I wasn't going to say anything but.....
My father has a 2nd cousin from Oklahoma named Clark Clark.
No kidding. No stories. I've spoken to the man. He goes by CTwo.
Cruel. Just plain cruel.
Mike
Robert Duquette <RobertDuquette@Sympatico.ca> wrote:
> Once upon a time, a co-worker asked a man of Chinese origin how he ended up
with a name of George Cronawroski. The man replied that, when he was in the
line behind someone named George Cronawroski at immigration, he was asked
what his name was and he had replied "Sam Ting".
-----Original Message-----
From Andrew.Griffith at ReadRite.com
To: spridgets@autox.team.net
Date: August 8, 2000 2:35 PM
Subject: RE: Cruel Parents
>I work with a Chinese immigrant who upon arriving in the states did not
>anglicize his name to something we could all read, let alone pronounce. He
>changed his first name "Washing" and his last to "Ton"... "Washington".
>I also work with the fastest talking guy I ever met, he's from India and
his
>name give at birth is "Johnny Mechanical".
>And another guy (who's not sure if he's AC or DC... if you know what I
mean)
>has the name "Sonny Breeze", and he claims it's his real name.
>No Joke...
>-Drew
>-----Original Message-----
>From: conan@ralvm8.vnet.ibm.com [mailto:conan@ralvm8.vnet.ibm.com]
>Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2000 10:08 AM
>To: spridgets@autox.team.net
>Subject: re: Cruel Parents
>
>
> I used to work with a guy named Peter Moss.
> I knew a girl named Rufus Chatfield
> I keep threatening to name a daughter 'Barbara Ann'.
> Ed Conen (in NC) ;-)
>
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