Uncomfortable Last Names

[Taki Soma]

I know a person with the last name 'JUELICH'

it's pronounced like 'JEW-LICK'

When people call and asks for this person, they never want to say it the way they think is right. They try to avoid saying it, or say 'Jew-letch' or 'jeuwe-lick' or something like that. They chop it to avoid saying her last name correctly. I don't know why, but most feel uncomfortable, and when I correct them, they usually come back with a nervous laugh and tells me that they thought it was like 'jew-lick', but wasn't sure.... so why not say it like the way you thought it should be the first time?

Anyone else know names of either last or first that people find uncomfortable?

[nihilance]

Raper
Glasscock

[Black Roman]

Dick Butkis. <--- real name.

[AAlgar]

Worked with a guy with the last name "Head." He got really sick of people asking if he had a brother named Dick.

[Ray G.]

:rofl:

"Amanda Hugenkiss!" I need Amanda Hugenkiss!"

[Taki Soma]

Raper
Glasscock
oh yea, going through Indiana, there were billboards with a real estate agent's last name 'Raper'

I was shocked.

[WAKKAJAWAKKA]

John Dickenmouth

Wayno.

[Taki Soma]

John Dickenmouth

Wayno.
no way

[WAKKAJAWAKKA]

no way

I Made That Up.

Wayno.

[TIP]

Harrison Patrick Nis.

T

[Patton]

Ted Ifuckdudesrightintheirassesuntilpoocomesoutandthen ieatsaidpoo.

Not a fun guy to have to call out in my English class I tell ya that.

[Olivier E.]

tell that person that her name is actually pronounced jewelish but she could also go with Julish, because in english you don't use ü, so her name may have been changed from Jülisch to Juelich over the years

[Yano]

I knew this kid in school whose last name was Hertz. Rumor was that his dad's name was Richard, but his friends called him 'Dick'.

[HoneyDippinDan]

When I worked at a call center, I talked to Mrs. Pee (my buddy was sitting beside me and was cracking up because I was having a hard time not laughing), a man actually named Beavis, a man named Bueatrix, a woman named Conception (first name) and I checked and we had three customers named Richard Head. I also used to ride the school bus with a guy named Ben Dover.

[copypastepuke]

i called a man named SOOPERMAN VAJAYJAY to solicit him for donations to umass.

[Patton]

I knew this kid in school whose last name was Hertz. Rumor was that his dad's name was Richard, but his friends called him 'Dick'.
I don't get it.

[dako]

"Bendis" ;)


okay ,one day back in high school, this was announced over the loudspeaker:

"Would the following people please report to the office:
Tucker Blose
Chris Dick ..."

and hilarity ensued.

[Taki Soma]

I Made That Up.

Wayno.
oh

[Pat Loika]

From hotels alone:

Bangasser
Cocks
Tampon
Assman (pronounced 'Ausmund' apparently)
Glasscock
Asscroft
Dickery
Kinky

There's more...

P.

[Brian Defferding]

Lipschitz

Raper was mentioned before - I saw a roadsign on my way to Columbus for "Tom Raper Automotive"....scary!

[Olivier E.]

A friend of mine, his last name is Casnaova. every time when I present him to a girl, I say this is Casanova(I always use the last name with male persons), they never believe it.

[AAlgar]

Once I had to deliver a pizza to "I.C. Weiner." But he wasn't there, and I ended up getting frozen in a cryogenic tube thing for a thousand years.

[Keith P.]

My first and last name combined. Many times I looked at my parents and screamed "What the hell were you thinking!!!??"

Keith is my middle name.


And no, I'm not telling.

[Taki Soma]

Lipschitz

Raper was mentioned before - I saw a roadsign on my way to Columbus for "Tom Raper Automotive"....scary!
yea! I saw that one too. thought it was in Indiana...

[Yano]

I don't get it.

Dick Hertz. ;-)

[Patton]

Bob Wehadababyit'saboy

[Patton]

Dick Hertz. ;-)
Ah.



Still don't get it.

[Mr. E!]

I taught with a Richard Seaman (Swear to God!)
I had to cold call a man named Hashis Kabop
Someone pranked the front office at the school by leaving a lunch on one of the busses with the name Mahod Johnson (say it out loud) on it. Tried paging him to the office several times.

