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(DIR) Post #ADd17t7t4iJAfljAcy by fitheach@mstdn.io
2021-11-21T14:26:25Z
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On the opposite bank of the canal we witnessed a long line of tups doing a march past. I don't what caused them to walk in single file like that.I always enjoy seeing perfect reflections in the still canal waters.#Highlands #Scotland
(DIR) Post #ADd27bulASkBFI1DzE by fitheach@mstdn.io
2021-11-21T14:37:34Z
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#DogWalkThoughtsAfter taking the photo in my previous post I got thinking about surnames. Surnames were often assumed due to the occupation of an individual. Smith due to an ancestor being (e.g.) a blacksmith. Names like Thatcher, Cooper and Fletcher had similar origins.Just what exactly did someone do to get called Ramsbottom?
(DIR) Post #ADd2c7dplvOkKgeQHQ by yngmar@social.tchncs.de
2021-11-21T14:43:04Z
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@fitheach It may simply be a place name. Surnames are just the officialized versions of descriptive names that people use to differentiate who they're talking about. So "Sean the smith" is as likely as "Rob from Ramsbottom".At least in our culture. Elsewhere they're more likely to use patronymics or even more complex stuff :)
(DIR) Post #ADd2pdM5Al7iSIn4xE by penguin42@mastodon.org.uk
2021-11-21T14:45:28Z
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@fitheach Could they be from Ramsbottom - the town; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramsbottom 'The name either means "ram's valley" from the Old English ramm, a ram and botm, a valley but could mean a wild-garlic-valley, with the first element representing the Old English hramsa meaning "wild garlic"'
(DIR) Post #ADd33xFjzRgWDmeYM4 by fitheach@mstdn.io
2021-11-21T14:48:07Z
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@yngmar Possible, but, not as funny. I'd like to think it was an *activity*, not a place.England has lots of places with "bottom" in the name. Conceivably, there may have been bottoms where male sheep were habitually kept.
(DIR) Post #ADd3HIoP93nkqmEPhY by Bella@krefeld.life
2021-11-21T14:50:30Z
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@fitheach And what did family Cockburn do?
(DIR) Post #ADd3UJ9XBnc9fiJfXM by fitheach@mstdn.io
2021-11-21T14:52:52Z
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@Bella Make Port.Actually, an old Scottish name, and the "ck" isn't pronounced. ๐
(DIR) Post #ADd3ba9oMioQRAul5E by fitheach@mstdn.io
2021-11-21T14:54:11Z
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@penguin42 Either explanation seems possible, but, misses the humour potential of it being derived from an activity.
(DIR) Post #ADd4PLIfsTxGq1mthg by Bella@krefeld.life
2021-11-21T15:03:09Z
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@fitheach I knoooowww!
(DIR) Post #ADd4TfDHmcsxkvKNVo by fitheach@mstdn.io
2021-11-21T15:03:57Z
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@edavies The wide angle lens on my smartphone makes them look further away than they actually were.The mound is the site of an ancient burial ground. Some of the slabs are still visible.
(DIR) Post #ADd57xIdxRRHQv2vfk by yngmar@social.tchncs.de
2021-11-21T15:11:14Z
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@fitheach Perhaps the male sheep just sat around a lot. ;-)
(DIR) Post #ADd5zCC3JWYyyOLmC0 by fitheach@mstdn.io
2021-11-21T15:20:52Z
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@yngmar That's not why farmers have them. ๐
(DIR) Post #ADd6kDL2sGna8PycPg by gemlog@tilde.zone
2021-11-21T15:29:21Z
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@fitheach My good friend IRL is named Coburn, so they just dropped the unpronounced bit I suppose.@Bella
(DIR) Post #ADd6w712CxIa04I3gO by gemlog@tilde.zone
2021-11-21T15:31:31Z
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@fitheach I had an Auntie Dolly down in folkstone, well, lyminge, and her last name was Shipperbottom.Us kids always laughed and laughed at how naughty it sounded (bottom...)
(DIR) Post #ADd745OW7TbnHx4mrw by fitheach@mstdn.io
2021-11-21T15:32:58Z
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Let's be hearing your potentially funny surnames. Must be real people you know/knew. I'll get the ball rolling.I once had a customer called Mr. Everhard. I do so hope he had a son called Richard.
