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Why Do People Keep Surnames That Others Will Laugh At?
Styker
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Over the years, I have come across a number of surnames that I'm amazed people keep as they almost certainly will get laughed at a lot about them and I wonder why people keep such names and don't change them. The same goes for people who accept a change in their surname as a result of marriage that will get the same reaction.
I was going to list the name that I remember the most, but even though I'm asking the question, I don't wanna hurt anyone's feelings if they happen to have this surname themselves so I won't mention it but I'm still interested in the answer(s) to my question.
If its because they don't want to end the family name, you gotta ask, don't the rest of the family feel the same and how did such names get started in the first place?
I was going to list the name that I remember the most, but even though I'm asking the question, I don't wanna hurt anyone's feelings if they happen to have this surname themselves so I won't mention it but I'm still interested in the answer(s) to my question.
If its because they don't want to end the family name, you gotta ask, don't the rest of the family feel the same and how did such names get started in the first place?
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A. SMELLIE!!
I'd rather be known as 'Oi, you' than that!
I asked why he doesn't change it and he said it's a great conversation opener and it's much easier to make friends because of it as the relationship always starts off with some self deprecating humour which other people seem to like
besides which, being constantly teased about something can be character building...I know this because my dad used to take me to school in a Robin Reliant
So there's another Rick Astley out there...
I had a letter from my council once - with the name/signature Sonia Smellie.
It's not funny...yet it is. Puerile things are typically funnier than anything created by a script writer 'trying' to be funny.
Worked with a woman who married a man whose last name is "Raper".
There must be quite a few people with the name "Jimmy Savile", and I'd be surprised if no parents had decided to call their daughter "Isis".
When he said his name I burst out laughing and couldn't stay in the area until he left.
I have also worked with a Scott Scott and a Wanda Why.
Also a Mr Bastard, Which can't be too much fun
I had a girlfriend whose surname was Woof. I won't say her first name to protect her, but it was bloody awful too.
Ive just remembered that and it made me smile all over again.
I never get why women change their surnames when they get married, in this day and age. Especially if they exchange an interesting or even brilliant surname for a mundane one. I have a fantastic surname even if I say it myself - my niece married and actually took the man's really boring, everyday surname. I think it's mad.
I had a teacher called Miss Pollock too!
Please tell me it was Ruth, and you knew someone who couldn't pronounce "R" or "th" so they called her Woof Woof!
No, far worse than that.
Maybe they're multiplying? (She was a maths teacher).:cool:
Berkshire area?