[krumpy]

I used to go to school with a girl named Amy Knoff. Her dad's first name was Jack.

[M. Sean McManus]

Mine's pretty annoying.

[Keith P.]

yea! I saw that one too. thought it was in Indiana...



Tom Raper is an RV salesguy out of Ohio. He may sell cars now too.


But even as a kid, hearing the commercials for "Raper RV" used to crack me up.

[Brian Defferding]

yea! I saw that one too. thought it was in Indiana...

If I had that last name, I would change it as soon as I could. A simple "i" added in and you get "Rapier", which is far more appealing.

http://www.mwart.com/images/p/Rapiers_German_Rapier_PA891_749.jpg

[adventure metal]

Here in Mennonite country Dyck is a fairly common last name (alternately spelled Dick). A couple generations ago Harry was also a common first name. Not so much anymore.

[M. Sean McManus]

I once met a kid who's name was Adam Jack Zoff.

[TIP]

Inwards
Zipper
Mensink


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[Mike]

I had a substitute teacher in middle school who's name was Harry Dangler. Not a rumor... he confirmed it to our class and much laughter ensued.

Also, I know a girl who dated a kid named Matthew Crotchfelt.

[Thomas Mauer]

I know a person with the last name 'JUELICH'

it's pronounced like 'JEW-LICK'
Really? That's a somewhat common German last name and here, it's pronounced "Yue-litch" but without the T sound (there's not soft CH sound in English so this is the best appriximation. Sorry.)

Weird how pronunciation of names can change from language to language.

[M. Sean McManus]

I also knew a guy who was called Will Faux.

Not really uncomfortable, but I was never sure if was really there.

[Thomas Mauer]

oh, and to add a name: This comes from one of today's Bad Signals:

Jenn O. Cide

[adventure metal]

I had a student teacher named Deushter

[Thomas Mauer]

I had a student teacher named Deushter
How do you pronounce that in English?

[Victor Cabanelas]

My mom had a classmate whose last name was the spanish translation of "Big ass".

A common spanish last name is "Gil" wich is translated as "Fool"

I´m busy now, I´ll see if I can remember some more later

[The Saint]

I also knew a guy who was called Will Faux.

Not really uncomfortable, but I was never sure if was really there.

Isn't Faux pronounced like foe?

[Patton]

Isn't Faux pronounced like foe?
read his second sentence again.

[Nick Hale]

My last name is Hale so I constantly get people making comments or thinking im cursing at them when i'm giving them my last name... plus if you combine my middle initial with my last name you get nhale (inhale) hence my handle on here.

[The Saint]

read his second sentence again.

oh, okay.

[stevapalooza]

I found a guy in the phone book once named Chung kee dik. Swear to god.

[Travis M. Bierwagen]

I had a telemarketing job once working for one of our state Senators and this guys name kept popping up on the call lists every night... Dick Gooby... :lol:

We all started to think it was a fake, because he was never home, but one night I got ahold of him and when I asked "Am I speaking to Dick Gooby?" the whole office exploded into laughter and I had to hang up. :Oops:

Then we found out that not only was he a real person, he was a MAJOR contributor to the campaign I was working for.

[DungeonMasterJim]

One of my first jobs was laying out the names to be inscribed on gravestones. There are two names I'll never forget:

Hackendorf

Glasscock


DM Jim :lol:

[pornbot2.5]

An actor we hired for a TV commercial was named Steven Lickdyke.

[Shepherd]

My Grandpa was in the army with a guy named Kenny Cume (Which everyone in the army pronounced "Cum" instead of "Coom" like it should be).

I was at a restaurant once, and they kept calling out "Woodcock, table of four." My friend couldn't hold in his laughter even though they were sitting right next to us.

I also knew a family named "head." Ray Head (the youngest son) was one of the stupidest people I ever met.

In middle school, I went knew a girl named Sarah Rector. It was even funnier when we learned her middle name was Elizabeth (Sarah E. Rector), especially because she was actually hot.

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[ihategravity]

My brother went to school with a Mike Hunt.

I have a student whose name is Jake Guber. I know it's not really uncomfortable, but I'd hate to have a name that was the same as goober.

[THWIP!]

