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my first name is hubert but everyone and their mother likes to read my name and say hurbert.

ITS HUBERT GOD D%#$MIT THERES NO R AFTER THE U YOU BLIND PEOPLE!!!!!

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my real last name is also one shared by a Warner Bros. cartoon character. Every new person I meet believes they are the first one to make the connection.

Har-dee-har-har.
:disgust:
 
Originally posted by: KahunaHube
my first name is hubert but everyone and their mother likes to read my name and say hurbert.

ITS HUBERT GOD D%#$MIT THERES NO R AFTER THE U YOU BLIND PEOPLE!!!!!

<end rant>
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I always pronounced it Hubert, Hew-Bear 🙂
 
Originally posted by: TwinkleToes77
Try being named after the little girl on Bewitched... Tabetha... and then there are some people who cant pronounce it. plus i get the "hows samantha and darren doing? can you wiggle your nose? Do you do magic?"

My maiden name isnt much better... Wirtshafter... pronounced Wirt Shafter.... i get wortshafer, worstechier sauce.
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Funny, my name was on that show too. Samantha's cousin's first name. People always like it though. Unlike my old last name. Oy vey! It was the same name as a character in Toy Story. My new last name is the same as a bad restaurant chain. Urgh.
 
Originally posted by: amnesiac
I feel that my middle and last name are sometimes a lot of trouble.

My full name is Steven A Griswold. Note that the A is my ENTIRE middle name. It's pronounced "Ei" in Japanese, and means "Honor" or "Prosperity." It's written like this in Japanese.

I have never gotten so many problems for my middle name until I passed my California Life Insurance exam. They need a FULL name to clear with the state dept. of insurance.
"What's your middle name?"
"A"
"No, your FULL middle name."
"A"
"What's it stand for?"
"Nothing, just A."
This went back and forth for about 10 minutes. The guy refused to acknowledge that my single-letter middle name was valid. Finally he gave in and put (A) on my certificate.

As for my last name, it's Griswold. That should be self explanatory.
I don't think a week has gone by where some person has said something like, "Griswold? Like the movie, right?!" or "Ha ha! Like in 'Vacation!'" or "Do you know a 'Clark?'"
I try my hardest to laugh and not give them a big fat
rolleye.gif
. It was funny maybe the first two hundred thousand times.

Anyone else have interesting or unusual names? I'm talking about you, personally. There's already a dozen threads on "I know this guy whose name is....." and we don't care about people you know. 😛
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<C&C Generals mode>Prosperityyyyyyy</C&C Generals mode>
 
Originally posted by: amnesiac
I feel that my middle and last name are sometimes a lot of trouble.

My full name is Steven A Griswold. Note that the A is my ENTIRE middle name. It's pronounced "Ei" in Japanese, and means "Honor" or "Prosperity." It's written like this in Japanese.

I have never gotten so many problems for my middle name until I passed my California Life Insurance exam. They need a FULL name to clear with the state dept. of insurance.
"What's your middle name?"
"A"
"No, your FULL middle name."
"A"
"What's it stand for?"
"Nothing, just A."
This went back and forth for about 10 minutes. The guy refused to acknowledge that my single-letter middle name was valid. Finally he gave in and put (A) on my certificate.

As for my last name, it's Griswold. That should be self explanatory.
I don't think a week has gone by where some person has said something like, "Griswold? Like the movie, right?!" or "Ha ha! Like in 'Vacation!'" or "Do you know a 'Clark?'"
I try my hardest to laugh and not give them a big fat
rolleye.gif
. It was funny maybe the first two hundred thousand times.

Anyone else have interesting or unusual names? I'm talking about you, personally. There's already a dozen threads on "I know this guy whose name is....." and we don't care about people you know. 😛
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Just Like Harry S Truman or John J Muth.

I get plenty of slack for the spelling of my name.

-geoff
 
Originally posted by: csiro
Originally posted by: KahunaHube
my first name is hubert but everyone and their mother likes to read my name and say hurbert.

ITS HUBERT GOD D%#$MIT THERES NO R AFTER THE U YOU BLIND PEOPLE!!!!!

<end rant>
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I always pronounced it Hubert, Hew-Bear 🙂
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omg
 
I get the ole PHIL MCCRACKEN jokes all the time.... Damn you Simpsons!
 
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HeangKoing Chea

yes I have problems with people saying my name and people don't say it properly.

I tell people my name is *Koing* instead of the HeangKoing part. Too much for anyone who doesn't speak Khmer or Chinese to say properly.

Good talking point having to tell girls my name about 3x or so. They will say my name 5 times and it will sound different.

Pronouced like *Gouaug*. You will know it if you know Chinese........
 
My name is Jay, people always ask me what my real name is, Jason? Jarred? Nope, just Jay.
And my girlfriends name is Joey. She nearly had to go to court when she turned 18 because she didn't sign up for the draft 😀
 
Originally posted by: rgwalt
First name is Courtney and I'm a guy. I go by my middle name Ryan though, but everyone eventually finds out about my first name. Also, no one can pronounce my last name correctly, including my boss.

Ryan Gwaltney (galt-nee)
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NO WAY!!!! my last name is courtney and i get ragged on for it. i bet you have it 10* worse than me. i feel your pain man
 
HUGE pet peeve of mine. My Name is Evan Christopher Hyde. I sign everything Evan C. Hyde.

Problems with Evan: It is not Kevin, Bevin, Even, Everett, Ethan, etc. It is not spelled Ivan, Even, Evin, etc. Goddamn bastards need to learn to spell!
Problems with Hyde: Numerous jokes... Hidey hole, Hide and go seek, Formaldehyde, Naugahyde, etc
Problems with Christopher: None.

People never can pronounce or understand my name. Anyone with a foreign accent calls me Evon. Bastards.
 
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