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Nov 4, 2021 11:31:21 GMT
Post by johnc on Nov 4, 2021 11:31:21 GMT
I can't say I know much about her but what a name: Thangam Debbonaire
I'd love to know the history of both Christian and surnames.
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Nov 4, 2021 11:54:21 GMT
Post by Martin on Nov 4, 2021 11:54:21 GMT
I can't say I know much about her but what a name: Thangam Debbonaire I'd love to know the history of both Christian and surnames. "In her twenties, she changed her name by deed poll from Singh – her late father was Indian, her mother English – to Debbonaire. It is a name borrowed from a valued relative from her first marriage, she explains"
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Nov 4, 2021 12:11:35 GMT
Post by johnc on Nov 4, 2021 12:11:35 GMT
Thanks for the education Martin.
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Post by garry on Nov 4, 2021 12:59:13 GMT
I once worked with a German guy called Wilhelm Messerschmitt. The UK team called him Billy Spitfire.
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Nov 4, 2021 13:38:34 GMT
Post by PG on Nov 4, 2021 13:38:34 GMT
One of the US finance team I worked with was called Rachel Ng. Our UK audit team did not know how to say her name and asked if they could speak with "Rachel No-vowells" and I'm ashamed to say it stuck as her unofficial name.
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Nov 4, 2021 14:10:01 GMT
Post by Tim on Nov 4, 2021 14:10:01 GMT
I once did an audit and someone on the payroll chose to be known by the short version of his middle name and was thus called Dick Harden.
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Nov 4, 2021 14:10:59 GMT
Post by racingteatray on Nov 4, 2021 14:10:59 GMT
One of the US finance team I worked with was called Rachel Ng. Our UK audit team did not know how to say her name and asked if they could speak with "Rachel No-vowells" and I'm ashamed to say it stuck as her unofficial name. You pronounce it "Ing" and years ago I worked with a banker from Singapore who was called Hwe-Hwe Ng. And yes she pronounced that in the way most amusing to English ears. The first time she introduced herself on a call, I had to mute the speakerphone because my then trainee promptly lost it completely - he was absolutely corpsing with laughter.
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Nov 4, 2021 17:29:17 GMT
Post by Boxer6 on Nov 4, 2021 17:29:17 GMT
One of the US finance team I worked with was called Rachel Ng. Our UK audit team did not know how to say her name and asked if they could speak with "Rachel No-vowells" and I'm ashamed to say it stuck as her unofficial name. You pronounce it "Ing" and years ago I worked with a banker from Singapore who was called Hwe-Hwe Ng. And yes she pronounced that in the way most amusing to English ears. The first time she introduced herself on a call, I had to mute the speakerphone because my then trainee promptly lost it completely - he was absolutely corpsing with laughter. We have a ptient with that family name, and I was told by someone (can't recall who now) it was pronounced 'Ung'. That may just be the Glaswegian version though! Her nurse (ha!) simply called her by her other names then 'Enn-Gee', which I thought ignorant in the extreme.
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Nov 4, 2021 19:37:54 GMT
Post by Bob Sacamano v2.0 on Nov 4, 2021 19:37:54 GMT
You pronounce it "Ing" and years ago I worked with a banker from Singapore who was called Hwe-Hwe Ng. And yes she pronounced that in the way most amusing to English ears. The first time she introduced herself on a call, I had to mute the speakerphone because my then trainee promptly lost it completely - he was absolutely corpsing with laughter. We have a ptient with that family name, and I was told by someone (can't recall who now) it was pronounced 'Ung'. That may just be the Glaswegian version though! Her nurse (ha!) simply called her by her other names then 'Enn-Gee', which I thought ignorant in the extreme. Yeah you pronounce it like “wing” without the “ wi”. The Aussies do say ‘Ung’ though.
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Nov 4, 2021 20:00:02 GMT
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Post by Alex on Nov 4, 2021 20:00:02 GMT
Some years ago I worked in an insurance call centre for a company that had an online form you could fill in for a quote. The staff on the sales team were required to call back anyone who didn't buy the quote they'd generated. Not all the names people put in are entirely accurate (Micky Mouse seemed to be somewhat obsessed with gaining home insurance quotes for properties across the UK). One evening when I was supervising the late shift one of the girls called me over and asked if she really had to call back a particular one that had been sent to her. I looked at the phone number and determine that I didn't think 01234 567890 was Mr Cunty Bollocks real number 🤔
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Nov 11, 2021 16:34:57 GMT
Post by Blarno on Nov 11, 2021 16:34:57 GMT
I sign in to hotel or other external wifi under the name of Bob Dangerfield.
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Nov 12, 2021 15:32:49 GMT
Post by humphreythepug on Nov 12, 2021 15:32:49 GMT
One of my customers is Sunny Sunshine.
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Nov 12, 2021 17:00:35 GMT
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Post by Alex on Nov 12, 2021 17:00:35 GMT
One of my customers is Sunny Sunshine. And I bet he's a miserable bastard
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Nov 12, 2021 18:54:17 GMT
Post by Stuntman on Nov 12, 2021 18:54:17 GMT
I hope he has a daughter. She would be Little Miss Sunshine
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Nov 12, 2021 19:47:03 GMT
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Post by bryan on Nov 12, 2021 19:47:03 GMT
Where I went to school there was a bookshop owner Mr Christmas, and he had named his daughters Holly and Mary😂😳🙄
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Nov 12, 2021 20:24:31 GMT
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Post by clunes on Nov 12, 2021 20:24:31 GMT
Where I work our usernames are typically an 8 character combination of first and surnames which can lead to some interesting ‘names’ from an email/company perspective.
A couple (of many) that come to mind are:
Adikshit & Madraper
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Nov 12, 2021 20:38:31 GMT
Post by ChrisM on Nov 12, 2021 20:38:31 GMT
Sounds like a firm of lawyers....
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