I knew 2 kids in high school named Sachs and Cox, they were friends. And of my teachers was named Pusiteri, her nickname was pussyhairy.

[RED!]

Hickenbottom.
Plumbo
Taha

[Foolish Mortal]

Really? That's a somewhat common German last name and here, it's pronounced "Yue-litch" but without the T sound (there's not soft CH sound in English so this is the best appriximation. Sorry.)

Weird how pronunciation of names can change from language to language.

'You-Lick' is fairly humorous too. :D

I'm surprised no one said 'Gaylord' yet. :blah:

Also another good one is 'Dumas', which is pronounced 'Doo-Mass' but smart-ass kids will pronounce as 'Dumb-Ass'. :lol:

[Jonny Z]

Harry Paratestes is my new prank call name of choice

[Foolish Mortal]

Oh and I almost forgot...Harry Cox. :lol:

[Shev]

http://www.thehumorsource.com/pictures/1349.jpg

[moonspider]

willie stroker lovescock?

[LordKinbote]

Let's see. My dad's name is Will Handelman. I know a girl named September August.

My girlfriend's sister's last name is Dick, and they live next to the Nutsmores.

I really want to introduce someone to both families and ask him his opinion, just to get him to say "Well, I liked Dick, but I really like Nutsmore."

[LordKinbote]

Oh, and once I was driving and saw one of those billboards that is split in half to allow for two advertisements. One was for a local strip joint.

The other was a political ad, asking you to vote for Judge Lust.

[Need_A_Kiss]

Michael Niggemann

my German exchange student.

His last name is pronounced Nigger-Mmmen... he was telling me how much of a difficult time he had in the States whenever he had to say his name.

[Persevering Guy]

If I have a daughter, she get's the mother's last name.

[Mike Haseloff]

Oakey isn't a terrible surname, unless you're a girl named Carrie.

HELLO! :?

[CapnChaos]

Nipple. My jr. high art teacher knew a girl who married a guy named Kermit Nipple. The worst part: Her nickname was Rosie.

[TonyFleecs]

My 4th grade teacher's maiden name was Boob.

[Corey A.]

I got a call at my work from a guy name Pung Tang once

[WAKKAJAWAKKA]

I got a call at my work from a guy name Pung Tang once

I'd Never Fight A Guy Named Pung Tang. I Dunno Why, I Just Wouldn't.

Wayo.

[Jastermereel]

I went to highschool with a Woodcock. Dumb as a post. It was a memorable day when the teachers followed suit with the students in calling him Woody, not out of spite or in a snickering way...but just...well...everyone did and he didn't say anything to the contrary.

[Marc Lombardi]

When I was 13 or 14 I used to be in a band with a guy named Ronnie Dickum. And he had the nerve to make fun of MY last name. Last I heard, he changed his last name to Riley at some point in his late teens.

[james michael]

i had a teacher named richard cockram...

i hit it about 2 years ago...

[james michael]

oh, my grandmas last name is gay, but any of you talk shit on the kindest woman in the world i will kill very, very slowly...

[Jacob Lyon Goddard]

i had a friend in high school named Richard Peter Johnson
i dare anyone to beat that

[james michael]

i had a friend in high school named Richard Peter Johnson
i dare anyone to beat that
dick cockram wins...

[J. R. Scherer]

I have two.

In high school a friend of mine had a stepfather name Richard Rash, but he would absolutely demand that you call him 'Dick'.

Worked a customer service job and had an old lady call in that went by the name 'Mrs. Fuckerstein.'

[james michael]

had a teacher named janice cox, who all the kids called jannys cocks

[greg donovan]

there was a guy who came in to eat whose name was mark conda.

that isnt funny by itself but there is a girl at work who really needs to marry this guy simply fro the name combo alone.

she is a sweet little blonde girl. her name is Anna.

Anna Conda would be the single coolest name ever.

[Georgie]

Well, Cox is my last name. Not too terrible...but G.M. stands for George Michael...

So I got George Michael's cock throughout high school. And of course when he came out in the bathroom...that fucking helped.

[J. R. Scherer]

Well, Cox is my last name. Not too terrible...but G.M. stands for George Michael...

So I got George Michael's cock throughout high school. And of course when he came out in the bathroom...that fucking helped.
HA HA HA!!

