Ridiculous.... in http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r20876713 en Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:22:36 EDT Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:22:36 EDT Re: Ridiculous.... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20894262 anon :
said by tfrionli See Profile :

My dogs names are $hithead and stains. "Come $hithead,,come stains"
my aunt and uncil had a dog they named tucker because little kids get the soud of t's and f's mixed up]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20894262 Sun, 03 Aug 2008 18:52:41 EDT Re: Ridiculous.... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20888688 ReVeLaTeD :
said by dentman42 See Profile :

said by sleepysysadmin :

Got to go with Manmeet as the best name I've ever seen on a resume.
Best last name: Hiscock
Best first name: Phuc (went by "Peter").
A girl in my HS graduating class was named "Phuc Phan". It was pronounced like "Fook", but it was comedy when the gym instructor did roll call as he intentionally called the name wrong...loud...LOL]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20888688 Sat, 02 Aug 2008 11:50:30 EDT Re: Ridiculous.... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20881982 amartinas : it's not rape, it's suprise sex

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CALM DOWN!! lets not turn this rape into a murder!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20881982 Fri, 01 Aug 2008 05:10:30 EDT Re: Ridiculous.... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20881811 Desdinova : Don't say "tit". THINK OF THE CHILDREN!!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20881811 Fri, 01 Aug 2008 02:42:40 EDT Re: Ridiculous.... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20881673 C0deZer0 :
said by dsl14350 See Profile :

said by K3 See Profile :

I had a buddy named Mike Hunt growing up and he got teased alot, and lost alot of job opportunities along the way, I guess the country is nothing but a bunch of grown up kids to be making a fuss about this, geeeez

Phone call for Mike Hunt... Mike Hunt...Mike Hunt?.........has anyone seen Mike Hunt?
Not yet, but as a licensed OB/GYN, it's my duty to do so. ;)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20881673 Fri, 01 Aug 2008 01:36:39 EDT Re: Ridiculous.... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20880492 supergirl :
said by ptrowski See Profile :

I have a consultant with the last name of Dikshit. Is he not allowed to get Verizon service now?
Maybe, but how did Long Dick Dong get FIOS?

Verizon in Vientanmese means, "Excrememnt" and "Heads" or "sh@#heads". Go figure! :uhh:
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said by K3 See Profile :

I had a buddy named Mike Hunt growing up and he got teased alot, and lost alot of job opportunities along the way, I guess the country is nothing but a bunch of grown up kids to be making a fuss about this, geeeez

Phone call for Mike Hunt... Mike Hunt...Mike Hunt?.........has anyone seen Mike Hunt? ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20880272 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 20:19:00 EDT Re: Ridiculous.... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20879640 PDXPLT : He should tell them Verizon is some expletive in Albanian or something.

That would be tit for tat, wouldn't it? ;)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20879640 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:08:37 EDT Re: Ridiculous.... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20879345 K3 : I had a buddy named Mike Hunt growing up and he got teased alot, and lost alot of job opportunities along the way, I guess the country is nothing but a bunch of grown up kids to be making a fuss about this, geeeez]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20879345 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:11:07 EDT Re: Ridiculous.... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20879069 RARPSL :
said by Maxo See Profile :

I don't think that anyone here argues that there should be a legal requirement for immigrants to change their name.
Unfortunately the illiterate INS bureaucrats at Ellis Island had a habit of doing this between January 1, 1892 and November 12, 1954 (when the immigration depot was closed) by deliberately misspelling any name they found too hard to spell or pronounce.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20879069 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:22:48 EDT Re: Ridiculous.... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20878777 dentman42 :
said by sleepysysadmin :

Got to go with Manmeet as the best name I've ever seen on a resume.
Best last name: Hiscock
Best first name: Phuc (went by "Peter").]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20878777 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:26:15 EDT Re: Ridiculous.... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20878531 Maxo :
said by keyboard5684 See Profile :

The US should not ask, or especially force, anyone one to change anything just to "fit in" to our society.
I don't think that anyone here argues that there should be a legal requirement for immigrants to change their name.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20878531 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:42:29 EDT Re: Ridiculous.... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20878396 keyboard5684 : I agree. Not just 1,000 years but many more than that. Some translations and even just the names themselves can come out as expletives or other wise even insulting to US custom. However, no one should ever have to change there name, period. I would be outraged if someone asked me to do so and there would be no end to the battle/lawsuits and what have you.

