Cardinal Richelieu Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 On 30/11/2018 at 23:45, The Nightfly said: When I was working in China I realised that the locals liked to give themselves Western names so that the expats could remember them and pronounce them easier. I met Stone, Jobs and Yahoo. When I was at uni halls in Glasgow, I shared with some Chinese chaps who decided to give themselves westernised names. And they needed to look no further than Glasgow rivers. Yes, one called himself Kelvin and the other Clyde. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 12 hours ago, Boghead ranter said: My Son had a basketball game yesterday against a team from Edinburgh - judging by the shouts of encouragement from the Edinburgh parents, there was a Tarquin, a Felix and a Tobias playing. What do you expect...fucking basketball indeed! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eednud Posted December 25, 2018 Share Posted December 25, 2018 At Christmas get together yesterday were 2 wee shites called Kayos and Mersaydez. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathematics Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 On 03/12/2018 at 17:28, Cardinal Richelieu said: When I was at uni halls in Glasgow, I shared with some Chinese chaps who decided to give themselves westernised names. And they needed to look no further than Glasgow rivers. Yes, one called himself Kelvin and the other Clyde. I had a Chinese student down in Wales who called herself “fanny”. Then irn-bru did that advert so no-one will believe me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lichtgilphead Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 On 03/12/2018 at 17:28, Cardinal Richelieu said: When I was at uni halls in Glasgow, I shared with some Chinese chaps who decided to give themselves westernised names. And they needed to look no further than Glasgow rivers. Yes, one called himself Kelvin and the other Clyde. When I was at Uni ('79 - '83) I was friendly with some Chinese students. They had all been advised to choose a 'traditional' UK name to help them to fit in. The list of names that they had been given obviously dated from the 1930's. Luckily, 'Albert' Fung realised quite quickly that this list was nonsensical, and within the first week or so was introducing himself as 'KC' after his first and middle names. He wasn't happy about the bad advice he had been given. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swarley Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 YAAAAAAS. Game of Thrones Alert, Game of Thrones Alert. My youngest started school a couple of weeks ago and there is a Sansa in his class! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highland Capital Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 I saw one of The Hill reporters of the New Hampshire primary was named Krystal Ball! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 On 20/01/2019 at 15:44, mathematics said: I had a Chinese student down in Wales who called herself “fanny”. Then irn-bru did that advert so no-one will believe me. I've had dealings with a Fanni Kiss before. Seems that Kiss is a pretty common Hungarian surname, but I'm presuming that this isn't particularly well known where she lives in SE England. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Sanchez Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 I heard a "Woodrow" on Byres Road the other week. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philpy Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 I served a posh c**t at work today, he had a wee boy with him, called felix. I was tempted to get the wee c**t a saucer of milk. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 1 hour ago, Hedgecutter said: I've had dealings with a Fanni Kiss before. Seems that Kiss is a pretty common Hungarian surname, but I'm presuming that this isn't particularly well known where she lives in SE England. Plenty Fannis down there though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyAnchor Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 Someone called Reghan scored for Morton. Pretty cringeworthy and so is his name. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boghead ranter Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 3 hours ago, BillyAnchor said: Someone called Reghan scored for Morton. Pretty cringeworthy and so is his name. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highland Capital Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 6 hours ago, Miguel Sanchez said: I heard a "Woodrow" on Byres Road the other week. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rizzo Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 7 hours ago, MixuFixit said: Floppy haired wee boy running ahead of his mum who was calling out "Munro! Come back here Munro!" Wonder if he has a wee brother called Corbett. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 Saw this bit of underpass graffiti earlier. Wrong on so many levels. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim McLean's Ghost Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, Hedgecutter said: Saw this bit of underpass graffiti earlier. Wrong on so many levels. His da's favourite player. They called the first born Anton. Edited February 27, 2020 by Jim McLean's Ghost 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boghead ranter Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 16 minutes ago, Jim McLean's Ghost said: His da's favourite player. They called the first born Anton. Was his name not actually f**k Sake Anton? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayrmad Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 3 hours ago, Hedgecutter said: Saw this bit of underpass graffiti earlier. Wrong on so many levels. He's just teasing folk. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 1 hour ago, Jim McLean's Ghost said: His da's favourite player. They called the first born Anton. My favourite ever Celtic player 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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