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| Yukamina Senior Member Canada Joined 6264 days ago 281 posts - 332 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Japanese, Korean, French | Message 97 of 140 30 October 2009 at 11:36pm | IP Logged | ||
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There's a Canadian comedian named Brent Butt. I wonder if it was his name that got him started in comedy...
In elementary, my music teacher's last name is Dick. We kids could handle that pretty well, but her husband's name is Harry. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Lizzern Diglot Senior Member Norway Joined 5909 days ago 791 posts - 1053 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, English Studies: Japanese | Message 98 of 140 30 October 2009 at 11:43pm | IP Logged | ||
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A translator I know told me about a job he did for a company, the surnames of the two main employees working on the project were "Kulås" and "Sørås". Perfectly normal-sounding surnames in Norwegian, but certainly an interesting duo if you pronounce their names in English...
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| Sennin Senior Member Bulgaria Joined 6034 days ago 1457 posts - 1759 votes 5 sounds | Message 99 of 140 31 October 2009 at 12:00am | IP Logged | ||
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I've always wondered why there are so many people in the UK with parts of their name sounding like 'dick' or 'cock'. Inter-lingual embarrassments are always possible but this is a real mystery. There are also some very unfortunate Bulgarian names, like Лимон (lemon) for example. Ridiculous fruit names are usually inflicted on girls but Лимон is a male name;
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| Ichiro Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 6209 days ago 111 posts - 152 votes Speaks: English*, Japanese, French Studies: Spanish, Mandarin, Korean, Malay | Message 100 of 140 24 February 2010 at 12:32pm | IP Logged | ||
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Blimey! I've just discovered that my company employs a Mr Wankhede. That's fantastic!
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| elvisrules Tetraglot Senior Member BelgiumRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5469 days ago 286 posts - 390 votes Speaks: French, English*, Dutch, Flemish Studies: Lowland Scots, Japanese, German | Message 101 of 140 24 February 2010 at 2:25pm | IP Logged | ||
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I had a great-uncle called Salami. It's a Yoruba name with no relation to the meat.
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| Whisky Triglot Groupie Germany Joined 5945 days ago 63 posts - 64 votes Speaks: German, French*, English Studies: Japanese | Message 102 of 140 24 February 2010 at 3:41pm | IP Logged | ||
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Three of my favourite signs :
- the "Pu King Company" which I saw in HK - the "Chauffagiste Frey" and "Dr. Crevecoeur - cardiologue" in Brussels Edited by Whisky on 24 February 2010 at 3:41pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Iolanthe Diglot Senior Member Netherlands Joined 5641 days ago 410 posts - 482 votes Speaks: English*, DutchC1 Studies: Turkish, French | Message 103 of 140 24 February 2010 at 3:43pm | IP Logged | ||
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There was a German ski jumper in the Olympics called Andreas Wank. A Wank. Edited by Iolanthe on 24 February 2010 at 3:44pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| TixhiiDon Tetraglot Senior Member Japan Joined 5464 days ago 772 posts - 1474 votes Speaks: English*, Japanese, German, Russian Studies: Georgian | Message 104 of 140 24 February 2010 at 11:06pm | IP Logged | ||
Yeah, I saw him too. Difficult to comment without breaking forum rules... 1 person has voted this message useful |
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