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quinnox Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-02-11 09:21 AM
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If your last name was Weiner
wouldn't you change it? Honestly, I wouldn't even blink and change it as soon as possible. A lifetime of people calling you Mr. Weiner is not an enticing prospect!

I don't know but this whole thing could have been avoided by having a normal last name, but with a last name like that you are a neon target as a politician.
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panader0 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-02-11 09:22 AM
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1. I had an astronomy teacher once
named Dr. Cocke.
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NorthCarolina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-02-11 09:29 AM
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9. Have a Cocke and a smile
:)
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pipi_k Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-02-11 09:58 AM
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13. After my parents divorced, my mom had a boyfriend named Jim Hiscock n/t
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phleshdef Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-02-11 09:25 AM
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2. No, I wouldn't change the last name my father and grandfather had.
I wouldn't be ashamed over something so shallow and petty. You would seriously change your last name and dishonor your whole family over something so stupid?
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quinnox Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-02-11 09:28 AM
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6. I wouldn't blink
I would change my last name if it was Weiner, you bet.

I wouldn't think it dishonored my family either, "a rose by any other name" and all that.
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phleshdef Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-02-11 09:55 AM
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12. Thats pathetic.
Nothing more to say really.
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FBaggins Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-02-11 09:27 AM
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3. I'd take my wife's name in a heartbeat.
Show my pro-feminst bona-fides every bit as much as marrying someone on Hillary's staff.
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Ineeda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-02-11 09:27 AM
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4. Some people are proud of their family names, even if awkward.
I used to know people whose last name was Fardi. They changed it when they had kids. Now, if my last name were Bush of Cheney, I'd change it in a hurry! ;-)
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SharonAnn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-02-11 09:37 AM
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10. Michael Savage changed his name from Michael Weiner. Not man enough to handle the jokes?
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Ineeda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-02-11 10:07 AM
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16. And he chose 'Savage'? Figures. n/t
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Atman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-02-11 09:27 AM
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5. Absolutely...
Sid Wiener.

Steve Wiener.

Huge Wiener.

Anything but "Anthony."
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NorthCarolina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-02-11 09:28 AM
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7. I'd change my first name to "Hugh". nt
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LeftinOH Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-02-11 09:29 AM
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8. The correct pronunciation is "vye-nair", but most people wouldn't see it that way-
Therefore, YES -I would definitely change it.
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Scuba Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-02-11 09:39 AM
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11. I know a guy named Stanley Fuchs, and of course...
...the Hogg sisters are famous - Ima and Ura. In American Graffitti, the carhop was outside yelling "has anybody seen Mike Hunt".

I think Lance Boyle is unfortunate, but otherwise, I just don't think it's that big a deal.


thanks,


Buzz Hunter
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ladjf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-02-11 01:43 PM
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17. The surname Fuchs rhymes with pukes. nt
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Scuba Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-02-11 03:07 PM
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21. You are correct, sir/maam.
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rucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-02-11 09:59 AM
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14. I'd change it to Boehner. n/t
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quinnox Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-02-11 10:01 AM
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15. lol
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kentuck Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-02-11 01:48 PM
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18. We had a Sheriff named...
Edited on Thu Jun-02-11 01:49 PM by kentuck
Harry Ball.
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arbusto_baboso Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-02-11 01:50 PM
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19. Well, if it were pronounced CORRECTLY....
it would sound like "whiner". The sounds in both german and Yiddish call for the name to be pronounced "whiner".

Would that actually be any better?
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AngryAmish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-02-11 01:53 PM
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20. Harry Baals, rethug mayor of Fort Waye, IN
{http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Baals}

If I had a stupid name I would change it in a second.
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