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Unfortunate names !

Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2009 8:20 am
by Dave Wells
Did anyone else watch the footie the other night. Was the Belarus right back called Shittov or did I keep hearing it wrong ?

Anyway it reminded of two guys with somewhat unusual names myself.

Back in the lates 70's I worked with a guy and his name was Tony Withshuson - with shoes on !

And my brother played cricket with a guy from New Zealand in the 80's and his name was Wayne King !

Anybody else got any genuine ones ?


Re: Unfortunate names !

Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2009 8:38 am
by Peter
Dave Wells wrote:

> Did anyone else watch the footie the other night. Was the
> Belarus right back called Shittov or did I keep hearing it
> wrong ?


yep, the commentator said, "if you're going to snigger, you can just go to bed now" after the first mention of it.

Re: Unfortunate names !

Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2009 9:27 am
by Guilbert
Germany had a player called Kuntz



And there was the famous commentary using his hame




Re: Unfortunate names !

Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2009 11:25 am
by Steve R
In the 1960s, Everton had a player named Mike Trebilcock.


Re: Unfortunate names !

Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2009 3:21 pm
by Mysteryman
Normally pronounced Trebilco

Re: Unfortunate names !

Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2009 3:26 pm
by Steve R
Mysteryman wrote:

> Normally pronounced Trebilco

Well, it would be, wouldn't it? !laugh!


Re: Unfortunate names !

Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2009 3:31 pm
by Steve R
By the way, I can assure you that we Liverpool supporters (sadly, I was interested in football as a child) most certainly did not pronounce it 'Trebilco' !wink!


Re: Unfortunate names !

Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2009 4:10 pm
by Dick Moby
I went to sea with someone who was called John Thomas and his middle name was Richard . His father must have had a blinding sense of humour.

Re: Unfortunate names !

Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2009 4:46 pm
by Dick Moby
Probably she was not conceived in Paris but it sounds a lot better than "Up a close"