I have a distant cousin whose parents let him choose his own first name when he
reached the age of twelve. Up until then everyone called him "Buddy" (last name
Sexton). The name he chose? "Hiawatha Rosebud Sexton". True story.
Rick
Andrew.Griffith@ReadRite.com wrote:
> I have a distant relative named "Griffith Griffith".
> -Drew
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mgraziano@mindspring.com [mailto:mgraziano@mindspring.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2000 3:54 PM
> To: Robert Duquette
> Cc: spridgets@autox.team.net
> Subject: Cruel Parents - not kidding
>
> 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@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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