Terry Bull Names
'Most unfortunate names' revealed
What do you call some of the most unlucky people in Britain?Justin Case, Barb Dwyer and Stan Still.
It sounds like a bad joke, but a study has revealed that there really are unfortunate people with those names in the UK.
Joining them on the list are Terry Bull, Paige Turner, Mary Christmas and Anna Sasin.
And just imagine having to introduce yourself to a crowd as Doug Hole or Hazel Nutt.
The names were uncovered by researchers from parenting group TheBabyWebsite.com after trawling through online telephone records.
Retired airman Stan Still, 76, from Cirencester, Gloucestershire, said his name had been "a blooming millstone around my neck my entire life".
"When I was in the RAF my commanding officer used to shout, 'Stan Still, get a move on' and roll about laughing," he said.
"It got hugely boring after a while."
But 51-year-old Rose Bush, from Coventry, West Midlands, said she loved her name.
"I always get comments about it but they are always very positive," she said.
Implications
Researchers also scoured phone records in the US and found some unlikely names there too.
Spare a thought for Anna Prentice, Annette Curtain and Bill Board the next time you sign your name.
A string of Americans also have very job-specific names, including Dr Leslie Doctor, Dr Thoulton Surgeon and Les Plack - a dentist in San Francisco.
A spokesman for TheBabyWebsite.com said: "When the parents of some of those people mentioned named their children, many probably didn't even realise the implications at the time.
"Parents really do need to think carefully though when choosing names for their children.
"Their name will be with them for life and what may be quirky and fun for a toddler might be regretted terribly when that person becomes older or even a grandparent perhaps."
Comments
Two months after, he dissapeared.
It´s a curious case!
And in my mother´s job a customer is called R. de la Guerra de la Pazand another P. Niño Cabezón.
It isn´t a joke!
A friend of mine from my years in Italy is called June Key, which sounds just like Junkie (drug addict)
I'm not kidding/joking = I'm telling the truth.
Were you able to understand all the double meanings?
A few years ago, I read an article about weird names which was written by the owner's of these names. I'll never forget: Dolores Fuertes de Barriga. What on earth were their parents thinking in(?)?
And once, waiting to register at the university, the students made a list to bring the line under control and somebody wrote: Elena Nito del Bosque (try to read it fast and without breaks between the words).
By the way, I didn't understand:
Barb Dwyer, Terry Bull and Bill Board.
Look up barbed wire and billboard in the dictionary.
Terry Bull sounds like terrible.