(DIR) Post #ADd7U3Pa795sfTxN3I by fitheach@mstdn.io
2021-11-21T15:37:38Z
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@gemlog Exactly.There is a famous street in Edinburgh called "Cockburn Street". It is always funny when visitors pronounce the name when asking directions.@Bella
(DIR) Post #ADd7c156f6F3l2Aziq by Bella@krefeld.life
2021-11-21T15:39:04Z
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@fitheach Since you speak German, here is a first AND last name:Garnet Gottschlich.Not funny enough? Wait!๐In attendee lists her name appeared asGottschlich, Garnet which would translate from Hessian German to 'God did not sneak at all'. Still makes me crack up ๐
(DIR) Post #ADd7njQq6l0EUfvbOK by fitheach@mstdn.io
2021-11-21T15:41:13Z
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@gemlog Was that a "maiden" or married name?I love it when people inherit a funny name combination due to marriage.
(DIR) Post #ADd89mEMNoGfXpbRE8 by fitheach@mstdn.io
2021-11-21T15:45:11Z
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@Bella Geil.
(DIR) Post #ADd8C5n2dHygmnvedc by Bella@krefeld.life
2021-11-21T15:45:36Z
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@fitheach ๐
(DIR) Post #ADd8cW8dIEWI26d1hg by christian_zerfass@fediscience.org
2021-11-21T15:49:48Z
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@fitheach I once saw a scientific publication with an author called Wahrheit (= Truth).So imagine someone explaining:As reported by Wahrheit Truth in 1995, science assumes that..
(DIR) Post #ADd8ePtpSYn9GMbs0m by gemlog@tilde.zone
2021-11-21T15:50:43Z
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@fitheach Maiden - she was a spinster.
(DIR) Post #ADd8tsp2CxmHJCk5BI by gemlog@tilde.zone
2021-11-21T15:53:30Z
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@fitheach On my con-ed site for opticians I had one customer name 'suk deep', which I'm probably spelling wrong.
(DIR) Post #ADd9hAC2PaPDNE05g0 by DCLXVI@mstdn.io
2021-11-21T16:02:25Z
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@fitheach At one of my first jobs many years ago we had a customer named German Bastard.
(DIR) Post #ADd9t2OZEJkKfDWUO8 by fitheach@mstdn.io
2021-11-21T16:04:34Z
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@DCLXVI Nooo, really?
(DIR) Post #ADdA5fpaQzbWRlBci8 by penguin42@mastodon.org.uk
2021-11-21T16:06:49Z
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@DCLXVI @fitheach How did they read their first name? We have a German where it's pronounced Herman.
(DIR) Post #ADdA8TSYt4Zewjkgym by DCLXVI@mstdn.io
2021-11-21T16:07:19Z
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@fitheach When I first heard the name I thought they were playing tricks on a rookie employee. I looked up then name and it was there. Someone told me the pronunciation was VERY important. It's Eher-MAN bas-TODD
(DIR) Post #ADdAKzkodwGGa4GEAS by DCLXVI@mstdn.io
2021-11-21T16:09:37Z
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@penguin42 @fitheach We were told his preferred pronunciation was Eher-MAN
(DIR) Post #ADdB7J4u6GuGPfh3my by trebach@mstdn.social
2021-11-21T16:18:21Z
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@fitheach Mike Furry. He worked with my dad and got angry when people didn't pronounce it like "Fury")
(DIR) Post #ADdBVa9YGdrwJuRWTo by fitheach@mstdn.io
2021-11-21T16:22:43Z
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@trebach He got furrious.
(DIR) Post #ADdCCmfjb6phbE62RU by penguin42@mastodon.org.uk
2021-11-21T16:30:34Z
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@DCLXVI @fitheach and how did he prefer his last name ?
(DIR) Post #ADdCM0Qbp2berxQ2HQ by DCLXVI@mstdn.io
2021-11-21T16:32:13Z
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@penguin42 @fitheach bas-TODD is what we were told. And woe to the employee that giggled about the name around the boss!
(DIR) Post #ADdEbRanJASfMzfjsm by Wizardofosmium@mastodon.scot
2021-11-21T16:54:53Z
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@fitheach I used to work beside a Dr Payne (pronounced pain, chemistry Phd) and a Dr Love (virologist).
(DIR) Post #ADdEbS9XE0Fb6jvU24 by fitheach@mstdn.io
2021-11-21T16:57:24Z
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@Wizardofosmium Honorary porn names, I think.I used to have a customer called De'ath. He was also a doctor.