The US should not ask, or especially force, anyone one to change anything just to "fit in" to our society.

Yes, Spanish speaking but not knowing English is a problem, I think they should learn English, just like we should if we were to live in France, learn French.

But changing something that is so important to many as their name is completely out of the question and this should have never happened. I cannot imagine that this is uncommon, it is very common. I hear all sorts of last names that are what they are.

Here are a few...
Neicewonger
Fingered
Horney
Assman

I could go on and I did not even really get into the different ethnic names.

Verizon is not alone in bad customer service though, this story just happened to pick on them. Every big company has it's problems.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20878396 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:23:54 EDT Re: Ridiculous.... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20878365 Jeffrey : If they're smart, they'll hire famous NY attorney William Kunstler to represent them.

Edit: I just checked out---Kuntsler died? 1995? Man, where the hell have I been.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20878365 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:18:43 EDT Re: Ridiculous.... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20878093 anon : Got to go with Manmeet as the best name I've ever seen on a resume.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20878093 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:15:25 EDT Re: Ridiculous.... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20877993 v35_pilot : Wow, now *that's* a soapbox.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20877993 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 13:20:49 EDT Re: Ridiculous.... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20877897 aciddrink : Wow that is a new low for Customer Service, seriously....funny as hell though!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20877897 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 13:02:26 EDT Re: Ridiculous.... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20877721 kamm :
said by Camelot One See Profile :

said by ptrowski See Profile :

I have a consultant with the last name of Dikshit.
Your consultant really needs to change his name. That or make certain he doesn't reproduce, and send more kids through school with that name.
No offense but it's the typical practical (should I say primitive?) American answer to a problem that shouldn't even exist in first place if schools weren't full of unruly, spoiled kids, coming from "families" where parental duties are apparently limited to provide the Holy Trinity of shelter and food and entertainment. :uhh:

FYI most countries have existed well before the US, along with their genealogical history and the whole idea to change your family* name sounds completely ridiculous for me - why would anyone throw away her/his family name after 500-1000 years (in perspective: 3-4x longer than the whole history of US :p), long generations of ancestry?
Only to avoid insults thrown out by some stupid boorish, ill-bred loser kids?
What a nonsense.

*: FAMILY name, not last name - to me "last name" shows the lack of respect toward history including your own ancestry.
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said by Maxo See Profile :

An Indian name I've ran in to a few time is Shithead, pronounced shi-th-eed.
Strange, I thought they were all named Bob or Mike Smith :)
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said by Camelot One See Profile :

said by ptrowski See Profile :

I have a consultant with the last name of Dikshit.
Your consultant really needs to change his name. That or make certain he doesn't reproduce, and send more kids through school with that name.
Well, when dealing with some Indian consultants you see all types of fun names.
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said by ptrowski See Profile :

I have a consultant with the last name of Dikshit.
Your consultant really needs to change his name. That or make certain he doesn't reproduce, and send more kids through school with that name. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20876963 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 09:55:31 EDT Re: Ridiculous.... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20876810 Jeffrey :
said by ptrowski See Profile :

I have a consultant with the last name of Dikshit. Is he not allowed to get Verizon service now?
If Verizon's CSR department gets hung up on something like this, then they're in deep shi...err, stuff.

In a related story, I had a friend back in elementary school with the last name of Slutz. Yes, was always pronouced like you think it is. In the early 90s, they tried to change the pronouciation to "sluetz", with marginal success. :)

I still caller her a Slutz.
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