Strange names

The guy on the book was pretty funny. When he was asked how to pronounce it and the guy pointed at the name he deadpanned..."Normal pronunciation...Cameron." Then he waited a couple seconds, cracked up and told him it they pronounced it "fyushes."

 

A few years ago, there was a kid at an area school with the last name of Cok.
The 'e' on the end is both silent and invisible, but truly needed when pronouncing the name.

 

I actually think that one is getting popular, or we live in the same area because I have heard that one before.

 

Maybe it was the brand name of a pencil.

 

Some of the most unique I have encountered are native American. One place I worked had a heavy native American population, so a few found their way into prep agate somewhat regularly. I can't remember them all but one was ...

Sancho Rides At The Door

Then of course there was the junior hockey player Robin Big Snake.

Not a native American name, but one junior hockey team in our area had both Stormy Day and Stormy Knight.

And of course, girls basketball players named Autumn and Summer, which begged the lead "Podunk High, a team for all seasons, was led by Autumn and Summer, who combined for 32 of the team's 36 points....."

 

I used to work in Birth Certificates at City Hall in Detroit. Had a guy come in named "Cash Money."
And back in the 'hood on the East Side, there lived a girl named "Luscious Titsworth." I kid you not. I think she was from the Dixo-American community.

 

I HATE it when I see it, just because some anchor wants to pretend he's SportsCenter material.

 

Charlon Kloof
Sean Shakespeare
McCallum Foote
Lynx Hawthorne
Stromile Swift
Seventh Woods (George Costanza references for days)

 

Friend of mine had a kid about six or seven years ago. Everytime he talks about the kid, he calls him (what I think he's saying) as LaWarren. Which is strange, but he's got a sister with a La and a male cousin with a La in front of a name. So, I thought his name is Warren, his kid is LaWarren. Nobody asked me.

Nope, turns out he was saying Lil'Warren. And that's what's on the poor child's birth certificate. I didn't ask to see it, of course, but that's what he said.

 

When I covered high schools in Georgia eons ago, LaGrange had a girls basketball player named Rotunda Morris.

 

There was a recent football player in Colorado named Mister Jones, who now plays for CSU. Also saw a Mister Lee.

 

Kid in Oklahoma who sat a season scoring record a few years ago was called Vfastv...first name. It was pronounced fahst-ah. It was Cherokee Indian.