(DIR) Post #ADdFaUeYXjS2WjXgjg by fitheach@mstdn.io
2021-11-21T17:08:26Z
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@edavies I used to live in Reading (for a short while), before moving back to Wokingham.Teresa Green? I don't get it.@gemlog
(DIR) Post #ADdH6va43vnTGJTH72 by fitheach@mstdn.io
2021-11-21T17:25:07Z
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@edavies Of course, now you explain it, I remember some people shorten the name to Treeza.@gemlog
(DIR) Post #ADdHwkAdjJZGvtHq3k by gemlog@tilde.zone
2021-11-21T17:34:50Z
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@fitheach This lady came to mind as well https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ima_Hogg@edavies
(DIR) Post #ADdIJJauhoqVAVL4k4 by gemlog@tilde.zone
2021-11-21T17:38:10Z
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@fitheach I searched on "unfortunate name combinations" https://worldwideinterweb.com/the-100-most-unfortunate-names-in-human-history/There's more hits.
(DIR) Post #ADdJWjvUDRhQYOvX04 by fitheach@mstdn.io
2021-11-21T17:52:35Z
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@gemlog Rule of the thread is it has to be someone you knew/know. ๐ I once had a housemate who was a young lady with the surname Hoare, which has an unfortunate homophone.@edavies
(DIR) Post #ADdJeQbnvCNexUO32u by gemlog@tilde.zone
2021-11-21T17:53:58Z
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@fitheach Sorry, forgot that bit :-) @edavies
(DIR) Post #ADdKsfsa2hV6KNagy0 by pandora@social.tchncs.de
2021-11-21T18:07:41Z
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@fitheach @WizardofosmiumIn a similar vein: I had a mate at university whose surname was spelled Todt (pronounced as German Tod = death). He told me that his grandmother (of the same name) was a nurse.
(DIR) Post #ADdLRdnDn9OxzZl1bk by vfrmedia@social.tchncs.de
2021-11-21T18:11:44Z
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@pandora @fitheach @Wizardofosmium When I worked in broadcast engineering one of our clients in Germany had an engineer with the surname Funk ๐
(DIR) Post #ADdLReIPvAM5YKLwES by fitheach@mstdn.io
2021-11-21T18:14:01Z
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@vfrmedia First name Rund?@pandora @Wizardofosmium
(DIR) Post #ADdLq3QC9mZiQad0ue by noctiluca@scholar.social
2021-11-21T18:18:28Z
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@fitheach I know a Dr Kneebone, and a nurse whose surname was Patient...
(DIR) Post #ADdLy29ekaSwodhIMC by fitheach@mstdn.io
2021-11-21T18:19:56Z
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@noctiluca Was the doctor connected to the Thighbones?
(DIR) Post #ADdLygwH7F7jJ0kggy by pandora@social.tchncs.de
2021-11-21T18:20:03Z
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@fitheach๐คฃ @vfrmedia @Wizardofosmium
(DIR) Post #ADdN40ZDfMnbaE4DFg by pandora@social.tchncs.de
2021-11-21T18:32:11Z
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@fitheach @gemlog @BellaHow are you to know if the "ck" (and similar) is pronounced or not?? I had a colleague in Northern England whose name is Hiscox. He insisted on the pronunciation Hisco.
(DIR) Post #ADdOcD1nwVMw1xJFom by jamesrichardson@mastodon.online
2021-11-21T18:49:35Z
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@fitheach @fitheach there is a provider at a local hospital with the last name "Self."
(DIR) Post #ADdQv2iAivkFRcEcjo by fitheach@mstdn.io
2021-11-21T19:14:41Z
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@jamesrichardson Might be related to the author and broadcaster Will Self.
(DIR) Post #ADdRDaugIj3qjQvqtc by Nasenspray@metalhead.club
2021-11-21T19:18:44Z
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@fitheach I had a friend in school named Obeldobel. I have no idea what that could mean, but people love the name when they first hear it.She's become a surgeon, by the way.
(DIR) Post #ADdRTWkDZHkAR5dRku by fitheach@mstdn.io
2021-11-21T19:21:38Z
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@Nasenspray That's like a name from a fairy tale. I'm hoping her first name is something like Isobel.
