| Author | Message | ||
| Potato (Potato)
New member Username: Potato Post Number: 1294 Registered: 7-2010 |
...with an unusual pronunciation, too! | ||
| Ciaobella (Ciaobella)
New member Username: Ciaobella Post Number: 740 Registered: 8-2011 |
Wild guess: Dung? My teacher's first name. It's Vietnamese for "brave", I think. | ||
| Potato (Potato)
New member Username: Potato Post Number: 1295 Registered: 7-2010 |
Wild guess: Dung? No My teacher's first name. It's Vietnamese for "brave", I think. Heh. It's weird how a name can mean something great or beautiful in one language and completely ridiculous in another one. Poor Dung. | ||
| Solitiare (Solitiare)
New member Username: Solitiare Post Number: 718 Registered: 7-2011 |
Is it a 'foreign' (non-English) name? First or last name? Could it be a fairly common name, but with an unusual spelling/pronunciation? e.g. Smyth? | ||
| Potato (Potato)
New member Username: Potato Post Number: 1298 Registered: 7-2010 |
Is it a 'foreign' (non-English) name? Yope, beware of FA First or last name? First Could it be a fairly common name, but with an unusual spelling/pronunciation? e.g. Smyth? Little difficult to answer that without giving away too much. The spelling is what makes the name very unusual. Pronunciation-wise, the name sounds perfectly normal. | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 1702 Registered: 9-2010 |
John Do (pronounced "Doe")? There's a Vietnamese immigrant who was named Jun Do but took the name John when he came to America. | ||
| Potato (Potato)
New member Username: Potato Post Number: 1299 Registered: 7-2010 |
John Do (pronounced "Doe")? No There's a Vietnamese immigrant who was named Jun Do but took the name John when he came to America. | ||
| Redwine (Redwine)
New member Username: Redwine Post Number: 1440 Registered: 1-2011 |
Does the name sound normal, but looks weird in writing? Does the name have also a non-name meaning in English (like Grace)? In other language? | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 3975 Registered: 1-2007 |
Is it a boys name? or a nuetral one like Leslie? | ||
| Potato (Potato)
New member Username: Potato Post Number: 1303 Registered: 7-2010 |
Redwine Does the name sound normal, but looks weird in writing? Yes, very Does the name have also a non-name meaning in English (like Grace)? Not to my knowledge In other language? I don't think so Peter365 Is it a boys name? It's meant to be this or a nuetral one like Leslie? There is a neutral component to it, but it's hard to go into further detail at this point without $poyling too much... | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 1705 Registered: 9-2010 |
Was it a boy's name spelled like a similar girl's name? Like Jo or Nicki? | ||
| Potato (Potato)
New member Username: Potato Post Number: 1304 Registered: 7-2010 |
Was it a boy's name spelled like a similar girl's name? Like Jo or Nicki? No | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 3977 Registered: 1-2007 |
Is the etymology of the name relevant? e.g does it mean something like daughter or sister? | ||
| Potato (Potato)
New member Username: Potato Post Number: 1305 Registered: 7-2010 |
Is the etymology of the name relevant? Yesish, but beware of FA e.g does it mean something like daughter or sister? No HINT: These questons are kind of tricky to answer, so I'll give something away: The sound and spelling of the name are GROSSLY different from each other. As in, a sane person would never write the name like it it spelt for this person when they hear it and they would never, uh, pronounce it like it is pronounced for this person when they see it. The above responses are for the pronounced form. The question I've just answered applies mainly to the spelling or rather the combination of both forms. | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 2810 Registered: 2-2011 |
is the spelling of the name correct in its language of origin? has it purposely been spelt in an odd way by the people bestowing the name? is it a real name? a nick name? a shortened version of a name? | ||
| Potato (Potato)
New member Username: Potato Post Number: 1307 Registered: 7-2010 |
is the spelling of the name correct in its language of origin? No, possibly still an FA has it purposely been spelt in an odd way by the people bestowing the name? Yes is it a real name? Well, the pronounced form is. a nick name? No a shortened version of a name? No | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 2814 Registered: 2-2011 |
was the name given by the parents? did they choose this spelling because they did not know how to spell it? to draw attention to it in some way? | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 1708 Registered: 9-2010 |
That SNL routine where Betty White tells the census taker her name is Blarfingar Blarfingar spelled J-O-H-N S-M-I-T-H? | ||
| Potato (Potato)
New member Username: Potato Post Number: 1310 Registered: 7-2010 |
Shez was the name given by the parents? Yes did they choose this spelling because they did not know how to spell it? No to draw attention to it in some way? Yesish Gregoryuconn That SNL routine where Betty White tells the census taker her name is Blarfingar Blarfingar spelled J-O-H-N S-M-I-T-H? No, but very OTRT | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 2822 Registered: 2-2011 |
is it anything to do with the artist formerly known as Prince? | ||
| Potato (Potato)
New member Username: Potato Post Number: 1313 Registered: 7-2010 |
is it anything to do with the artist formerly known as Prince? No | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 1715 Registered: 9-2010 |
Is it some ridiculous name spelled like a completely normal one? Like if I suddenly declared my name to be MooMooShooShoo McGoo but that since I didn't want to pay to change my name, I was still spelling it the same way I do now and only pronouncing it "MooMooShooShoo McGoo"? | ||
| Potato (Potato)
New member Username: Potato Post Number: 1330 Registered: 7-2010 |
Is it some ridiculous name spelled like a completely normal one? Like if I suddenly declared my name to be MooMooShooShoo McGoo but that since I didn't want to pay to change my name, I was still spelling it the same way I do now and only pronouncing it "MooMooShooShoo McGoo"? No, but... | ||
| Kyeannpepper (Kyeannpepper)
New member Username: Kyeannpepper Post Number: 344 Registered: 1-2012 |
Is it the other way around? Some weird name with a totally normal pronunciation? | ||
| Potato (Potato)
New member Username: Potato Post Number: 1332 Registered: 7-2010 |
Is it the other way around? Some weird name with a totally normal pronunciation? Yes You are free to use Google to figure out the name, BTW, but if that is not solved by the end of this week, I'm going to spoil the puzzle since you now know why the name is so weird. | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 1733 Registered: 9-2010 |
Is it that Swedish kid with the 81 gibberish character name pronounced "Alvin"? | ||
| Potato (Potato)
New member Username: Potato Post Number: 1339 Registered: 7-2010 |
Is it that Swedish kid with the 81 gibberish character name pronounced "Alvin"? Yes, it is | ||
| Potato (Potato)
New member Username: Potato Post Number: 1340 Registered: 7-2010 |
***** SPOILER ***** Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssqlbb11116 (pronounced "albin") was a name intended for a Swedish child who was born in 1991. The boy's parents had planned to never legally name him at all, as a protest to the naming law of Sweden. Because the parents (Elisabeth Hallin and Lasse Diding) failed to register a name by the boy's fifth birthday, a district court in Halmstad, southern Sweden, fined the parents 5,000 kronor (US$682 at the time). Responding to the fine, the parents submitted the 43-character name in May 1996, claiming that it was "a pregnant, expressionistic development that we see as an artistic creation." The parents suggested the name be understood in the spirit of pataphysics. The court rejected the name and upheld the fine. The parents then tried to change the spelling of the name to A (also pronounced "albin") instead. Once again, the court did not approve of the name, this time because of a prohibition on one-letter naming. http://www.monstrous.com/Monstrous_People/Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssqlbb11116.html | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 16718 Registered: 4-2010 |
I'd heard about that. Good puzzle! |
