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| SycoShaman wrote: | Well, phlux, I have a suspicion you still pronounce your last name in a polish way. I have a funny last name and if i pronounce it how its supposed to be, its dumb and annyoing.
But my dad and mom 'canadianized it" a long time ago (party cause my mom couldnt pronounce it).
So now it comes across as a Canadian name. And no one thinks differently....unless I tell someone how its truly pronounced.
So just canadianized your name. Easier than changing your name. Since your male, you shouldnt change your last name bro...you have to carry on the blood line ( I know thats a traditional way of looking at it, but its the truth). |
I like that idea. Canadianized your name. I kinda don't agree on going with a name from a culture not your own. It is kinda missleading.
I think nature sounding last names are cool. Like Forest, Winter, Oak, Rivers, Summers, Meadows.
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SycoShaman
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| Posted: Mon, 24th Nov 2008 06:22 Post subject: |
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| pistolshrimp wrote: | | SycoShaman wrote: | Well, phlux, I have a suspicion you still pronounce your last name in a polish way. I have a funny last name and if i pronounce it how its supposed to be, its dumb and annyoing.
But my dad and mom 'canadianized it" a long time ago (party cause my mom couldnt pronounce it).
So now it comes across as a Canadian name. And no one thinks differently....unless I tell someone how its truly pronounced.
So just canadianized your name. Easier than changing your name. Since your male, you shouldnt change your last name bro...you have to carry on the blood line ( I know thats a traditional way of looking at it, but its the truth). |
I like that idea. Canadianized your name. I kinda don't agree on going with a name from a culture not your own. It is kinda missleading.
I think nature sounding last names are cool. Like Forest, Winter, Oak, Rivers, Summers, Meadows. |
The only reason I Canadianized my name (well, it was actually my mom's doing when she married my dad) was because ppl could never pronounce it right or even close to how its pronounced. Especially telemarketers or when you go somewhere (say a doc office or something like that) where they call you by your last name.
And no, Im not saying what it is  Dont want my last name on the internet, let alone the board. |
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| Posted: Mon, 24th Nov 2008 07:08 Post subject: |
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I can totally relate to this. My last name comes from a common German last name. My ancestor changed it slightly when he came to America in the 1800's. I have heard my last name basterdized in so many ways. When someone asks my name I say it then immediately spell it. My wife, who had a totally common Irish last name, still hasn't gotten over people mis-pronouncing it. I just take it in stride now.
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| Posted: Mon, 24th Nov 2008 07:10 Post subject: |
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| edweird13 wrote: | | I can totally relate to this. My last name comes from a common German last name. My ancestor changed it slightly when he came to America in the 1800's. I have heard my last name basterdized in so many ways. When someone asks my name I say it then immediately spell it. My wife, who had a totally common Irish last name, still hasn't gotten over people mis-pronouncing it. I just take it in stride now. |
its annoying eh?
I hate when i get a telemarketing call and they completely fuck my last name up. I say no one by that name lives here and hang up
Ive only had one telemarketer pronounce my last name right |
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| Posted: Mon, 24th Nov 2008 07:50 Post subject: |
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| SycoShaman wrote: | | edweird13 wrote: | | I can totally relate to this. My last name comes from a common German last name. My ancestor changed it slightly when he came to America in the 1800's. I have heard my last name basterdized in so many ways. When someone asks my name I say it then immediately spell it. My wife, who had a totally common Irish last name, still hasn't gotten over people mis-pronouncing it. I just take it in stride now. |
its annoying eh?
I hate when i get a telemarketing call and they completely fuck my last name up. I say no one by that name lives here and hang up
Ive only had one telemarketer pronounce my last name right |
I have told my kids if they can't pronounce my last name properly then I don't need to talk to them cause they don't know me. lol
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| Posted: Mon, 24th Nov 2008 08:59 Post subject: |
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| edweird13 wrote: | | SycoShaman wrote: | | edweird13 wrote: | | I can totally relate to this. My last name comes from a common German last name. My ancestor changed it slightly when he came to America in the 1800's. I have heard my last name basterdized in so many ways. When someone asks my name I say it then immediately spell it. My wife, who had a totally common Irish last name, still hasn't gotten over people mis-pronouncing it. I just take it in stride now. |
its annoying eh?
I hate when i get a telemarketing call and they completely fuck my last name up. I say no one by that name lives here and hang up
Ive only had one telemarketer pronounce my last name right |
I have told my kids if they can't pronounce my last name properly then I don't need to talk to them cause they don't know me. lol |
hahaha  |
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| Posted: Mon, 24th Nov 2008 13:46 Post subject: |
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In response to the discussion of "canadianizing" my name. It's a clear and defined no. I want nothing to do with the bloodline it comes from.
I have british, welsh, french, polish, russian all in my family tree as close as my grandparents... so I've got a lot to choose from.
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| Nailbiter wrote: | Mr. Adolph Blaine Charles David Earl Frederick Gerald Hubert Irvin John Kenneth Lloyd Martin Nero Oliver Paul Quincy Randolph Sherman Thomas Uncas Victor William Xerxes Yancy Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorffwelchevoralternwarengewissenschaftschafe rswessenschafewarenwohlgepflegeundsorgfaltigkeitbeschutzenvonangreifeudurch ihrraubgierigfeindewelchevoralternzwolftausendjahresvorandieerscheinenersch einenvanderersteerdemenschderraumschiffgebrauchlichtalsseinursprungvonkraft gestartseinlangefahrthinzwischensternaitigraumaufdersuchenachdiesternwelche gehabtbewohnbarplanetenkreisedrehensichundwohinderneurassevonverstandigmens chlichkeitkonntefortpflanzenundsicherfeuenanlebenslanglichfreudeundruhemitn icheinfurchtvorangreifenvonandererintelligentgeschopfsvonhinzwischenternart Zeus igraum Senior, who was born in Munich in 1904 and lived in Philadelphia for most of his life. Apparently he shortened his name to Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorff, and subsequently went by Hubert Blaine Wolfe, but the "Senior" indicates that he passed some form of his name to his son.
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that cant be real...seriously. How the hell do you pronounce it and imagine introducing yourself? itd take 5 minutes just to spit your name out. |
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| Posted: Thu, 27th Nov 2008 18:10 Post subject: |
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there some good badass names out there
Adam Marcus
Jericho Kane
Drek Starkiller
and so on..
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