Cruel or Just Unusual

[terpkristin]

My last name is pronounced "pilot," like the person who flies airplanes.
My brother's wife is expecting a boy. They are right now flirting with naming him Otto.

Totally cruel, or just "unusual"?

/tk

[vtbub]

Creative. :)

[RedKingGold]

Real person I know: Sandy V. Agina (she insists on being called by her middle name, Val (short for Valerie) and her last name is pronounced aggie-na)

[terpkristin]

I mean, I've been known to joke around and say "I'm on auto-kristin pilot" which is kind of a joke, but a kid having to grow up with the name otto pilot....kids can be so horrible, and this kid is already going to be a bit of an oddball (given my brother and his wife).

/tk

[Klinglerware]

If you're the kid, I suppose you don't have much control over that (unless you decide to change it later). What fascinates me are the instances (due to marriage or what not) where adults freely choose this path. For example, when celebrity chef Ming Tsai's wife Polly decided to take her husband's last name. Must be true love, there.

[Senator]

I guess it is better than Pontius. or Seattle.

[DaddyTorgo]

If you're the kid, I suppose you don't have much control over that (unless you decide to change it later). What fascinates me are the instances (due to marriage or what not) where adults freely choose this path. For example, when celebrity chef Ming Tsai's wife Polly decided to take her husband's last name. Must be true love, there.

Polly is a real nice lady. I havn't interacted with her quite as much as Ming (who is a real class act and a nice guy), but she seems nice. And their son is adorable.

[Poli]

Brilliant!

[Bonegavel]

How about first name, Honda?

[Bonegavel]

I guess it is better than Pontius. or Seattle.

Pontius would be awesome.

[terpkristin]

I guess it is better than Pontius. or Seattle.

Seattle Pilot?

Can somebody buy me a clue?

There are indeed a ton of bad names out there, and parents who give their kids horrible names. I just never thought anybody in my family would be of the ilk to give horrible names. It reminds me of a Lewis Black sketch where he talks about how the person who writes the names on the birth certificates should have the right to say "uh no." Like the parents who named the kid ABCDE. Or shithead (pronounced "sheh-tay-uh") or asshole (pronounced "aa-shoal-a").

As I said, this kid is going to have...issues...to begin with. My brother and his wife are hardly what one might consider "normal" (even by my warped standards). Why would they torment him with a name like Otto/Auto?

/tk

[billethius]

I went to high school with a kid named Tess Tickle. I'm not joking.

[MizzouRah]

I can just vision it every time the teacher calls roll call. :)

[JeeberD]

Seattle Pilot?

Can somebody buy me a clue?


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle_Pilots

You'll need to scroll down a bit...

[terpkristin]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle_Pilots

You'll need to scroll down a bit...

I never knew that! That's pretty cool (and wouldn't be anywhere near as bad as Otto, or maybe it would be, but for different reasons). ;)

/tk

[Barkeep49]

Otto just seems cruel to begin with. I mean how many Ottos are being born each year? The answer is that it doesn't even show up on the NameVoyager anymore, despite the fact that more than 1,110 per million were given that name in the 1880s.

[cartman]

I think I've related this story before. A couple of my friends from Beijing were expecting a child, their first. Their names were Feng and Mei Ling Lee. I suggested they name the kid Real. So when he went to school, and they asked for his name, he'd say 'Real Lee'. And the teacher would ask 'Yes, what is your full name'. I suggested the middle name of Ugh. It was at that point I found out that my friend's wife was very proficient in several martial arts. :D

[MikeVic]

Wow, I just now realized that the old Brewers logo was an "m" and a "b" shaped into a glove...

[cuervo72]

Inflatable?

[DaddyTorgo]

my uncle's initials are PPP. So you know he got "peepee" all the way through elementary school. Poor guy. But he's a doctor now, so *shrug*

[Young Drachma]

Wow, I just now realized that the old Brewers logo was an "m" and a "b" shaped into a glove...

And apparently, MLB rules say your logo can't have a baseball in it. Theirs did for all those years they kept it. Oh well. Better than the NFL and NBA where you get fined for having your shirt tucked out.

