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there was a politician in california who changed his name to Absolutely Nobody, and the day he died, the obituaries read that "Absolutely Nobody Died."

GG, Is that for real? Either way, made me laugh, thanks

Bubbles x

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This thread could easily offend. Dick would be one,another that is not a name but seems to be popular with the young uneducated it is "Retard"..

No offence intended and I hope that people respect that and keep it that way!

One name that I really disliked for a lot of years was Adam. Reason being while I was in hospital, a woman across the maternity ward from me had just given birth to her son - Adam. I swear if she said that name once, she must have said it a million times in a day - hence my dislike!
All the other new mums were as equally annoyed as me - blame the hormones!!

Bubbles x

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My friend Anne made the bank staff laugh when she opened an account, as her middle name was Teresa

Anne Teresa = Mother Teresa in Turkish!!

Tess

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My friend Anne made the bank staff laugh when she opened an account, as her middle name was Teresa

Anne Teresa = Mother Teresa in Turkish!!

Tess

Bubbles x

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Jena Talia
Leigha Tard
Ophelia Teats
Lou Tenant
Paige Turner
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somebody got the Simpsons on DVD?????????

[denizaksulu]

My friend Anne made the bank staff laugh when she opened an account, as her middle name was Teresa

Anne Teresa = Mother Teresa in Turkish!!

Tess

Ha ha ha haaaa. The staff were very polite Tess. They were laughing perhaps because the word 'TERES' is not a very nice word. You will not find it in many dictionaries. The similarity with the name 'THERESA' did not escape them .
My grand parents have used that word towards me in an affectionate way, but the true meaning is something like s.o.b. and or 'pimp'. I thought it went out of use a long time ago.

Regards

[umit07]

Never heard of "Teres" before as you mentioned Deniz. When I was small my father and uncles would call me "Değyus" ( Not sure it's spelt like that ) all the time also meaning pimp. What is the deal on calling your child a pimp as a sign of affection, I have no idea. Do GC's use similar words. Just imagine calling the looks you would get in the UK calling your kids "pimps" in public.

[GorillaGal]

there was a politician in california who changed his name to Absolutely Nobody, and the day he died, the obituaries read that "Absolutely Nobody Died."

GG, Is that for real? Either way, made me laugh, thanks

Bubbles x

yup, somewhere around here i have the newsclipping about it.....

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Never heard of "Teres" before as you mentioned Deniz. When I was small my father and uncles would call me "Değyus" ( Not sure it's spelt like that ) all the time also meaning pimp. What is the deal on calling your child a pimp as a sign of affection, I have no idea. Do GC's use similar words. Just imagine calling the looks you would get in the UK calling your kids "pimps" in public.

Hi, Umit. As I said, the original meaning of the word had been forgotten. I have never heard the word 'teres' used in anger. I only found out mch later. web site dictionaries do not have it but the original Redhouse does.

The word you quote is 'Deyyus'. From Arabic.

Other words my family used in an affectionate way was 'yahudi' (jew) when you behave in an unexpectedly clever way.

Or 'maymun' (monkey). You can write a whole chapter on the subject.

A common GC swear word poushto-pezevengis derivation from Turkish escapes them. in Turkish we say pusht-pezeveng.(derived from Persian)

That word was never used in our family, I must add.

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there was a politician in california who changed his name to Absolutely Nobody, and the day he died, the obituaries read that "Absolutely Nobody Died."

GG, Is that for real? Either way, made me laugh, thanks

Bubbles x

yup, somewhere around here i have the newsclipping about it.....[/quotejust

Reminds me of a story my sister once told me about someone she worked with. Now I was quite young and impressionable so I am not sure if this is for real!

Anyway, this person wanted some letters after her name -for a little respect! So, just for fun every time she wrote her name she would add E.I.E.I.O.

It really started up some great conversations - especially when I tell you her surname was 'Mc Donald!!

Bubbles x