(DIR) Post #ADdS2BuT1Tq9xBxTaS by fitheach@mstdn.io
2021-11-21T19:27:55Z
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@pandora Was he called Pat?There are no fixed pronounciation rules for names, as the origins come from many different languages.@gemlog @Bella
(DIR) Post #ADdSjYwZG8HFqOccgi by pandora@social.tchncs.de
2021-11-21T19:35:42Z
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@fitheach I guess some people take advantage of this to change the pronunciation of their name in a way that suits them. @gemlog @Bella
(DIR) Post #ADdSnUKkLD0Khknrc0 by Nasenspray@metalhead.club
2021-11-21T19:30:12Z
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@Wizardofosmium @fitheach That reminds me of our former veterinarian, Dr. Schnapp (german for snap).
(DIR) Post #ADdSnUyRxalOgtNZUu by fitheach@mstdn.io
2021-11-21T19:36:27Z
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@Nasenspray I'll drink to that.@Wizardofosmium
(DIR) Post #ADdSquy5lqRaBAqHNA by Nasenspray@metalhead.club
2021-11-21T19:37:05Z
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@fitheach Christine...
(DIR) Post #ADdSz1Jk342cBgpeoS by fitheach@mstdn.io
2021-11-21T19:38:33Z
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@Nasenspray That's her uniquely identified then. ๐
(DIR) Post #ADdT0whGCOYsR5kcUa by pandora@social.tchncs.de
2021-11-21T19:38:54Z
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@fitheach I have to admit that I can't really remember his first name. He left the company about 10 years ago. But it wasn't Pat, maybe it was Steve, but I'm not sure.@gemlog @Bella
(DIR) Post #ADdTAIHRJyX7yy8Blo by fitheach@mstdn.io
2021-11-21T19:40:35Z
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@pandora Pat was my attempt at a joke. Think about it in combination with his surname.@gemlog @Bella
(DIR) Post #ADdTDhmaxZpLwhKY7s by Nasenspray@metalhead.club
2021-11-21T19:41:11Z
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@fitheach Well, yes. But you'll only find out that she's a surgeon in my town. ๐ฌ
(DIR) Post #ADdTP759EpkrayRqhU by fitheach@mstdn.io
2021-11-21T19:43:16Z
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@Nasenspray Have you ever tried an Internet search for you own name?It doesn't work with my name, I'm as common as muck.
(DIR) Post #ADdTmG5RvNeEBScqtk by pandora@social.tchncs.de
2021-11-21T19:47:27Z
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@fitheach Ah, I was a bit slow on that. Actually, this joke would work even better with another former colleague of mine, whose surname is Mycock. (Luckily, she is a very non-nonsense lady who will have an approriate retort to all the jokes.)@gemlog @Bella
(DIR) Post #ADdTzzr34YN7tWRNjs by fitheach@mstdn.io
2021-11-21T19:49:56Z
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@pandora Wow! Even better.@gemlog @Bella
(DIR) Post #ADdUBrmutENwLqATTs by vfrmedia@social.tchncs.de
2021-11-21T19:52:04Z
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@fitheach @Nasenspray my real name is duplicated with 10 000 other Gen X lads, mostly around Malaysia and Singapore but with a few in UK, some of them even share the same hobbies and interests (I have to warn anyone who uses Linkedin of this duplication)Younger people with same ancestry more often have a full Chinese name with the two Chinese characters (often transliterated into Western characters) following their Western given name and family name..
(DIR) Post #ADdUY6AI7JrlJNhbEG by vfrmedia@social.tchncs.de
2021-11-21T19:56:01Z
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@fitheach @Nasenspray my real name is duplicated with around 10 000 other Gen X lads, mostly from Malaysia and Singapore but with a few in UK, some of them even share the same hobbies and interests (I have to warn anyone who uses Linkedin of this duplication)Younger people with same ancestry more often have a full Chinese name with the two Chinese characters (often transliterated into Western characters) following their Western given name and family name..
(DIR) Post #ADdV8Umw2tFm6X8Jfs by Nasenspray@metalhead.club
2021-11-21T20:02:39Z
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@fitheach Yes. I'm lucky. There's a country music duo with my names ๐(But you'll also find stuff from work I made, so I'm not completely incognito).
(DIR) Post #ADdYfWKRdfSiIiFJdw by fitheach@mstdn.io
2021-11-21T20:42:15Z
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@Nasenspray I know of an Anya in country music (well, Bluegrass mostly).I wonder if... ๐
(DIR) Post #ADdaFfRFLXVGvvEAYS by Luke@mastodon.sdf.org
2021-11-21T20:59:59Z
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@fitheach @Nasenspray as far as I can tell thereโs only 1 other person with my name in the UK and theyโre a petty criminal so first page of results is stories about them in court!
