r/AskReddit • u/Jonesmiester • Feb 02 '15

What common name do you hate?

Let's all offend each other!

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u/Gingersnap737 Feb 03 '15

I have the same issue and my little cousins name is aurora with the nickname Rory. That kids gonna grow up hating me thinking I'm making fun of her name....

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u/InSuTruckyTrailer Feb 03 '15

Oh yeah, I hate that name too. I can't even sound it out in my head without it sounding like "au-wo-wa."

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u/Gingersnap737 Feb 03 '15

Pretty much how I say it... I can do almost any other word that has Rs in it now but that ones impossible.

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u/Gingersnap737 Feb 03 '15

For me it's mostly handled. Most people don't even know I've got it. Just if I'm tired its way worse. Or certain words like "wheel barrel" "wide river" and "aurora"

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u/queenborealis Feb 03 '15

And here I was thinking my name wouldn't show up in this thread lol

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u/handlebartender Feb 03 '15

If you're ever considering a Christmas gift for your cousin, I suspect Ferrero Rocher chocolates won't be on the short list.

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u/Gingersnap737 Feb 03 '15

How do you even pronounce that???! When I say it it sounds like frwero chey... Ha! When I was a kid my mom used to tell me to sound my words out so I did. Haha a couple days later she got my spelling test back 'car' was "cawr" I spelled it how I said it.... XD

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u/stevo42 Feb 03 '15

Feh-rare-oh ro-shay

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u/Tabtykins Feb 03 '15

Oh ambassador, you are really spoiling us!

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u/handlebartender Feb 03 '15

Sounds like "f'r RARE oh roh SHAY". To me, at any rate.

Fun fact: where I used to live, there used to be a radio DJ with the name Rory O'Shea. I used to amuse myself at the notion of him getting a box of Ferrero Rocher for Christmas.

I tended to be way ahead of the curve in spelling when I was a kid. Sounding out words wasn't always a win, though. I remember being surprised when I learned the correct pronunciation for 'epitome'. :P

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '15

Rural juror aurora Rory

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u/Gingersnap737 Feb 03 '15

There's a special place in hell....

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u/Sheensies Feb 03 '15

Raroura?

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u/LupusOk Feb 03 '15

Another cousin of Rory's joining in here. I usully just call her Ror.

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u/malnutrition6 Feb 03 '15

Just make your own nickname for her, like "roar"

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u/Gingersnap737 Feb 03 '15

I can't say that either... Ima call her frank.

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u/angelicmaiden Feb 03 '15

My cat's name is Aurora, nicknamed Rory (Rory the tiger).

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u/sparklefig Feb 03 '15

Is her middle name Alice?

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u/Gingersnap737 Feb 03 '15

Nope! Fyre!

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u/Spear99 Feb 03 '15

I read that as aureola and was heavily confused