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Peaceful Dave's avatar

My grandma had to go to my uncle Eddie's school to tell his teachers that his name was not Edward.

Only my mother and sisters call me David, and on the rare occasions that my wife isn't calling be Honey, she will use David. Before I retired my picture ID name tag said Dave since its purpose was to inform people how to address me. Names. There is a woman whose actual name is Jelly Sandwich.

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Steve QJ's avatar

"There is a woman whose actual name is Jelly Sandwich."

ЁЯШВ I mean, come on! Surely this is child abuse!

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Passion guided by reason's avatar

One of my favorite names was Crystal Shanda Lear (a real person, and daughter of the man behind Lear Jets). She went to the same school as my partner, many decades ago, in Geneva, Switzerland. Her family called her Shanda. (Say it out loud if you don't get it).

And I once worked with a woman whose married name was Sandy Beach.

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Chris Fox's avatar

In the Richland, WA phone book there was a

Hum, Dyna Mo

"Dynamo Hum" was a Frank Zappa song.

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