People with silly and / or stupid names

Shut it down, we have a winner.

preposterous
"adjective
1.
completely contrary to nature, reason, or common sense; absurd; senseless; utterly foolish: "

We had an Eric Cheng at school, the slow dances at school discos were his section.

This week I emailed a chap called Tossaporn.

someone I work with had an email from Tunde Cockshott

Basil Iwanyk
http://imdb.com/rg/an_share/name/name/nm0412588/

Can I get a pronunciation guide before I have this phonecall with the delightful Miss Takenoshita?

Ta-kan oshita?
Tay-kenoshi-ta?
Take -no-shit-ay?

Well, this is highly subjective. For instance, my 'partner' teaches in a school that's pretty multicultural; plenty of Somalians, Indians, Pakistanis and so on.
Anyway, children assume their teachers don't have parents, live at the school they teach in. They couldn't believe it when they got wind of the fact that my partner/their teacher actually had a FATHER!
'What's his name?' someone asked.
'Alan,' she replied.
The whole class fell about laughing like it was the funniest name they'd ever heard.

Obviously big Partridge fans

Been on the phone to a lady called Manmeet

On the dog and bone?

the phenomenal Butros Butros Ghali aged 92

6-year-olds watching Partridge? What is the world coming to...

theresa green

I had a teacher called Mary Hancock.

I also have a tendency to suffer from Spoonerisms. It did not go well for me in her class.

Takenoshita

Ta-Ke-No-Shtar

Ta (as in Tap)
Ke (as in the spanish Que)
No (as in no)
Shtar (you don't pronounce the i in 'shita', like 'star' but with an 'h' in it).

I didn't do Parkrun today so I don't know if Bumsuk ran again.

Shtar (you don't pronounce the i in 'shita', like 'star' but with an 'h' in it).

One ping only Vashilly.

the absurd keith lemon

El Nashar - Dentist

http://www.el-nashar.co.uk/

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