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Have you got an embarassing name?
BigAl Patron Saint of Left Handers Keeper of the Glowing Pickle and Monobrows Posted Jul 29, 2008
'I´d imagine Bus Shelter Number 16 is named after his place of conception, but it seems awfully specific. At least Brooklyn is a name you can get away with. Maybe there´s a few kids out there named Back Of The El Camino.'.
Well, when I was in Russia I met someone called 'yoj'(Russian for 'hedgehog' (Really need Russian cyrillic characters here). Well, for a start, can you imagine anyone in GB having such a name!? And, as for a place of conception, well the mind boggles! 
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Malabarista - now with added pony Posted Jul 29, 2008
Some people name their kids Kitty or Fawn, so why not hedgehog?
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BigAl Patron Saint of Left Handers Keeper of the Glowing Pickle and Monobrows Posted Jul 29, 2008
Well, I entirely agree - but it's not exacty 'common'.
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NPY Posted Jul 29, 2008
Never heard the name Fawn before. And at least Kitty's an abbreviation. hedgehog's a bit more random.
People call their kids May or June, but you don't meet and Novembers about.
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BigAl Patron Saint of Left Handers Keeper of the Glowing Pickle and Monobrows Posted Jul 29, 2008
Probably too 
in November to attempt to conceive anywhere al fresco.
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BigAl Patron Saint of Left Handers Keeper of the Glowing Pickle and Monobrows Posted Jul 29, 2008
April is also quite common, but I've never met a March. Probably too again (winkeye>
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Malabarista - now with added pony Posted Jul 29, 2008
I had a friend named Fawn in school - and she was anything but, very, er, heavyset. The same must happen sometimes to babies named "Tiny" or "Princess" - don't their parents *think*? Babies grow up into middle-aged people...
Politicians with odd names:
There's a Cajus Julius Caesar currently in the German Bundestag - and of course there's always the first president of Zimbabwe, Canaan Banana...
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NPY Posted Jul 29, 2008
Though I'm sure calling your child April means the month they were born rather than concieved??
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BigAl Patron Saint of Left Handers Keeper of the Glowing Pickle and Monobrows Posted Jul 29, 2008
Hmm, perhaps. But why the paucity of January's, February's, March's, August's, Sptembewr's, October's, November's and December's?
. I'll stick with the conception dates explanation 
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McKay The Disorganised Posted Jul 30, 2008
Isn't there a model called Tuesday Weald - and the heroine in Stig of The Dump was called February.
It's like John Peel giving his son the name Anfield - good job he didn't support Shrewsbury. (Gay Meadow)
As for where you were conceived - well dangerous - you might end up with 3 bedrooms and a back of the car.
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lostmonalisa Posted Jul 30, 2008
Tuesday Weld was an actress. I don't know if the name was made up, or if that's her actual given name.
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Researcher 1300304 Posted Jul 30, 2008
her birth name was susan. her professional name of tuesday was based on her childhood nickname of 'tu tu'.
dudley moore was lucky enough to be married to this most gorgeous of women for awhile.
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NPY Posted Jul 30, 2008
Just remembered that a friend went to school with a girl called Tuesday. At least she didn't have 3 other girls in her class with the same name.
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