[sterlingice]

Does he look like this, perhaps?

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y268/sterlingice/random/otto.jpg

SI

[Desnudo]

My last name is pronounced "pilot," like the person who flies airplanes.
My brother's wife is expecting a boy. They are right now flirting with naming him Otto.

Totally cruel, or just "unusual"?

/tk

Cruel and unusual. Otto Pilot + Otto the bus driver on the Simpsons.

[twothree]

Unusual.

Cruel is giving someone a copy of Maximum Football with the requirement that they have to write a dynasty.

[stevew]

I think it's kind of a cool name, and would be easily rememberable for possible buisiness dealings when he's older. Nobody is going to forget his name, so it should work out well for him.

[Craptacular]

Wow, I just now realized that the old Brewers logo was an "m" and a "b" shaped into a glove...

You mean the greatest logo in the history of sports?

[Icy]

Since some years ago we have laws to prevent that in Spain, to protect the kids from parents giving them a "fun" name/surname mix, that ends being not fun at all for the kid. Since then, the government employee who registers the name has the right to refuse it if he thinks it's something that has a fun meaning or sounds like a joke.

There are samples of things done in the past, that sound so fun, but that probably made the kids life so miserable.

Example:

- Girl named "Dolores Fuertes de Barriga" that together in Spanish it means "Strong pain in the stomach".

- Boy named "Macias Pajas" that when pronounced sounds like "Me hacias pajas" that means "You masturbated me". (I know a guy named like this and everybody made fun at him in the school).

There is a book i read in the past only about those kind of names in Spain, the book is so fun, but at same time so sad seeing how some parents can be that irresponsible.

[Shkspr]

my uncle's initials are PPP. So you know he got "peepee" all the way through elementary school. Poor guy. But he's a doctor now, so *shrug*


He's a urologist, right?

[cuervo72]

And apparently, MLB rules say your logo can't have a baseball in it. Theirs did for all those years they kept it. Oh well. Better than the NFL and NBA where you get fined for having your shirt tucked out.

What version? Sportslogos page for the AL has logos for the Red Sox, Twins, Yankees and Rangers that all have baseballs in them. For the NL, the Rockies, Marlins, Dodgers, Brewers, Mets and Giants feature a baseball in one form or another. Unless this is specifically a hat logo...that might be different.

[oliegirl]

I went to High School with a girl named Jennifer Krapp...she was tortured daily.

[KWhit]

Otto Pilot?

That's horrible. You've got to talk them out of that.

[st.cronin]

I used to know a guy named Justin Case.

[ausonny]

A local radio station had a segment called bad baby names, my favorites include Wayne Dwopp and DeLastOne.

[klayman]

I knew a girl in HS whose father was Harry Wang.

[EagleFan]

I still think Dick Trickle takes the prize. :D

[WVUFAN]

I went to high school with a guy who's first name was Beaver.

[Suburban Rhythm]

In my first job, reconciling 401k transactions, I'd find some great names.
Nothing ever made me laugh harder than Harry Knobb.

[Subby]

<--- Votes for Cockpit.

[Axxon]

He's a urologist, right?

I used to drive by this guys office every day when I went to work.


hxxp://www.healthgrades.com/directory_search/physician/profiles/dr-md-reports/Dr-Alden-Cockburn-MD-D45E5C3F.cfm


Dr. Alden G. Cockburn, MD
An Urologist in Tampa, Florida (FL)

[KevinNU7]

I kind of like Otto Pilot. Sounds like a college sports star to me

[lordscarlet]

Sounds like a lot of bloody noses to me.

[Toddzilla]

FWIW, kids are going to get relentlessly teased no matter what their name is, so why not have a little fun?

[Bee]

Since some years ago we have laws to prevent that in Spain, to protect the kids from parents giving them a "fun" name/surname mix, that ends being not fun at all for the kid. Since then, the government employee who registers the name has the right to refuse it if he thinks it's something that has a fun meaning or sounds like a joke.

