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The "unfortunate" name... part 2

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Bobtanian

Bobtanian Report 25 Nov 2015 23:23

sure did!! ;-)

Researching:
me and my darling wife at our wedding in 1960

LadyScozz

LadyScozz Report 25 Nov 2015 23:22

oooooooooh Ann! They must like it. I'd be changing my name! :-D

I'm thinking Joe Carr is also a made up name......... as Bob said.... JoeKerr :-D




Doesn't matter, it gave us all a laugh yesterday. :-D

lavender

lavender Report 25 Nov 2015 23:21

A family member was going to be a godchild of a newborn Vietnamese baby.

They parents proudly announced that the baby boy was to be called 'Dung' (I'm not sure of the exact spelling).

Since the family had resettled here but not been aware that the pronunciation might not be such a good choice of name in England, it was gently pointed out.

The little boy was named John.

I've mixed feelings as to whether it was the right thing to have done? His sisters all have Vietnamese names.

AnnCardiff

AnnCardiff Report 25 Nov 2015 23:01

apologies for this - but there are loads in the UK, some in the 1960's

this is just one from www.familysearch.org



Smith Fuck

England and Wales Census, 1841

Name Smith Fuck
Event Type Census
Event Date 1841
Event Place Harston, Cambridgeshire, England
Residence Note High Street
Gender Male
Age 11
Age (Original) 11
Birth Year (Estimated) 1830
Birthplace Cambridgeshire
Registration District Chesterton
Book Number 5
Parish Harston
County Cambridgeshire
Page Number 4
Registration Number HO107
Piece/Folio 74/5
Affiliate Record Type Household

William Fuck M 50-54 Cambridgeshire
Mary Fuck F 40-44
William Fuck M 15-19 Cambridgeshire
Thomas Fuck M 15-19 Cambridgeshire
Elizebeth Fuck F 13 Cambridgeshire
Smith Fuck M 11 Cambridgeshire
Joseph Fuck M 10 Cambridgeshire
John Fuck M 7 Cambridgeshire
George Fuck M 4 Cambridgeshire
Mary Fuck F 2 Cambridgeshire
Amos Fuck M 5 months Cambridgeshire

Researching:
Breakspears of Berkshire and Cardiff, Williams and Harman of Whitchurch, Melingriffith &Tongwynlais,Glamorgan WE HAVE NO CONNECTION Do not share your tree with me

Kense

Kense Report 25 Nov 2015 22:08

And there are plenty of unfortunate names on the Internet if you look.
For example:
http://www.worldwideinterweb.com/component/k2/item/5737-the-100-most-unfortunate-names-in-human-history-page-2.html

http://www.worldwideinterweb.com/item/5736-the-100-most-unfortunate-names-in-human-history.html

Bobtanian

Bobtanian Report 25 Nov 2015 21:47

Sadly, Lady Scozz,

t'was not US that were conned, but in fact is was you, for posting it in the first place,

but Ne' mind it raised a few eyebrows, AND more, I should think........

I also think joe carr is more likely


Joe Kerr

Joker!!

Researching:
me and my darling wife at our wedding in 1960

LadyScozz

LadyScozz Report 25 Nov 2015 21:21

Read more at http://pickle.ninemsn.com.au/2015/11/25/17/18/phuc-dat-bich#dkHbGBlsbhgDSvEB.99 :-D


This one will probably be reported, because ............. it offends somebody :-P

LadyScozz

LadyScozz Report 25 Nov 2015 21:19

We were all conned!

Copied & pasted..........but I've used lots of *** in case the Guardian doesn't like it :-D


You can't have missed this story in your news feed this week: a 23-year-old Melbourne man desperate to convince Facebook that P*** D** B*** is his real, actual birth name.

Apparently the Vietnamese-Australian's NSFW moniker is meant to be pronounced more like "Phoo Da Bic".

"That can't be his real name!" you probably said with a laugh when you first encountered the story — except he posted a photo of his passport proving it was his real name.

Except it wasn't his real name. According to the latest post on his Facebook page, P*** D** B***s real name is (the far less hilarious) Joe Carr and the whole thing was elaborate prank on the social network, on the world media, and on us.

"Do you remember the story; The boy who cried wolf? Imagine that boy grew up into a mischievous man with 21st century technology at his fingertips," writes P*** D** B*** aka Joe Carr aka the year's most cunning trickster.

He writes that "P*** D** B***" started out in January as a protest against Facebook's policy that all users share their real names, but eventually snowballed into a giant hoax when the story went viral this month.

"It goes to show that an Average Joe like myself can con the biggest news sources with ease," he boasted (and look: fair call).

He encouraged those burdened with actual "strange" names to fight back against "hate and discrimination."

"To those who do have culturally specific and spectacular names, ignore the ignorance in those who may try to put you down."

So there you have it: a man named Joe Carr fooled everyone in the world with almost no effort. Unless his name isn't Joe Carr at all, and this is just another layer in 2015's most elaborate scheme...


:-D

The Facebook page with the "unfortunate" name exists! And......... there are loads of people with the surname Phuc!!