Unfortunate/Fortunate Names

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I just came across a book with the author's name, J. Tyler Dickovick.

The only person with an unfortunate name I've known has the last name Lipshitz-- a name it seems to me, which would supply a lifetime of ridicule.

How about you? Any unfortunate/fortunate names of people you've heard, or known?

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@Gala,

I went to church with a man named Michael Hunt. He was very insistent that no one shorten his first name.

I also went to high school with a Dick Tracy. He was a bit of a clown so I think he enjoyed being sent to the principals office when he wouldn't tell a substitute teacher his "real" name.

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My initials are G.A.S.
I don't own monogrammed anything.

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@ebrown p,

Oh, that's good. Poor guy.

Come to think of it, I knew a guy named Richard Cox who owned a fancy Ice cream parlor.

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@George,

George, I love that. Although I am sure you've been ridiculed by those who think they're extra clever.

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I have a fortunate one - I know a Christian school teacher her name is Miss Pray (and she used to be a missionary)

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@Gala,

I knew a man whose last name was Glasscock

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@Linkat,

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I have a fortunate one - I know a Christian school teacher her name is Miss Pray (and she used to be a missionary)

The classic name in that genre, of course, is the late Cardinal Sin of the Philippines.

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@Linkat,

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I have a fortunate one - I know a Christian school teacher her name is Miss Pray (and she used to be a missionary)

Now, that's cool

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@mags314772,

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I knew a man whose last name was Glasscock

Deeply unfortuante

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@ebrown p,

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I also went to high school with a Dick Tracy. He was a bit of a clown so I think he enjoyed being sent to the principals office when he wouldn't tell a substitute teacher his "real" name.

It sounds like his parents had a good sense of humor, too.

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@Merry Andrew,

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The classic name in that genre, of course, is the late Cardinal Sin of the Philippines.

Did you make this up?

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@Gala,

He did not.
Jaime Lachica Cardinal Sin, Archbishop of Manila

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@George,

And who sinned with la chica?

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Mrs P. Jolly.

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@Linkat,

Some teachers I have known include Mrs. Teach and Mrs. Kidd.

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@sozobe,

Cute!

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http://texasscribbler.com/images/ImaHogg.jpg

Ima Hogg as a débutante in 1900

Miss Ima Hogg was a famous philanthropist, art collector and patroness of the arts, who donated literally hundreds of valuable works of art, most to the Houston Museum of Fine Arts. She was an important member of the planning committed for the Kennedy Center in Washington. Her father, "Big Jim" Hogg, was a Texas politician, who was later to hold the offices of Attorney General of Texas and Governor. The inferential evidence from correspondence is that for Big Jim, the nickel hadn't dropped, and he was unaware of the unfortunate combination of the two names.

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@sozobe,

That's interesting, since Edward Teach (also known as Blackbeard) and Captain Kidd were both famous American pirates.

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