There are samples of things done in the past, that sound so fun, but that probably made the kids life so miserable.

Example:

- Girl named "Dolores Fuertes de Barriga" that together in Spanish it means "Strong pain in the stomach".

- Boy named "Macias Pajas" that when pronounced sounds like "Me hacias pajas" that means "You masturbated me". (I know a guy named like this and everybody made fun at him in the school).

There is a book i read in the past only about those kind of names in Spain, the book is so fun, but at same time so sad seeing how some parents can be that irresponsible.


Thank goodness in America we are free to emotionally scar our children for life without any government intervention.

[JAG]

I used to go to a chess club with a guy named Slim Pickens. He named his son Zim.

[Passacaglia]

My last name is Gage, and I think it would be pretty funny to name my kid Mort.

[rkmsuf]

Have some balls and spell it "Auto" if you want to be all cute.

[lordscarlet]

FWIW, kids are going to get relentlessly teased no matter what their name is, so why not have a little fun?

That does not seem like a healthy way to look at it. :)

[Chubby]

A kid I graduated HS with, his dad was Richard Hole.

[stevew]

http://members.tripod.com/Rodney_3/dick.JPG

[Crapshoot]

My math teacher in high school was Mr Fagg.

[Ryan S]

I think it's kind of a cool name, and would be easily rememberable for possible buisiness dealings when he's older. Nobody is going to forget his name, so it should work out well for him.

He needs to survive High School first.....

[terpkristin]

I kind of like Otto Pilot. Sounds like a college sports star to me

If you knew my brother and his wife (and the genetics they both bring to the table), you'd quickly abandon that theory. ;)

I'm the abberation in the family that I like sports. I guess my sister does, too, but didn't play to the extent that I did. My brother had other nicknames in school when he tried to play. I'll just leave it that kids are cruel.

/tk

[Karlifornia]

Not too many kids named Otto nowadays...I dig it. And the humor of it is good...not like naming your daughter "Anita" if your last name is Dick.

[Maple Leafs]

<--- Votes for Cockpit.
No, that would be for a girl.

[terpkristin]

Originally posted in the "4 Real" thread, I figured I should put the real update here, where it belongs...

My nephew was born on June 8, Sorrell Michel Otto Maddock Pilotte.

The last name is pronounced "pilot." My newphew's last 3 names said together are automatic pilot. I hope that when he comes into his own personality (whenever babies/kids do that, he's only 24 days old right now), he goes by Sorrell, because right now my brother and his wife are calling him Otto.

Of course, when you see the mom and my brother, it might make sense...
Flickr set of Sorrell/Otto (his mom is in a few of them): http://www.flickr.com/photos/terpkri...7600394595247/ (http://www.flickr.com/photos/terpkristin/sets/72157600394595247/)

Flickr picture of my brother (he's the one on the right in the photo): http://www.flickr.com/photos/terpkri...7594322197870/ (http://www.flickr.com/photos/terpkristin/266395830/in/set-72157594322197870/)

I swear, my sister and I are normal. http://www.operationsports.com/fofc/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

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[Glengoyne]

I once did some work for a woman with the last name of Suckett. Pronounced "suckit". I was very careful when I returned the call, I went all around the Suckit pronunciation, but they didn't have a problem with it.

I then met her husband. His name was Richard...When I grinned, he said "It's allright...I was in the army."

Now that was cruel.

[digamma]

Originally posted in the "4 Real" thread, I figured I should put the real update here, where it belongs...

My nephew was born on June 8, Sorrell Michel Otto Maddock Pilotte.

The last name is pronounced "pilot." My newphew's last 3 names said together are automatic pilot. I hope that when he comes into his own personality (whenever babies/kids do that, he's only 24 days old right now), he goes by Sorrell, because right now my brother and his wife are calling him Otto.

