Unfortunate Names

Stickfigure said:
Know a guy with the surname Cockburn
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A while back I was listening to a Cockburn interacting with someone who was repeatedly asking his surname. He would pronounce it co burn. She would say cock burn in return. This exchange went on for quite a few minutes :D
 
ShaunSA said:
A while back I was listening to a Cockburn interacting with someone who was repeatedly asking his surname. He would pronounce it co burn. She would say cock burn in return. This exchange went on for quite a few minutes :D
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Haha yeah the guy I know pronounces it co burn as well. Not really surprising :D
 
Sometimes I wonder what parents were thinking when they named their children.
 
eg2505 said:
Swastika? A Indian name?

That's quite odd....
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Not at all.

The swastika (also known as the hakenkreuz, gammadion cross, cross cramponnée, or tetraskelion) (as a character: 卐 or 卍) is an ancient religious symbol that generally takes the form of an equilateral cross, with its four legs bent at 90 degrees.[1][2] It is considered to be a sacred and auspicious symbol in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism and dates back to before the 2nd century BC.[3]
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika
 
I was dealing with a client in the UK with the surname Cafferkey. Which is not that great in SA at the moment...
 
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