The Registry of Obscene Names

[KvHagedorn]

Alright, let's get a compendium going of all those names that just sound wrong. Reply with a single name.. accolades if it's one of your own invention. I'll start with a classic..

Mike Hunt

[agallag]

Ivan Joyderpuss

(not my own)

[agallag]

Mike Oxbig

[KvHagedorn]

Randy Ho

(afaik, it's my own invention. )

[agallag]

Philip McCavity

[KvHagedorn]

Harry Sphincter

[Helevitia]

Liqin Dong

This is a real name of an employee at my work and she pronounces that way too.

[KvHagedorn]

Harry Pitts

btw, how does she deal with constantly being Liqin Dong?

[RhinoZ]

How about..
Hugh Jass

[KvHagedorn]

Good one.. and his Grandpa in the old country was called..

Hugh Jasso

[Helevitia]

Originally posted by KvHagedorn
Harry Pitts

btw, how does she deal with constantly being Liqin Dong?

My theory....she has no idea what liqin dong means. I don't think anyone has told her. I mean, the first time I heard it, I about choked on my water.

I was sitting in class, she got up to speak and said, "Good morning, my name is liqin dong and I'll be teaching about...."

Dave

Oh, and one other good story about her name. I was in a meeting. My co-worker sitting next to me. I grabbed his laptop and typed her name in the company directory. I slid the laptop back over to him. He stared at the screen for a few seconds. Suddenly he just lost it. I didn't expect that reaction out of him so I lost it. We both proceeded to jiggle without making a sound. I had tears literally squirting out of my eyes. If someone had told me that I would have made it through that meeting without laughing, I would have called them a liar. After what seemed like several minutes, I left the room to go compose myself. Upon my return, I couldn't look at my co-worker thw whole meeting. I was having a hard enough time just being in the same room. Man, that plan backfired!

[Jon P. Inghram]

I'm still waiting for Depends to become Dick Trickle's main sponsor in NASCAR.

[agallag]

Back when I was in tech support, we had a customer named Phong Kew.

Similarly, my brother had a TA in university named Phoque Woo.

If it was me, once I realized the alternate meaning of my name, I'd just respond to "what's your name?" with "Uh... you can call me Bob"

[KvHagedorn]

Remember Long Duk Dong from the movie Sixteen Candles?

No wonder so many Asians get Anglicized names when they move here.

Oh well, to continue, one of Bart Simpson's favorites:

Mike Rotch

[VJ]

And another one from Bart Simpson:
Ivana Tinkle

edit: Here is a list of those used in The Simpons: http://www.snpp.com/guides/moe_calls.html