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Points: 13032 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 12 2006 at 00:42
It`s strange some names which can be used to either men or women...like Sam
 
i met a guy whose surname is Agonizante ( dying) hahaha... poor guy.. and the worst thing is that i met him in a hospital LOL

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Points: 4318 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 12 2006 at 00:51
Originally posted by memowakeman memowakeman wrote:

It`s strange some names which can be used to either men or women...like Sam
 

i met a guy whose surname is Agonizante ( dying) hahaha... poor guy.. and the worst thing is that i met him in a hospital [IMG]height=17 alt=LOL src="http://www.progarchives.com/forum/smileys/smiley36.gif" width=17 align=absMiddle>

    
My highschool mates always talked about a guy called "Alan Brito Delgado" (thin little wire), but I think they made that up. But, I know a girl called "Rosa Espinoza". Also, when the laws of this country started allowing people to change their names, the first person that used the benefit was someone called "Anito". He was famous because of this. He even appeared on TV.
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Points: 391 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 12 2006 at 00:55
In North American English only (for instance, won't work for British English),

Anita Dick


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Originally posted by xtopher xtopher wrote:

In North American English only (for instance, won't work for British English),Anita Dick


I forgot to include the translations for the names of my previous post. Rosa Espinoza would be like "Rose with spines", and "Anito", well, in spanish, "ito" is a diminutive. Like the way the "Y" works in english. If you say "Thingy", you are talking about a little thing. The word for "Anus" is "Ano" in spanish. This guy was named "Anito" (little Anus), so he changed his name in a hart beat.
    
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Originally posted by cuncuna cuncuna wrote:

Originally posted by xtopher xtopher wrote:

In North American English only (for instance, won't work for British English),Anita Dick


I forgot to include the translations for the names of my previous post. Rosa Espinoza would be like "Rose with spines", and "Anito", well, in spanish, "ito" is a diminutive. Like the way the "Y" works in english. If you say "Thingy", you are talking about a little thing. The word for "Anus" is "Ano" in spanish. This guy was named "Anito" (little Anus), so he changed his name in a hart beat.
    


That clarifies things (LOL).  But in American English, t occurring after a stressed vowel and before an unstressed vowel sounds like a Spanish r (as in cara), or almost like an English d.

So Anita sounds suspiciously like "I need a..."

Sorry to be so obvious...
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Points: 391 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 12 2006 at 01:09
That reminds me of the English name "Enis".

Sherry and the Enis (for you Family Guy freaks out there).
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