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Ruchel
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 Sun, Oct 20 2013, 9:02 am
As a shadchanit, I say don't turn down a date for a name. Just don't hyphenate French Frye and you're good to go...
I knew of a doctor Mortal (mortel = lethal).
I knew of a shidduch between family Bris and family Milo. Done on purpose I'm told!
Shtetl records certainly show many Sterna Stern, Matel Mateles, Meyer Meyer...
I say, give Tuna as second name if your surname is fish 
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debsters1101
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Sun, Oct 20 2013, 9:21 am
| purple123 wrote: | I am laughing so hard from these!!
I know a lady named Fraidy who married someone with the last name Katz. |
Hey me too! I bet there's more than one though :-)
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busydev
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Sun, Oct 20 2013, 9:45 am
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and I know someone who was fraidy katz until she got married.
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jeweled
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Sun, Oct 20 2013, 2:00 pm
Not unfortunate just a cool name:
Barbie Porcelain (married name)
Keshet Starr (married name)
If either of you are reading this... awesome names ladies!
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yogabird
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Sun, Oct 20 2013, 2:23 pm
| Barbara wrote: | | mommyof2cuties wrote: | North West!
Kim Kardashians daughter. |
Well, if you want to go that route, Bob Geldof's daughters are Fifi Trixibelle, Peaches Honeyblossom and Little Pixie. He also adopted his ex-wife's daughter with Michael Hutchence (named Heavenly Hiraani Tiger Lilly) after she and Hutchence both died.
Makes North West look like Susie Smith. |
Metta World Peace, anyone?
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rainbow dash
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Sun, Oct 20 2013, 2:26 pm
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When I was working as a cashier lady I had a few people with the last name Pines but they would pronounce it as aiver.
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FranticFrummie
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Sun, Oct 20 2013, 8:05 pm
| Ilovechoumous wrote: | most of the names may be unfortunate, but all sounding jewish. how would you feel if you posted a name and it was an actual imamother or her relative? I bet they would feel made fun of.
just saying. |
I get your point, but at the same time, if you've grown up with a certain name, you've probably had to develop a sense of humor about it. The man I married has the word "Rotten" in his surname. Sure, it means "Red" in Hungarian, but in English it's different.
At Ellis Island, Jews were constantly pressured to change their names to something "that translated better". Many did, but many didn't. Being tough enough to be a new immigrant with a weird name was a badge of honor. It shows a strength of character that I respect, so all ribbing is done with no malicious intent whatsoever.
That said, there are tons of websites out there that discuss the funny ways that words and names do or don't translate to other languages. I'm sure the Chinese are laughing their tuches off over our names - and I'm totally cool with that!
Laughter is a wonderful, healing, humanizing experience. If we can't laugh at our differences, then they will continue to divide us. If we can share our amusement, it can bring us together.
Smile, it will make you look 10 years younger!
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Volunteer
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Sun, Oct 20 2013, 11:26 pm
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I had a teacher whose first initial and name spelled C. Rapp. She was a great teacher, though.
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shanie5
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Sun, Oct 20 2013, 11:28 pm
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My obgyn is named Gary Reedy. Thats G.Reedy!
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btdivorcedmom
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Sun, Oct 20 2013, 11:29 pm
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Dr. Keal - not a joke, he really did exist. Retired now.
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ThankYouHashem
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Sun, Oct 20 2013, 11:33 pm
or the girl in one of my college classes named nida.
every time they took attendance one of my friends would crack up!
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Ilovechoumous
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Mon, Oct 21 2013, 3:53 am
| FranticFrummie wrote: | | Ilovechoumous wrote: | most of the names may be unfortunate, but all sounding jewish. how would you feel if you posted a name and it was an actual imamother or her relative? I bet they would feel made fun of.
just saying. |
I get your point, but at the same time, if you've grown up with a certain name, you've probably had to develop a sense of humor about it. The man I married has the word "Rotten" in his surname. Sure, it means "Red" in Hungarian, but in English it's different.
At Ellis Island, Jews were constantly pressured to change their names to something "that translated better". Many did, but many didn't. Being tough enough to be a new immigrant with a weird name was a badge of honor. It shows a strength of character that I respect, so all ribbing is done with no malicious intent whatsoever.
That said, there are tons of websites out there that discuss the funny ways that words and names do or don't translate to other languages. I'm sure the Chinese are laughing their tuches off over our names - and I'm totally cool with that!
Laughter is a wonderful, healing, humanizing experience. If we can't laugh at our differences, then they will continue to divide us. If we can share our amusement, it can bring us together.
Smile, it will make you look 10 years younger! |
im saying that bc someone has listed my name here and I have gone through hell my whole life over it. it is an unfortunate name but not one that I care to be made fun of, even if its a funny name.
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heidi
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Mon, Oct 21 2013, 5:27 am
I swear this is true. Growing up in my neighborhood there was a urologist named Richard Finder. Anyone know the nickname for Richard?
