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[Brandenburger Toro]

I've just now noticed, in my bibliography, three entries for an individual named "P.P. Wiener".

[Alderman Barnes]

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I once met a chap called Elvis Coco.

He wasn't a regular on here, though.

[Duncan Gardner]

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I'm PP's Mitteleuropean cousin. The Slovener with the Wiener.

[stollenterror]

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what about stephan kuntz?

[Wyatt Earp]

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What's scary about German Christmas cake?

[Lucia Lanigan]

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Spencer Pumpelly is an American race car driver.

[caja-dglh]

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The point I worked out that I needed to get away from Edinburgh University (mostly because I didn't fit with the crowd it attracted) was in the doctor's surgery. The Doctor came out and called for "Misty Banks".

[Brandenburger Toro]

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Sure he wasn't calling for "Miss T. Banks"?

[Guest]

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In fairness, DGLH, the country that you now live in almost certainly contains several times more Mistys than the rest of the world put together.

I knew a Misty from Edinburgh years ago. Her surname wasn't Banks, though.

[caja-dglh]

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toro - no, they always called full names.

HB - that might be something to do with being the largest population of English names?!

[Guest]

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I'd still be willing to bet money that the amount of Mistys in the United States as opposed to Britain would far outstrip the respective population ratios of the two countries.

[Anton Gramscescu]

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Misty is a passe name. In the 1980s, the name Misty accounted for just over 1 in every 1000 baby names in the US. However, by 2003, it was less than 1 in every 10,000.

These and other spectacularly useless facts at one of the most addictive websites ever, Name Voyager.

(Do not click on link that unless you have quite a bit of time to burn).

[Incandenza]

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Once again, I link to the genius that is Name of the Year:
http://nameoftheyear.blogspot.com/

[Rogin the Armchair fan]

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I'll always remember an ex-girlfiend of mine who lived next door to a lady called Constance Pugh.

[Nocturnal Submission]

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I notice that today's featured article on Wikipedia concerns one Ima Hogg.

[Ginger Yellow]

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This has to be a pisstake:



Nice to see Dean Windass get a mention on Inca's link too.

[Incandenza]

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[mirko bolesan]

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The midwife who runs the ante-natal classes myself and my wife have been attending has the great (almost children bookish) name of Mandy Mole.

[G-Man]

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There is a researcher working for the Children's Institute in Cape Town going by the name Double-Hugh Marera.

Even if his surname didn't give him away as most probably Zimbabwean, the first name does. As Duncan Gardner will affirm, Zimbabwe is a goldmine for, er, unusual names.

[Cavalry Trouser Tips]

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Too right

[Incandenza]

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Heavens Chinyama? Danger Fourpence? Limited Chikafa? Energy Murambadoro?

Wow, I need to send those to Name of the Year.

[G-Man]

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Bloody hell, can you imagine the training ground banter. "Method!" "Takesure!" "Energy!" "Limited!!" "Danger Fourpence!!!" ""Good, Heavens!" "For fuck's sake, CLIVE!!!"

[Eggchaser]

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Not to mention "Bernard". I mean, that's not a name I would associate with an African footballer in a million years. A Yorkshire medium paceman from the 1950s county team, yes. A Zimbawean midfielder, though?