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One of the ODDEST names EVER

Emjay221Emjay221 member
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My Boyfriend works for the IT department.  He got a fixit for an employee named

EL-A

He thought it was "ELLA"  She said no... it's EL-DASHA

They pronounce the DASH!!!

Well, I guess it's better than EL-Hyphen-a

SIGH....

 

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  • joraejorae
    Have a friend who works for the State and she has a few of these......
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  • AllysaAllysa
    my cousin is an inner city elementary teacher.  She has a student named A-Ah.  pronounced ah-DASH-ah.  Very odd indeed.
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  • EastCoastBrideEastCoastBride member

    I find it interesting that this is all "I have a cousin/friend/boyfriend". No one ever seems to know these people directly. 

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  • krissyh21krissyh21 member
    I have a friend of a friend of a friend of a cousin that is three times removed that tells me this is an urban legend. I will have to believe that person until I meet someone myself with that name =)
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  • Em208Em208 member

    Well my husbands name is N=as

    (pronounced Nickoulas)

     

     

     

    ...no not for real.

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  • shall923shall923 member
    Look on snopes.com. This is an urban legend. I have a friend that has a friend that teaches and told the same story about one of his students. 
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  • Temp984666312503071Temp984666312503071 member
    Is Lemonjello running around here somewhere with La-a and A-a?
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  • steffnstuffsteffnstuff member
    I work for the county and although I have seen this "urban legend" name mentioned before, I have never met anyone with the actual name. However, I will say that working in this field you come across some VERY strange names.
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  • *Scuzzlebutt**Scuzzlebutt* member
    Does El-a happen to have twin brothers named Orangello and Lemongello?
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  • JenZuanichJenZuanich member
    imageEm208:

    Well my husbands name is N=as

    (pronounced Nickoulas)

     

     

     

    ...no not for real.

    That would be AWESOME!  HAHAHA

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  • PunkyBoosterPunkyBooster member

    I assume the early posters are posting tongue-in-cheek responses.

    You are all cracking me up. 

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  • kmwillskmwills member

    I wonder if we could start using license plate spellings - instead of Katie, it could be K8ee.  Why not use numbers in a name if you can use punctuation?

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  • mcadams1mcadams1
    Well, its not as ridiculous but I do know a girl who named her son Koi and my SIL works in a nicu and she comes across bad ones a lot but recently she had to explain to a woman that "Vaginia" may sound pretty to her, but its a part of her anatomy and probably wouldn't be a good name. seriously. the woman didn't know what a vagina was.
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  • serwin08serwin08
    imagekmwills:

    I wonder if we could start using license plate spellings - instead of Katie, it could be K8ee.  Why not use numbers in a name if you can use punctuation?

    Haha

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  • Emjay221Emjay221 member

    I can promise you this is no urban legend.  I will see if he can't print something that won't be a violation of city rules since it's the city IT department.  Heck maybe I'll just find her department and list it and you call and tell them you have a problem and need to speak to Eldasha. 


     

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  • steff13914steff13914
    That's just silly! poor girl.
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  • la79alla79al member
    When I was helping out in a kindergarten classroom a few years ago, there was a Deb/L (pronounced Debanell).  No dashes but interesting none the less. 
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  • msmerymacmsmerymac member
    I read an interesting article about the racist connotations of this kind of thing. Interesting.
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  • procella_lamiaprocella_lamia
    That just seems cruel and unusual. 
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  • danseusefrancaisedanseusefrancaise

    Haha, this reminds me of a joke e-mail my mom got.  This lady couldn't figure out why everyone was calling her daughter Lea - "Her name's Le-a!" (LeDasha)  We LOL'ed so hard. 

    It's kinda not so funny that people really do this though. Ick!

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  • NBickhamNBickham member

    My co-worker's brother just started dating a woman with a 7 year old son they call Mac. When Shannon asked the girl what Mac was short for, she told her...

    Q'Miraculous.

     

    Apparently little Mac was born 12 weeks premature and it was a miracle he lived.

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  • I'mAcrossThePondI'mAcrossThePond
    imagekmwills:

    I wonder if we could start using license plate spellings - instead of Katie, it could be K8ee.  Why not use numbers in a name if you can use punctuation?

    Sadly, I think this is actually allowed. There was a girl in my grade in HS named K8E Rainbow Ware. The school tried to make her write Katie and she produced her birth certificate showing K8E.

    Her parents were hippies...she was a psudo hippy too...very into theater (not that hippies are into theater) and was the lead in most school plays.

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