What is some of your Pet Peeve's

[Oaktree]

This reminds me of another, smaller, peeve. Odd spelling of names.

La-a (Ladasha)
Dafydd (David)
Jaxon (Jackson)
XÆA-Xii (Elon's Child, not sure how to pronounce it)
Airwrecka (Erica)
Phalicia (Felicia)

... just to name a few.

I have mixed thoughts on that. Nice that the parents gave their kid a somewhat unique name, but you've also saddled this kid with having to spell their name to everyone for the rest of their life. Bad enough with hyphenated last names, which could get quite cumbersome after a couple generations.

What about names that typically belong with the other gender? Years ago I worked with a guy whose name was Shirley. Would have been WWII generation, so this isn't a new thing.

 

[Jstpssng]

I have mixed thoughts on that. Nice that the parents gave their kid a somewhat unique name, but you've also saddled this kid with having to spell their name to everyone for the rest of their life. Bad enough with hyphenated last names, which could get quite cumbersome after a couple generations.

On a similar note; when I went for a mortgage the loan officer told me "Never name a kid after yourself."
I already knew that. Imagine being 80 years old and people still call you "Sonny."

What about names that typically belong with the other gender? Years ago I worked with a guy whose name was Shirley. Would have been WWII generation, so this isn't a new thing.

Could that have been a man's name back then? There was an ace equipment operator up here by that name. When I just tried to find his obituary to see when he had died, I found that of another man with the same name, born in 1930.

At least it wasn't Sue!

 

[bcp]

From:

Shirley (name) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

The name was also among the top 1,000 names given to newborn American boys between 1880 and 1957, though the name was always given to more girls than boys. As a male name, Shirley reached the peak of popularity in 1935, when it was the 259th most popular name given to American boys.


Bruce

 

[kenmbz]

Hang out in france and male vs. female names are quite blurred.
The french government tried to enforce a rule to stop that and got the group who sponsored it voted out.
How many Marion's are there back in the early part of the 1900's besides my Grandmother and some very masculine movie stars!

Now in call centers they tried to have people in other countries pick out "American" names. Some were quite interesting. Not sure how changing peoples names really helps with language and culture barriers though.

 

[Fuddyduddy1952]

In Virginia everyone had nicknames hence Fuddy. I worked with monkey, rat, garbage & stick. Pootie, sticky & fot always had trouble getting a date but not cow tongue.
Japanese Joe, butt, riggie, stumpy, stubby and dimpy are a few others.

 

[jjeff]

Also works at gas pumps without reverse. If only it wasn't a peeve of mine.

 

[Torvy]

I presume you mean "you're welcome", which I always thought was a dumb response. Yeah, my parents taught me to say that too, but they also implied that the only proper response to "how are you?" is "fine thank you how are you?" which is equally dated & clumsy sounding IMHO. "No problem" is no problem for me.

No problem is closer to the Spanish de nada (it is nothing). Or the Australian: no worries.

All of these work for me. It may depend a bit upon how thanks were conveyed.

As for odd names, John Wayne's real name was Marion. I worked with a guy named Sharon. (Shuh-ron) Leslie is another one.

 

[thepumpguysc]

I forget about nicknames..
When I was working we had the AMAZING BROTHERS..
There was TOTALLY, COMPLETELY, and I was FK’N..
We pulled of some AMAZING things ..

 

[steve tym]

I worked with a company....
Jan was the guy that owned the place.
Chris(tine) and her husband Chris(pin) also worked there.
Oh, then there was Shannon, he was an ok guy.
Robin worked there too, I see him sometimes still.

 

[jjeff]

A thing associated with Keurig brand coffee makers and those cups tried them, distant family members use them I do not.