That's freakin hilarious.

I once was in NY and my taxi driver from India had his name on his ID card on his dash which was: Ram Amandeep.

Patrick

Don't forget Mike Hunt & Anita Goodman.

I had a dentist whose name was Dr. Pain. And he deserved that name.

Well, I had a couple friends once tell me that they had a bad experience with a dentist, and his name was something like SHAM(as in CONJOB). And I learned some hindi once, and somehow found out that a guy that worked with us had a name, that was on his vanity plates, that meant PENIS in HINDI. One day an indian coworker even mentioned it, and people had a good laugh.

But almost any name might mean something in another language, or even in YOUR language, given how another language may pronounce it. Did you know Asperger could mean sprinkle, like sprinkle cinnamon on your toast? Some people even pronounce it like that word "ahsperjay"

Steve

A long time ago, a debt collector once called me and his last name was Slaughter. He said it like he knew it had an effect and he dragged it out.

I told him that he was hilarious and he got very angry and I never heard from him again.

A former client of mine was buying his father's business and immediately changed the name upon completion of the sale. He wasn't so keen on owning Dick Wood Plumbing.

He ended up changing it back because he lost the traction of name recognition.

I can just imagine them answering the phone, "Dick Wood Plumbing. We'll clean your pipes."

Try Inlaws by Jeano M. Diane Heyer.

Or mebbe not.

Man, that's so lame.