Thread: Unfortunate Names

A mate of mine named Richard was leader of a cadet group for a few years. At one camp a boy named William said to him

'Mr B, is it all right if I call you Dick?'

To which my mate came back with

'Yes, as long as I can call you Willy!'

Willem

reminds me of a work-related function where a vendor was introducing two customers to each other.
Dominic, this is Con. Con, Dom.

Originally Posted by Tank

Used to buy parts from an American named Jim Kuntz, first time I spoke to him on the phone my first question was "how do you pronounce your surname", I didn't want to offend him, it was pronounced Koontz, he was actually thinking of changing his name to how it was pronounced, Regards Frank.

Isn't that how thew Scotts pronounce the other word?

Originally Posted by BMKal

Years ago my father interviewed a candidate for a metallurgist position on King Island. He was from Burma and held a doctorate in metallurgy - his name was Dr. Fu Ku - pronounced the same as the gentleman in the court case in the original post.

Also had a shift foreman in the mill at Mount Magnet once - his name was George Kuntz. His wife's name was Ruth - he pronounced it "Root".

Had a classmate in high school in Ardlethan NSW named Wayne Kerr - honestly.

over the years I have known 2 unrelated people who shared the same name Wayne Carr

also went to school with a bloke by the name of Rowen Ulysses Arthur Dick and another bloke Peter Ness.

was quite amusing when the names got abbreviated and called out on parade as P. Ness and R. U. A. Dick.

the funny thing is I can't remember their faces but will never forget the names

Knew a doctor named Cockburn which I always pronounced as it is spelt. He was always very quick to correct me and said it is pronounced Coburn.

He still got the nickname Devil Dick

Brother in law told me of a business associate with the surname "Tickle"

They had a daughter a few years back, and innocently named her "Tess", because they loved the name.........

I used to deliver rice for a while one place was called Lam Phat****

I had an instructor (back in my apprentice time) named Paul Nuss. His wife's name was Anne.