I can laugh 'cuz I was in grade school when the character J. R. got shot on Dallas and have heard about it every day since for the last 25 years.

So there.

[The Girl]

Richard P. Enis.

My boyfriend's mom told me about that one.

[RedStarZero]

I knew a girl who got married. Her hyphenated name became Laney Dick-Whitehead.

[Jibberwashed]

I knew the following people in elementary/intermediate/high school living here in Hawaii:
Eric Shin
Eric Chun
Jack Yamada
Jack Mihada

[artimoff]

My sister dated a Dick Waycoff








Junior.

[artimoff]

I also knew an Iva.



Iva Head. :twisted:

[Shannon Chenoweth]

I've got family on my mom's side with the last name Pew.

[Sean Jackson]

I just geek over the fact that my wife's married initals are J.J.J. Eat your heart out, Spidey.

And my mom's maiden name is Nixon... so that's not so hot.

[Jibberwashed]

Oh yeah. Johnson Hung. Swear to god. We didn't even catch it until we were in college.

[Fourthman]

Wow, 87 posts and nobody mentions Kunz, Kuntz or Kuntzler. Impressive. Especially when someone like that hyphenates from a marriage with the Funke family.

[emeraldsundae]

I went to high school with a Gaylord.

[Sean Jackson]

I went to high school with a Gaylord.
And what was his last name?

Zing...

[chris page]

let's see..

went to high school with:

mike hunt (big ass angry looking samoan dude)
richard cox (went by his middle name steve)
peter dang (pronounced dong...)
richard whitehead
and
quoc yu (which i always just thought sounded like a fun name)

[kelemanga]

:rofl:

"Amanda Hugenkiss!" I need Amanda Hugenkiss!"
You suck,
Your jokes suck,
YET YOU ARE A SAINT

[Victor Cabanelas]

I just remembered that I went to school with a guy whose last name was "Tártara" wich is a sauce´s name.

My brother went with a guy with (the translation of) "Huge mass" as a last name.

[Taki Soma]

tell that person that her name is actually pronounced jewelish but she could also go with Julish, because in english you don't use ü, so her name may have been changed from Jülisch to Juelich over the years
I don't reallly think she needs to compromise her name. It is as it should be, and not changed.

[Taki Soma]

Really? That's a somewhat common German last name and here, it's pronounced "Yue-litch" but without the T sound (there's not soft CH sound in English so this is the best appriximation. Sorry.)

Weird how pronunciation of names can change from language to language.
yep, she insists that it's pronounced 'JEW-LICK'

she married into it.

[Generic Poster]

Had a college professor named Handler. Richard Handler. No joke.

[Taki Soma]

Had a college professor named Handler. Richard Handler. No joke.
that's... what were they thinking?

[Generic Poster]

that's... what were they thinking?

They weren't, I guess. Pretty weak. When naming my kids, I tried to go through every mean nickname that could be derived from each potential name.

[Marc Lombardi]

As for first names, I used to work with a guy named Shawn Tran. He came to the U.S. from Vietnam so I asked him what his real first name was and he wouldn't tell me.

I wouldn't let up, so he finally admitted that his first name in Vietnam was...

...wait for it...

DUNG

Yup!

He said to me: "In my country it means strong and brave, but I come here and find out it means shit. So fuck that and now my name is Shawn."

[Fourthman]

As for first names, I used to work with a guy named Shawn Tran. He came to the U.S. from Vietnam so I asked him what his real first name was and he wouldn't tell me.

I wouldn't let up, so he finally admitted that his first name in Vietnam was...

...wait for it...

DUNG

Yup!

He said to me: "In my country it means strong and brave, but I come here and find out it means shit. So fuck that and now my name is Shawn."

Way to be brave.

[changingshades]

Lipschitz

Raper was mentioned before - I saw a roadsign on my way to Columbus for "Tom Raper Automotive"....scary!
yeah, I love those ads here in Indy

"Save today, Tom Raper's way" :shock:

and for the longest time I went by my mom's maiden name, what with being a bastard and all, which was Vanderwier. Everyone thinks it's so funny to say Vanderqueer. haha halarious

right up there with Jon "Will" Dye, let me tell you

fuck people