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HCRoyall October 17, 2005 9:42 PM	/comics/HCRoyall/317184/ /comics/HCRoyall/317185/
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squidrabies October 17, 2005 10:05 PM	I have a friend named Hunter... and I told him it would be awesome if his last name were Gatherer.
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HCRoyall October 17, 2005 10:47 PM	quote: I have a friend named Hunter... and I told him it would be awesome if his last name were Gatherer. That one I haven't heard before, so it's okay. The situations in the comic happen ALL THE FUCKING TIME. From some people it's okay, but most people I just want to strangle.
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kaufman October 18, 2005 6:40 AM	Are you related to Hunter S. Thompson? Can you get me his autograph?
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attitudechicka October 18, 2005 6:46 AM	I <3 the name Hunter. It's like 10th on my list of names for boys. It's becoming more popular for girls now though, which is strange to me. I'd say you've got a pretty strong name there and you should be proud of that fact.
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HCRoyall October 18, 2005 6:48 AM	quote: Are you related to Hunter S. Thompson? Can you get me his autograph? Dude, I wish.
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shank October 18, 2005 6:57 AM	i guess this could count under this subject /comics/shank/317235/
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attitudechicka October 18, 2005 7:16 AM	/comics/attitudechicka/317260/ That's seriously what my mom is like. When I introduce myself to someone I make sure I'm out of earshot of my mother because no matter how I pronounce my name it's always wrong. She pronounces it something like "Rage in a". I go by Gia because it's easier on everyone.
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HCRoyall
October 18, 2005 7:21 AM

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I <3 the name Hunter. It's like 10th on my list of names for boys. It's becoming more popular for girls now though, which is strange to me. I'd say you've got a pretty strong name there and you should be proud of that fact.

Yeah, there's a family with a little girl named Hunter that sits in the row behind my fiancee and I at church, and every so often one of the parents will say something to the little girl and I'll turn around thinking they're talking to me. I've always thought of the name as rather androgynous, myself. Kind of like Shaun, except without the multiple spellings.

It's not the name that bugs me, it's the stupid jokes that people invariably use. squidrabies and kaufman at least came up with ideas I haven't heard before, but when you've heard "do you hunt?" the eighty billionth time you get this murderous tic that yearns to be loosed.

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DexX October 18, 2005 9:52 AM	/comics/DexX/317315/
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little_kitty October 18, 2005 10:09 AM	317320 317321 Both of these situations HAVE actually happened. First day of Home Ec in grade 9, my teacher asked me if I was related to Michael. Being a grade 9 and thinking the world revolved around me, I snottily replied "No!". And she disliked me for the rest of the semester.
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kaufman October 18, 2005 10:13 AM	So ... Did you get his testicles?
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little_kitty October 18, 2005 10:35 AM	He stopped talking before the threat could be made a reality.
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DexX
October 18, 2005 10:51 AM

My nominal curse is that nobody can pronounce "Dominguez" in this country. Spaniards are rare in Oz, so there are hardly any Dominguezes around.

DOM-in-gooz
do-MIN-i-gez
DOM-in-ING-gez

It's not that fucking hard, people!

Oh, and then there are the attempts to spell it.

"That's D-O-M-I-N-G-U-E-Z... no, that's a G, not a Q. Yes, I'm sure. It's my fucking name, after all. No, Z at the end, not S. Yes, once again, I am quite fucking sure."

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ivytheplant October 18, 2005 11:45 AM	/comics/ivytheplant/317336/ /comics/ivytheplant/304978/ /comics/ivytheplant/317338/
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UnknownEric October 18, 2005 12:12 PM	317347
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UnknownEric October 18, 2005 12:16 PM	Oh, by the way, I'm dooming my son to a lifetime of mockery. I'm naming him Read. Yeah, like "read a book." Hey, it's my wife's last name PLUS I'm, like, a librarian and shit. Think of all the cool stuff I can get him from the American Library Association with his name on it!
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flipynif1 October 18, 2005 12:21 PM	/comics/flipynif1/317348/
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HCRoyall
October 18, 2005 9:18 PM

I need to show my fiancee this thread. I'm supremely proud of my Scottish and Irish ancestry (Campbell is my clan name, and it's been passed down like an heirloom in my family) and if we have a daughter I want to name her Cielidh (pronounced Kay-lee for those of you unfamiliar with the cool Gaelic phonetics). She likes the name but wants to spell it as it sounds claiming no one will be able to pronounce it.

No one seems to be able to pronounce my last name when the first meet me. I've heard "Royale", "Roy-All", "Row-yell", "Rowell", and "Royals". As far as I'm concerned, as long as SHE knows how to pronounce it, everyone else around her will learn.

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little_kitty October 19, 2005 10:07 AM	quote: ... if we have a daughter I want to name her Cielidh ... I think its spelled Ceilidh, which is Gaelic for party or celebration. Eilidh (Ay-lee) is a lot cooler and more Scottish, but makes for really fun mispronunciations. ie: Eyelid
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jes_lawson October 19, 2005 11:39 AM	The fun of having a regional accent. /comics/jes_lawson/317535/ /comics/jes_lawson/317536/ I've not been called Nigel since school, but that punchline was funnier. I occassionally get James or Jez when people misread my e-mail address. No-one's yet called me Nigella. And lived.
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HCRoyall October 19, 2005 9:04 PM	quote: quote: ... if we have a daughter I want to name her Cielidh ... I think its spelled Ceilidh, which is Gaelic for party or celebration. Eilidh (Ay-lee) is a lot cooler and more Scottish, but makes for really fun mispronunciations. ie: Eyelid You're right. I tend to type too fast and transpose letters a lot.
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finn34 October 20, 2005 1:39 PM	317772 317773
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JESUSSANDWICH October 20, 2005 2:58 PM	/comics/JESUSSANDWICH/317805/
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HotRodDeathToll October 20, 2005 11:31 PM	/comics/HotRodDeathToll/317915/ My name is larry, lazza for short.
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finn34 October 21, 2005 12:53 AM	quote: /comics/JESUSSANDWICH/317805/ you can always say your parents were Rush fans. Geddy Lee... eh, it was worth a shot.
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HCRoyall October 21, 2005 12:59 AM	You shouldn't feel too bad, O sandwiched one. A friend of mine is named Breezy. Her parents named her after the Lynyrd Skynyrd song "Call Me The Breeze". So it could always be worse.
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JESUSSANDWICH October 21, 2005 1:30 AM	My middle name is Lee, and my parents weren't rush fans. I have the most unoriginal last name ever.
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kaufman October 21, 2005 9:44 AM	quote: You shouldn't feel too bad, O sandwiched one. A friend of mine is named Breezy. I hope she is not overly short ...
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HCRoyall October 21, 2005 9:23 PM	quote: quote: You shouldn't feel too bad, O sandwiched one. A friend of mine is named Breezy. I hope she is not overly short ... On the contrary. She's 5'11" and likes to wear 6" platform soles.
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