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Originally posted by Sushipunk I met a girl called "Icicle" last week

Ow that's pretty bad, on a scale of 1-10 I'd give it an 8!

At least I can use my middle name as a first name, so it doesn't sound like mum was tripping on analgesics when she thought it was a good idea. Sort of helps when creating a first impression that your parents where not rampaging drug fiends.

Yeah, it seemed like there were at least two Jennifers in every class when I was going to school.

Of course, it was much the same experience for me: at one point I even played on a soccer team where three other guys had the same name as I did, lol. My parents certainly weren't bucking the trends. But my first name is my dad's middle name, so maybe it was that rather than just the popularity.

I went to school with a kid called Brain. We thought he was a bit of a show off, but it turned out his parents were dyslexic.

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Originally posted by Lilith At least I can use my middle name as a first name

Can't you just pull a Lira or an Acton and introduce yourself by your family name?

I mean, my first name is not exactly uncommon... Marcus Vinicius is just a tad bit long

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Originally posted by Sushipunk I met a girl called "Icicle" last week

There is an annual topic at a national radio show over here. Two DJ's made it up, it's called "Schaamnaam", "Shame name" and it's really funny. They look for the most funny names of people. Here are some:

Lira, see how far your Dutch brings you

Bennie Thuis _____________ "I'm not home" when "translated".
2008: Stanley Messie ______ "Stanley knife" when "translated" "messie" like a tiny knife
2009: Fokje Modder _______ "Fuck y'r mother" when "translated", Actually "modder" is dirt in Dutch
2010: Con Domen _________ obvious -en = -s "translated"
2012: Hendy Keppy _______ "handicap (py)" like "tiny handicap".

Also one of my favorites: Justin Kees "Just in case"

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Originally posted by Trance-MB There is an annual topic at a national radio show over here. Two DJ's made it up, it's called "Schaamnaam", "Shame name" and it's really funny. They look for the most funny names of people. Here are some: Lira, see how far your Dutch brings you Bennie Thuis _____________ "I'm not home" when "translated". 2008: Stanley Messie ______ "Stanley knife" when "translated" "messie" like a tiny knife 2009: Fokje Modder _______ "Fuck y'r mother" when "translated", Actually "modder" is dirt in Dutch 2010: Con Domen _________ obvious -en = -s "translated" 2012: Hendy Keppy _______ "handicap (py)" like "tiny handicap". Also one of my favorites: Justin Kees "Just in case"

The "Bennie Thuis" one took me a while, hehe.

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Originally posted by Lira The "Bennie Thuis" one took me a while, hehe.

Yeah, that's a really nice one "Ben niet thuis"

Do other languages also have such funny combinations especially after being "translated" to another language like English here?

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Originally posted by Lilith So what heinous things have you done in this life or a past one that warranted being sent to the absolute middle of nowhere? I'd make fun of the rubbish airstrip except for the fact I've dumped planes on worse.

R u kidding, I love it out here lol

Here's mine. Definitely the best ISP for technical service

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Originally posted by Lira What happened in the 70's?! Most common girl names (sorted by state).

Wow, that hivemind

anyone here know much about Git?

Stu is a massive git if that helps

you can fork things

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Originally posted by Lilith Stu is a massive git if that helps

LOL, it's true

Least with all the other gits here you're in good company

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Originally posted by citric_acid anyone here know much about Git?

Yep.

Use it with Emacs a lot.

Which is why we haves a 2nd amendment

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...in-8899329.html

Red coats, if you see one, shoot them.

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Originally posted by Lagrangian Which is why we haves a 2nd amendment

Who's we?

And now for the boys:



There's less variability here... but it's quite telling that for a number of years the most common name in Texas was - wait for it - Jose!

I was going to ask you if you have one of Brazil but I assume everywhere south of Texas goes from Miguel to Jose.

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Originally posted by Jon_Snow I was going to ask you if you have one of Brazil but I assume everywhere south of Texas goes from Miguel to Jose.

I was going to correct you because I've met just a few Josés in my life time, but turns out you're half right

Most common boy names in Brazil (2013):

1. José
   
2. Antônio
   
3. João
   
4. Francisco
   
5. Luiz
   
6. Paulo
   
7. Carlos
   
8. Manoel
   
9. Pedro
   
10. Marcos
    
11. Raimundo
    
12. Sebastião
    
13. Marcelo
    
14. Jorge
    
15. Geraldo
    
16. Luís
    
17. Fernando
    
18. Fábio
    
19. Roberto
    
20. André

But, for the love of God, don't ever call a Brazilian José by the Spanish pronunciation. He's likely to feel insulted by "Hoe-say", so just say "Zhoo-ze(p)" (you're not supposed to pronounce the "p", but pretend there is just so you get the vowel right).

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Originally posted by Lira [*]Jorge

This one is pronounced "Hor-Hay" or something, right?

My accent wants to say it exactly like George

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Originally posted by Sushipunk This one is pronounced "Hor-Hay" or something, right? My accent wants to say it exactly like George

Your own accent got it closer. It's "ZHOR-zhee" (can't really spell it in English, but it's the same "o" as in "hot" for you). Say it in English, as you normally would, and we'll just assume it's the correct pronunciation with a thick accent

Consonants in Portuguese sound closer to their English counterparts than you'd expect from the proximity to Spanish.

(I will read the names for you both when I get home)

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Originally posted by Lira I was going to correct you because I've met just a few Josés in my life time, but turns out you're half right Most common boy names in Brazil (2013): José ... André [Source] No Miguéis on the list though

I don't know if you knew this but Brazil is a big country (almost as large as the USA).

So is Jesus (gees-us) or (hay-zeus)?

Lira reading the 20 most common names + Jesus in Portuguese

There you go

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