother's side, a number of these people inexplicably believe that I am Jewish.
But the WORST violation came on one of the first days of gym class in my freshman year of high school - and anyone reading this who lves on MY side of the Atlantic knows what a wonderful fucking experience that is... Well, the gym teacher was calling us all out by our last names, and when he came to mine, he paused - and oh God, I thought, here it comes. And I don't know HOW he could fuck up my name this badly - but he started with a hard 'c,' left the 'u' out completely and turned the 'sh' into a 'ch'... which, of course, made my name sound mildly obscene.
Despite his immediate apologies, I knew what I had to look forward to. And indeed, every single one of my classmates who was there that day and heard him mangle my name absolutely INSISTED on calling me "Crotch" for the next FOUR FUCKING YEARS, until we all graduated. Assholes.
(, Fri 27 Aug 2004, 5:51, Reply)
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