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laughing at 'silly' namesWhy do people (usually immature children) laugh at and even sometimes pick on people cos of their name? I think it's quite sad really.
Your parents picked it and changing it (and on all your accounts and licences etc) is a faff, time consuming and expensive. And would probably make any historians job in the future harder to find out about you.
I had a bit of bother, but not too much. I'm female and part Scottish. My last name is Scottish, but also a fairly common boys name. Kids I went to school with (in England) thought it was wierd that I had a boys name as a last name especially as they didn't realise it was Scottish. What didn't help was the fact that on most school registers, your surname is printed before your first name. Even in sixth form teachers still make the mistakes of calling me it occaissionally when they're not paying attention.
So I didn't get it really bad, but I can sympathise with those that do. A guy at my sixth form has the last name Sparkhall, which is pronounced Sparkle by most people. A group of guys in our class find it hilarious
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Re: laughing at 'silly' namesSort of answered your own question in the first sentence there didn't you?(Original post by Clare~Bear)
Why do people (usually immature children) laugh at and even sometimes pick on people cos of their name? I think it's quite sad really.
Your parents picked it and changing it (and on all your accounts and licences etc) is a faff, time consuming and expensive. And would probably make any historians job in the future harder to find out about you.
I had a bit of bother, but not too much. I'm female and part Scottish. My last name is Scottish, but also a fairly common boys name. Kids I went to school with (in England) thought it was wierd that I had a boys name as a last name especially as they didn't realise it was Scottish. What didn't help was the fact that on most school registers, your surname is printed before your first name. Even in sixth form teachers still make the mistakes of calling me it occaissionally when they're not paying attention.
So I didn't get it really bad, but I can sympathise with those that do. A guy at my sixth form has the last name Sparkhall, which is pronounced Sparkle by most people. A group of guys in our class find it hilarious
Children are immature and silly and will pick on others for childish reasons. They'll grow out of it eventually, but that's just how children are at that age
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Even adults have a laugh at my name... (when they don't know I can hear)... It's shadab :L but yep!(Original post by jumpingjesusholycow)
Sort of answered your own question in the first sentence there didn't you?
Children are immature and silly and will pick on others for childish reasons. They'll grow out of it eventually, but that's just how children are at that age
But no one can get me confused then, so who cares, they still like me :P -
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Re: laughing at 'silly' namesI don't its quite funny actually and it's good to be able to not take yourself so seriously, I get loadz of jokes about my surname lool(Original post by Clare~Bear)
Why do people (usually immature children) laugh at and even sometimes pick on people cos of their name? I think it's quite sad really.
I LAUGH it off - cuz it's pretty funny
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Re: laughing at 'silly' namesBut sixth formers still do it to the guy with Sparkhall as his last name(Original post by jumpingjesusholycow)
Sort of answered your own question in the first sentence there didn't you?
Children are immature and silly and will pick on others for childish reasons. They'll grow out of it eventually, but that's just how children are at that age
Well there aren't many Scottish surnames that are guys names are there. I'm not telling you it exactly, but it's one of the following; Cameron, Craig, Elliot, Graham, Maxwell, Stewart. And cos they haven't got a Mc or Mac, English kids especially don't realise that they're just normal Scottish surnames.Last edited by Clare~Bear; 13-07-2012 at 18:06. -
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Re: laughing at 'silly' namesTo be fair that is kinda funny the first time you hear it(Original post by shadab786ahmed)
Even adults have a laugh at my name... (when they don't know I can hear)... It's shadab :L but yep!
But no one can get me confused then, so who cares, they still like me :P
First name being Mohammed, I did for some reason get a lot of white people calling me "Mooooo-ham-ed" and a few silly jokes about having 'ham on my head'. But meh, once you get out of school it's never been a huge issue.Last edited by jumpingjesusholycow; 13-07-2012 at 18:08. -
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Re: laughing at 'silly' namesGolden(Original post by iheartdjokovic)
My mum had a friend at school called Virginia. You'll never guess what everyone called her. -
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Re: laughing at 'silly' namesIt's sort of silly of them but it's not like they're bullying the crap out of him I suppose(Original post by Clare~Bear)
But sixth formers still do it to the guy with Sparkhall as his last name
I guess it's just the 'classroom setting' that's bringing it out. I doubt it'd ever be much more than a remark in adult life.
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Re: laughing at 'silly' namesIt was quite a way into the year before the guys realised his last name- they then made a load of twilight jokes. I think most of the teachers tried to say it slow so it did sound like spark-hall rather than sparkle.(Original post by jumpingjesusholycow)
It's sort of silly of them but it's not like they're bullying the crap out of him I suppose I guess it's just the 'classroom setting' that's bringing it out. I doubt it'd ever be much more than a remark in adult life.
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Re: laughing at 'silly' namesI wouldn't be surprised if when its your lady time of the month they also call you bipolar!(Original post by 123maz)
hahha erm my surname is BI so i get alot of bumblebee or worst bisexual lol
life is too short - don't take yourself so seriously, it's good to be able to laugh at yourself
I guess it's just the 'classroom setting' that's bringing it out. I doubt it'd ever be much more than a remark in adult life.
