The school i went to had the biggest collection of odd names I have ever encountered. When i tell people they often dont believe me. We had two biology teachers one was Mr allcock and other Mr Xmas.
Friend called Woodcock. He was alway known as timberdick.
I love McSporran .
One of my primary called teachers had the same surname, but because of our ages at the time, I don't think anyone cotton on as to how 'jokey' it could be!
My surname is Biggs (Fathers side) and I've never met anyone with the same surname. The surname on my mothers side is Coward so both surnames are quite odd.
Ronnie and Noel of those two ilks made names for themselves in rather different ways.
Two surnames which I thought were made up but are apparently real -
Isbister (as in Mr. Isbister)
Alucard (in the film 'Dracula AD 1972' Prof Van Helsing helpfully spells it out backwards for any slow viewers).
I had a client whose surname was Funnel and her first name was Tammy. Every time I saw her I had a certain image in my head. Lovely girl. She owned a laundrette.
I had a client whose surname was Funnel and her first name was Tammy. Every time I saw her I had a certain image in my head. Lovely girl. She owned a laundrette.
The horse rider Pippa Funnel.
Apparently a few giggles when she has to go for a drugs test under her given name.
I went to school with someone whose surname was Crapper. That's not a "kids at school taking the piss" surname, that's an "everyone taking the piss for your whole life" surname.
There was an ice hockey player/referee with the same name. He changed it to Crapier.
One of the teachers at my old high school was called Mr. Lennie and another was Dr. Hollywood - both real I can assure you. I have never came across anyone else with those surnames.
I once spoke to a Mr N Zealander on the phone at work.
This reminds me of an old joke that I read in an American magazine.
A man was trying to trace a person named Sexauer.
He rang an office in New York, where he'd been told that the person may work.
When the phone was answered, he said, "Do you have a Sexauer there?"
The reply came, "Are you kidding?"
"We're lucky if we get a coffee break!"
The TV presenter Carole Smillie's name is apparently derived from Smellie. Could be an urban myth though.
I'm sure it's true.
It's always sounded very contrived to me, the way they emphasised it as "Smiley Smiley Carole Smillie"' . Surely 'Smillie' should rhyme with 'Millie', not 'Miley'.
On another note, there's an estate agent in Reading called Vanderpump & Wellbelove.
It's always sounded very contrived to me, the way they emphasised it as "Smiley Smiley Carole Smillie"' . Surely 'Smillie' should rhyme with 'Millie', not 'Miley'.
That's assuming that English spelling is an infallible guide to pronunciation. Which it ain't!
The amount of sniggers she got if she had to say it when we were out.
She was a very pretty girl though which more than made up for it.
My cousin's ex wife's surname was Pratt - she told him after they split up that she married him for his surname as she didn't want to be a Pratt anymore (to be fair, she turned out to be a massive pratt in general).
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Our surname isn't that unusual but the spelling isn't what people expect.
Her christian name is a Welsh one that most English people don't seem to have come across.
Thankfully, in social circles, she's known by her middle name which is fairly plain and ordinary.
One place she worked she had a supervisor/manager by the name of O'nion!!
One of my primary called teachers had the same surname, but because of our ages at the time, I don't think anyone cotton on as to how 'jokey' it could be!
Ronnie and Noel of those two ilks made names for themselves in rather different ways.
Isbister (as in Mr. Isbister)
Alucard (in the film 'Dracula AD 1972' Prof Van Helsing helpfully spells it out backwards for any slow viewers).
The amount of sniggers she got if she had to say it when we were out.
She was a very pretty girl though which more than made up for it.
The TV presenter Carole Smillie's name is apparently derived from Smellie. Could be an urban myth though.
Apparently a few giggles when she has to go for a drugs test under her given name.
Phillipa Funnel
There was an ice hockey player/referee with the same name. He changed it to Crapier.
German surname. Anything with a d and t together typically will be German in origin.
This reminds me of an old joke that I read in an American magazine.
A man was trying to trace a person named Sexauer.
He rang an office in New York, where he'd been told that the person may work.
When the phone was answered, he said, "Do you have a Sexauer there?"
The reply came, "Are you kidding?"
"We're lucky if we get a coffee break!"
At work I have come across the names Mycock and W ank {she pronounced it 'wonk')
Yes , it is fairly common around the Nottingham area.
I'm sure it's true.
It's always sounded very contrived to me, the way they emphasised it as "Smiley Smiley Carole Smillie"' . Surely 'Smillie' should rhyme with 'Millie', not 'Miley'.
On another note, there's an estate agent in Reading called Vanderpump & Wellbelove.
That's assuming that English spelling is an infallible guide to pronunciation. Which it ain't!
Yes, but people with comical surnames often bend them out of shape. The Hyacinth Bucket syndrome.
My cousin's ex wife's surname was Pratt - she told him after they split up that she married him for his surname as she didn't want to be a Pratt anymore (to be fair, she turned out to be a massive pratt in general).
I have a friend with the surname Vint which is a name I hadn't come across before I met him.