(DIR) Post #ADdaP0ErNgcw3Asx8K by Nasenspray@metalhead.club
2021-11-21T21:01:39Z
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@fitheach Hinkle? No. ๐๐
(DIR) Post #ADdaPW3H6INEiVi9WC by Luke@mastodon.sdf.org
2021-11-21T21:01:43Z
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@fitheach family names are usually either someoneโs son, place, geographical feature, occupation, colour. Guessing Ramsbottom is place (sorry to ruin your joke).
(DIR) Post #ADdaPtdvOCM9sq2FKy by fitheach@mstdn.io
2021-11-21T21:01:46Z
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@Luke Aye, right! It is you, isn't it?@Nasenspray
(DIR) Post #ADdal6LzKIMJO0kzRo by fitheach@mstdn.io
2021-11-21T21:05:40Z
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@Nasenspray That was my guess. I don't know any other Anyas in country music.
(DIR) Post #ADdaytxSD5M0znrU36 by fitheach@mstdn.io
2021-11-21T21:08:10Z
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@Luke Yes, that was my thinking, too.Perhaps, Ramsbottom was near to Crinkley Bottom.
(DIR) Post #ADdcGwdt4Hd8UJsR5U by aujawindar@snabelen.no
2021-11-21T21:22:34Z
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@fitheach This thread is getting long, but there's room for one more, I hope? An acquaintance of mine bears the family name Aspenes - completely innocuous in Norway, but not if you pronounce it in English. He told me of his adventures on visits to the USA, still makes me grin. He was just happy his first name wasn't Odd Bent, also perfectly normal Scandinavian names.
(DIR) Post #ADdcSmuF5oqJlbArU8 by aujawindar@snabelen.no
2021-11-21T21:24:46Z
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@fitheach This thread is getting long, but there's room for one more, I hope? An acquaintance of mine bears the surname Aspenes - completely innocuous in Norway (it's a place name), but not if you pronounce it in English. He told me of his adventures on visits to the USA, still makes me grin. He was just happy his first name wasn't Odd Bent, also perfectly normal Scandinavian names.
(DIR) Post #ADdcWrCj3RMUFtlBHU by fitheach@mstdn.io
2021-11-21T21:25:31Z
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@aujawindar Always room for one more.
(DIR) Post #ADdeKN6lKEllLa92tE by Hyolobrika@fedi.club
2021-11-21T21:45:41.638430Z
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@fitheach @aujawindar When I was a child, my brother and I played with two Dutch brothers whose father's name was Sikko, pronounced "SIH-koe" (/หsษชkoส/ I think).
(DIR) Post #ADeBaIR9kzmNyrswgC by alan@blimey.social
2021-11-22T03:58:17Z
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@fitheach I went to school with someone named Max Payn. Back then, he wanted to be a doctor but I think he went into animatronics/prosthetics for TV/film.
(DIR) Post #ADeXPuYhsXzW1Gs01I by Luke@mastodon.sdf.org
2021-11-22T08:02:55Z
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@fitheach ๐
(DIR) Post #ADeqFoWZMH2JXMljiS by stevenhorner@mastodon.social
2021-11-22T11:33:57Z
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@fitheach we had a teacher at school called Mrs Badcock. The joke was that her husband was called Iver. He wasn't.
(DIR) Post #ADgxQkD8p7GhL9lDlo by fitheach@mstdn.io
2021-11-23T12:03:50Z
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@alan Max is such a useful name for these funny combinations. Always makes me think of the animated character Max Headroom.
(DIR) Post #ADhOhxqI5oafIpVYoa by fitheach@mstdn.io
2021-11-23T17:09:30Z
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@stevenhorner William?
(DIR) Post #ADhOkA2jhZM1ioNQ5w by mindshoot@mastodon.xyz
2021-11-22T15:55:00Z
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@pandora @fitheach @Wizardofosmium I had maths lectures at university from Doctor D'Eath...
(DIR) Post #ADlHn0jTbEFH5GABnc by clacke@libranet.de
2021-11-24T00:26:15Z
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@aujawindar @fitheach In Scandinavian first names, Puke is not the best one to have when working internationally. Love is better in comparison.
(DIR) Post #ADlHn1CXr9UuXPlP6m by fitheach@mstdn.io
2021-11-25T14:10:48Z
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@clacke Gives a whole new meaning to "All You Need Is Love".@aujawindar