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Previously on "Unfortunate names"
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My son started high school this week. He said one of his new teachers mispronounced an Arabic kid named 'Anas' while reading through the register, and the whole class started laughing.
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I've worked with a lot of Indians and there's plenty there!
Kerala: Prince George (really), George Michael
Punjabi: Sukhdeep, Happy
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Originally posted by vetran View Post
I fought him once, luckily an adult saved my neck. After that Mike was nice(ish) to me.
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Swear blind, 100% true. We had a Richard Head in my year at school.
Not sure why (we weren't a particularly kind bunch) but he was always called by his full first name.
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Ah, yes. I remember Richard Ball. Known as Dick to his schoolmates.
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Originally posted by vetran View Post
not a secondary school in Surrey?
Strangely he was the toughest B'stard in the school.
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May I refer the honourable brethren to this fine tome:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Potty-Fartw.../dp/075531655X
I actually have it, given to me by a secret santa many years ago.
It contains gems such as (randomly picked)
Curley Bush
Sarah Smallass
Lotta Rump
Gentle Fudge
Al Dente
Holly Berry
Susanna Smelly
William Sodoff
Names derived from the C-word cover a good two pages!
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Originally posted by jamesbrown View Post
That is feckin’ ridiculous . Might as well be Dick Todger McPenisCock.
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Originally posted by sadkingbilly View Postshared a house with a john thomas alcock (he called himself tommy, but his giro arrived while he was still crashed one day )
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