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| Skandinav Hexaglot Senior Member Denmark Joined 6887 days ago 139 posts - 145 votes  Speaks: Danish*, English, German, Russian, Swedish, Norwegian | Message 9 of 140 20 January 2006 at 5:34am | IP Logged |
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Especially foreign names can be fun. For example some foreign names sounds hilarious for Danes:
Janice Knepper (Janice f**ks) German name: Dr. Bernhart Rumpe (Bernhart Ass) Norwegian name: Niels Røv (Niels Ass) Taber Industries (Loser Industries) Wiliam Lort Lewis (William Crap Lewis) Potsdams Institut for Klima (abbr. PIK) (DICK) Indian professor: Dr. Anil Kumar Diksh*t Ron Kusse (Ron Pussy) Norwegian: Rolv Bræk (Rolv Vomit) Mike Nosser (Mike Balls) 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| ymapazagain Senior Member Australia myspace.com/amywiles Joined 6959 days ago 504 posts - 538 votes Speaks: English* Studies: SpanishB2 | Message 10 of 140 23 January 2006 at 9:07am | IP Logged |
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I always laugh when I see someone who has the name Longbottom or Sidebottom. My own boyfriends last name is Bumford which makes me giggle. I remember some funny names of kids I went to school with. One girl was unfortunate to have the last name of Hoare. Another boy was stuck with Dumbe.
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| Walshy Triglot Senior Member Australia Joined 6942 days ago 335 posts - 365 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, German | Message 11 of 140 27 January 2006 at 12:45am | IP Logged |
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I have seen a Cockburn and a Woodcock, thats about it. I've never met a Richard Kranium, but there must be one out there somewhere. Edited by Walshy on 27 January 2006 at 12:50am 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| owshawng Senior Member United States Joined 6886 days ago 202 posts - 217 votes Speaks: English* | Message 12 of 140 31 January 2006 at 1:00am | IP Logged |
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I know of a Peter Wacker and a Richard Hertz. In Australia there is a tv reporter named Harry Potter. I laugh everytime I see him.
My Taiwanese in-laws can't say my name, Aaron. They always call me allen. I wouldn't mind if it meant something cool like roaring tiger, but alas it means duck egg in Taiwanese. Who wants to be called duck egg? My wife laughs everytime they try to say my name. Edited by owshawng on 31 January 2006 at 1:03am 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Raistlin Majere Trilingual Hexaglot Senior Member Spain uciprotour-cycling.c Joined 7152 days ago 455 posts - 424 votes 7 sounds Speaks: English*, Spanish*, Catalan*, FrenchA1, Italian, German Studies: Swedish | Message 13 of 140 31 January 2006 at 6:21pm | IP Logged |
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There is also the name of the German football player Bastian Schweinsteiger, which means "swineherd".
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| administrator Hexaglot Forum Admin Switzerland FXcuisine.com Joined 7376 days ago 3094 posts - 2987 votes 12 sounds Speaks: French*, EnglishC2, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian Personal Language Map | Message 14 of 140 01 February 2006 at 1:30am | IP Logged |
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I've heard in an auction in Paris a bid made by a 'Monsieur Faussaire' (Mister Forger). I was sitting next to the expert and he told the 'Commissaire Priseur' (the guy with the hammer) This guy better not make you a cheque!. It really happened to me.
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| omicron Senior Member United States Joined 7121 days ago 125 posts - 132 votes Speaks: English* | Message 15 of 140 09 February 2006 at 7:13pm | IP Logged |
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Here's one that's somewhat well known in the US, and very well known in Texas, since she was a daughter of a former governor.
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| Linas Octoglot Senior Member Lithuania Joined 6912 days ago 253 posts - 279 votes 5 sounds Speaks: Lithuanian*, Russian, Latvian, French, English, German, Spanish, Polish Studies: Slovenian, Greek, Hungarian, Arabic (Written), Portuguese | Message 16 of 140 10 February 2006 at 1:58am | IP Logged |
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There was once a president of Finland Svinhufvud whose name means "pig's head" in Swedish. Poor finish president! Maybe some swedish speaking bureaucrat got angry on his grand-grandfather and wrote such funny name.
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