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Helpnicknames/names/surnames that no longer work in modern times
There's the obvious Dick and Fanny, but surnames like Cock, Cockburn and Hiscock no longer work either, the surname "Hiscock" in particular when it comes to a girl or woman.
Any others?
Any others?
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I doubt Longbottom ever worked well, but it actually is a legitimate surname. There are a lot of people with the last name Breedlove in my area. Coincidence? I think not. Some names had undertones to begin with. I also recall seeing a grave stone with HELL engraved on the back. It was quite the last name.
Sad but real last names:
Hooker
Hogg
Pusser
Bottom
Spittle
Nutt
Nutter
Bedster
Dikshit- a Hindu name that doesn't translate well to English
Fagot- not sure if I believe it
Takeshita- Japanese name
First Names:
Willy
Fatima
Annis
Pusina
Zita
Sad but real last names:
Hooker
Hogg
Pusser
Bottom
Spittle
Nutt
Nutter
Bedster
Dikshit- a Hindu name that doesn't translate well to English
Fagot- not sure if I believe it
Takeshita- Japanese name
First Names:
Willy
Fatima
Annis
Pusina
Zita
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Titty
Gay and Gaylord
Lesbia (I'm a lesbian myself, so I'm not trying to insinuate that being gay is wrong, but you know why this name s a bad idea...)
Benito (?)
Oral
Dick, obviously
And I've always felt sorry for Neville Longbottom. Blame, Bullock, Pratt and Idle are pretty bad surnames, too, aren't they? How do you pronounce the surname Fuchs in English, btw?
FYI (?)
In Norway the name Vidkun is a big no-no and no one is called Quisling.
Here in Sweden, a well-born man called Jacob Johan Anckarström shot king Gustav III at an opera masquerade (the king died a few days later) and the Anckarström family got so totally dishonored that they changed their name to Löwenström and donated funds for a hospital as a gift of appeasement. Today there is a Löwenström hospital close to Stockholm, but no Anckarströms! (Jacob Johan was hanged, btw.)
Gay and Gaylord
Lesbia (I'm a lesbian myself, so I'm not trying to insinuate that being gay is wrong, but you know why this name s a bad idea...)
Benito (?)
Oral
Dick, obviously
And I've always felt sorry for Neville Longbottom. Blame, Bullock, Pratt and Idle are pretty bad surnames, too, aren't they? How do you pronounce the surname Fuchs in English, btw?
FYI (?)
In Norway the name Vidkun is a big no-no and no one is called Quisling.
Here in Sweden, a well-born man called Jacob Johan Anckarström shot king Gustav III at an opera masquerade (the king died a few days later) and the Anckarström family got so totally dishonored that they changed their name to Löwenström and donated funds for a hospital as a gift of appeasement. Today there is a Löwenström hospital close to Stockholm, but no Anckarströms! (Jacob Johan was hanged, btw.)
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Fuchs = Fyooks. :-)
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a name nerd would do that, but your average person in an English speaking country would say "Fucks".
There is also a difference between "mispronunciation" "pronunciation of a foreign word that has been assimilated into English".
There is also a difference between "mispronunciation" "pronunciation of a foreign word that has been assimilated into English".
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Isis
Isis was never exactly popular, but it got some use, but I predict it wil fall off dramatically now.
Adolf is an obvious one but in the US it was never used very much anyhow.
Last names don't fall out of favor, because people rarely change them. I sure wouldn't want the last name Cockburn, but I doubt very much that the number of famlies with that last name will ever change much.
Somebody living near my sister-in-law has the surname Belcher, which I think is really unpleasant.
Isis was never exactly popular, but it got some use, but I predict it wil fall off dramatically now.
Adolf is an obvious one but in the US it was never used very much anyhow.
Last names don't fall out of favor, because people rarely change them. I sure wouldn't want the last name Cockburn, but I doubt very much that the number of famlies with that last name will ever change much.
Somebody living near my sister-in-law has the surname Belcher, which I think is really unpleasant.
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I think I've heard - don't recall where - that the -bottom surnames are dying out fast, as modern women choose not to marry/take the ln of a Ramsbottom, Winterbottom etc.
I know a couple with the ln Beddy. That seems unfortunate. And what about Bloomer, or has the knicker reference been lost?
I know a couple with the ln Beddy. That seems unfortunate. And what about Bloomer, or has the knicker reference been lost?
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Those are great examples of cultural stigmas.
Neither Beddy or Bloomer would get an eye bat where I live in the States. In fact, Bloomer would be more readily associated with flowers, and thus desired.
Same with some names like Fanny. It means something different in different cultures. It's still popular in the Philippines, because it doesn't mean anything there. In the states, it means "butt" or waist, so its not good, but certainly not as bad as in countries where Fanny means something a little more private.
Neither Beddy or Bloomer would get an eye bat where I live in the States. In fact, Bloomer would be more readily associated with flowers, and thus desired.
Same with some names like Fanny. It means something different in different cultures. It's still popular in the Philippines, because it doesn't mean anything there. In the states, it means "butt" or waist, so its not good, but certainly not as bad as in countries where Fanny means something a little more private.
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