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best name ever? (pg. 2)
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| pkcRAISTLIN |
| one of my work's clients is called thorhammer beowulf. or beowulf thorhammer, i forget which way around they were. |
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| Danny Ocean |
| quote: | Originally posted by igottaknow
I can think of worse
Max E. Pad |
MAx Valentine is cool though. |
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| Lira |
| quote: | Originally posted by PivotTechno
There's a rather renowned botanist who just happens to be named Michael Pollan.
close enough. |
That's what they call an Aptronym.
William Wordsworth is by far my favourite example. It's almost as if he became a poet because of his name :p |
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| Trance Nutter |
Misty Hyman.
US Olympic swimmer, won gold in 2000.
If you've got Hyman as a surname, why, WHY would you use an adjective for a firstname? |
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| Ian |
Ben wins.
I also lol at Hilfenhaus, mostly because when said fast 5 times you tend to go crazy.
A friend of mines mother was named Elizabeth Betty by a drunken father at the registration offices. That brought laughs often. |
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| Domesticated |
| Also, I went to school with a kid called Likit Angsuwatjarakorn. His brother's name was Tospol. |
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| GoSpeedGo! |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lira
That's what they call an Aptronym. |
| quote: | | Anna Smashnova, tennis player |
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| Trance Nutter |
I know him (professionally, not personally). Works up the street from me. |
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| aquila |
| I've spoken to him on the phone too. That's why I thought of him :P |
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