Also an orthopedist named Dr. Beinhacker
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yalimommy
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Mon, Oct 21 2013, 7:41 am
| chocolate chips wrote: | | greenfire wrote: | I'm guessing itchie protested & doesn't like us discussing his organs surname - even if the story is real | I was telling dh this story (when I finally stopped laughing long enough) and we both couldn't understand how he actually let people call him that.
I mean itchee? He could have demanded yitzchok... |
It absolutely is real- he was my great-uncle.
He passed away quite a few years ago, so I assume he's not protesting now...
He spoke mostly Yiddish, so I think he never realized the significance of his first and last names together.
I don't know why it took us so long to figure it out, though.....
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Bambamama
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Mon, Oct 21 2013, 7:42 am
| Ilovechoumous wrote: | | FranticFrummie wrote: | | Ilovechoumous wrote: | most of the names may be unfortunate, but all sounding jewish. how would you feel if you posted a name and it was an actual imamother or her relative? I bet they would feel made fun of.
just saying. |
I get your point, but at the same time, if you've grown up with a certain name, you've probably had to develop a sense of humor about it. The man I married has the word "Rotten" in his surname. Sure, it means "Red" in Hungarian, but in English it's different.
At Ellis Island, Jews were constantly pressured to change their names to something "that translated better". Many did, but many didn't. Being tough enough to be a new immigrant with a weird name was a badge of honor. It shows a strength of character that I respect, so all ribbing is done with no malicious intent whatsoever.
That said, there are tons of websites out there that discuss the funny ways that words and names do or don't translate to other languages. I'm sure the Chinese are laughing their tuches off over our names - and I'm totally cool with that!
Laughter is a wonderful, healing, humanizing experience. If we can't laugh at our differences, then they will continue to divide us. If we can share our amusement, it can bring us together.
Smile, it will make you look 10 years younger! |
im saying that bc someone has listed my name here and I have gone through hell my whole life over it. it is an unfortunate name but not one that I care to be made fun of, even if its a funny name. |
I have to agree with Ilovechoumous. Some names might be cute, like a dentist named Dr. Fang. But I'm surprised at some of the crude humor here, especially when it comes to names that are in our communities.
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morah
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Mon, Oct 21 2013, 8:06 am
| FranticFrummie wrote: | | Ilovechoumous wrote: | most of the names may be unfortunate, but all sounding jewish. how would you feel if you posted a name and it was an actual imamother or her relative? I bet they would feel made fun of.
just saying. |
I get your point, but at the same time, if you've grown up with a certain name, you've probably had to develop a sense of humor about it. The man I married has the word "Rotten" in his surname. Sure, it means "Red" in Hungarian, but in English it's different.
At Ellis Island, Jews were constantly pressured to change their names to something "that translated better". Many did, but many didn't. Being tough enough to be a new immigrant with a weird name was a badge of honor. It shows a strength of character that I respect, so all ribbing is done with no malicious intent whatsoever.
That said, there are tons of websites out there that discuss the funny ways that words and names do or don't translate to other languages. I'm sure the Chinese are laughing their tuches off over our names - and I'm totally cool with that!
Laughter is a wonderful, healing, humanizing experience. If we can't laugh at our differences, then they will continue to divide us. If we can share our amusement, it can bring us together.
Smile, it will make you look 10 years younger! |
FF, that happened to a friend of mine. She has a pretty standard last name for an American. SHe and her family visited some eastern European country (forget where) and noticed the customs officials seemed to be snickering at them. They later found out their name means some crude slang for male anatomy in that language. They have a good sense of humor about it though- they do tell the story over, after all!
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Mama Bear
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Mon, Oct 21 2013, 8:31 am
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Dr. d!ck is a prominent pediatrician in wmsbg. there's no way a typical yiddish speaking person would know that this can be an off-color word if you add a first name that makes it sounds weird. It's simply his lat name, and d!ck in yiddish means 'thick."
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yo'ma
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Mon, Oct 21 2013, 10:08 am
| yalimommy wrote: | | chocolate chips wrote: | | greenfire wrote: | I'm guessing itchie protested & doesn't like us discussing his organs surname - even if the story is real | I was telling dh this story (when I finally stopped laughing long enough) and we both couldn't understand how he actually let people call him that.
I mean itchee? He could have demanded yitzchok... |
It absolutely is real- he was my great-uncle.
He passed away quite a few years ago, so I assume he's not protesting now...
He spoke mostly Yiddish, so I think he never realized the significance of his first and last names together.
I don't know why it took us so long to figure it out, though..... |
Another poster wrote about someone else with the same name and it was removed.
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greenfire
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Mon, Oct 21 2013, 10:29 am
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I guess there's more than one Itche D!ck ... cause the one I know is alive & kicking - and eventually got married with name and all
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rb
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Mon, Oct 21 2013, 12:00 pm
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No joke, there was a gynecologist who just died, Dr. Harry Beaver. Google him
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