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« on: October 10, 2005, 02:56:34 PM »
I just came across the record of someone whose last name is Fischbein--German for "fish leg." Why on earth would someone have adopted that as a family name?
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« Reply #1 on: October 10, 2005, 02:58:33 PM »
That's frickin' awesome!
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« Reply #2 on: October 10, 2005, 03:06:19 PM »
Depends on whether cod meant to them what it means (will mean?) to Jayne.  It could be a very crude boast, of a sort.
pooka pooka pooka pooka pooka pooka pooka pooka pooka pooka pooka pooka TRISHA TRISHA pooka pooka pooka pooka pooka pooka pooka pooka pooka...

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« Reply #3 on: October 10, 2005, 03:06:46 PM »
:snort:
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« Reply #4 on: October 10, 2005, 03:16:37 PM »
I still don't get where the legs come into it.

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« Reply #5 on: October 10, 2005, 03:16:37 PM »
You want some weird names?  I got your weird names.

Asman.

Arsht.

Blam.

Bier.  Not sure if it's the beverage or the funeral burning goody.

Peckar

Worsencroft

Lifshits

There are plenty more in the just sounds weird variety, but I thought I'd restrict myself to the ones that sort of mean something in English.  I know, I'm going to the special hell.
pooka pooka pooka pooka pooka pooka pooka pooka pooka pooka pooka pooka TRISHA TRISHA pooka pooka pooka pooka pooka pooka pooka pooka pooka...

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« Reply #6 on: October 10, 2005, 03:21:01 PM »
I taught a boy whose last name was Bonar.

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« Reply #7 on: October 10, 2005, 03:23:05 PM »
The two co-owners of the company I work for are a Ms. Reddy and a Ms. Bona. They thought about making the name of the company their two names (like Larson-Smith Enterprises), but they quickly realized that would be a bit unprofessional.

So they went with Ms. Reddy's mother's maiden name and Ms. Bona's mother's maiden name, ending up with the mouthful, McKinnon-Mulherin. Hm.
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« Reply #8 on: October 10, 2005, 03:41:07 PM »
I've known a family with the last name Bogie.

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« Reply #9 on: October 10, 2005, 05:31:21 PM »
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I still don't get where the legs come into it.

No, no. Don't explain.
Maybe they're into Darwinism.
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« Reply #10 on: October 10, 2005, 05:42:49 PM »
Doesn't bein mean "bone"?
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« Reply #11 on: October 10, 2005, 07:58:11 PM »
Indeed. The Fischbeins I know sure think it does. (Although why you'd want your last name to be something people choke on, I don't know.)
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