Of course, when you see the mom and my brother, it might make sense...
Flickr set of Sorrell/Otto (his mom is in a few of them): http://www.flickr.com/photos/terpkri...7600394595247/ (http://www.flickr.com/photos/terpkristin/sets/72157600394595247/)

Flickr picture of my brother (he's the one on the right in the photo): http://www.flickr.com/photos/terpkri...7594322197870/ (http://www.flickr.com/photos/terpkristin/266395830/in/set-72157594322197870/)

I swear, my sister and I are normal. http://www.operationsports.com/fofc/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

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The kid has four names? 4 real?

[cthomer5000]

definitely cruel

[daedalus]

Cruel but highly humerous.

From a 3rd person perspective.

[Groundhog]

I went to High School with a girl named Jennifer Krapp...she was tortured daily.

My year 8 math teachers was Mrs Krapp, and that was her married name. It must be true love when you take on a surname like that.

To make it worse she was badly cross-eyed. That lady had no place being a teacher IMO...

[cuervo72]

Cruel but highly humerous.

Bah...spelled incorrectly, but not incorrectly enough...

[cthomer5000]

The kid has four names? 4 real?

Im counting 5... why are there so many names there?

[larrymcg421]

I had a high school gym teacher named Jack Goff.

[LoneStarGirl]

My uncle's name is Beaver

Everybody in my family's middle name is Lee. My dad used to tease me and tell me that he wanted to name me Home. Instead I was named after my mom's favorite alcohol.

[Sublime 2]

A girl in high school a grade or two below me had the awesome name of Kimmy Head

[nilodor]

I mean, I've been known to joke around and say "I'm on auto-kristin pilot" which is kind of a joke, but a kid having to grow up with the name otto pilot....kids can be so horrible, and this kid is already going to be a bit of an oddball (given my brother and his wife).

/tk

If they really want to use Otto, they should use it as a middle name, then the kid can choose to use it or not. Kids are going to tease kids regardless, if they choose to name him Otto, at least they will know what alot of the teasing is about.

[bulletsponge]

My uncle's name is Beaver

Everybody in my family's middle name is Lee. My dad used to tease me and tell me that he wanted to name me Home. Instead I was named after my mom's favorite alcohol.


Wild Turkey?!?!?!

[stevew]

Courvoisier?

[JeeberD]

A girl in high school a grade or two below me had the awesome name of Kimmy Head

A woman came into Olive Garden today with the unfortunate last name of Greathead...

[Buccaneer]

As an avid vintage card collector, I get a kick out of names like Dick Pole and Rusty Kuntz.

Now I really feel old if some here does not remember the Seattle Pilots or the old Brewers logo.

[sterlingice]

As an avid vintage card collector, I get a kick out of names like Dick Pole and Rusty Kuntz.

Now I really feel old if some here does not remember the Seattle Pilots or the old Brewers logo.

Is this the old Brewers logo with the MB glove or an older one?

SI

[Buccaneer]

Is this the old Brewers logo with the MB glove or an older one?

SI

No, there was an older one.

[Buccaneer]

I had to pull out my 1971 set to see what it was. It was the same color as the Pilots hat but instead of a gold 'S', it was a gold 'M'. I think they had this until the mid-1970s.

[Buccaneer]

I pulled this card out, which shows the hat and uniform quite nicely:

http://home.comcast.net/~ouray2/images/71krausse.jpg

[sterlingice]

I pulled this card out, which shows the hat and uniform quite nicely:

I've always thought that one of the greatest sports memoribilia chases one could have across a lifetime was a quest for a near-mint or mint 1971 Topps set.

SI

[Buccaneer]

I've always thought that one of the greatest sports memoribilia chases one could have across a lifetime was a quest for a near-mint or mint 1971 Topps set.

SI

You are definitely right about that, SI. As far as completed graded sets, there are only 18 that are near-mint or higher. Compared to, say 1968, where there are 14 completed graded sets that at least nearmint-mint (a full-grade higher). Statistically, only 55% of 1971s graded are 8 (nearmint-mint) or above, while for 1968, 1969, 1970 and 1972, those come in at 75%.

My set is 95% complete but it is in raw condition ranging from mid- to high-grade. I started this back in 1971 and I'm glad I didn't have to chase after the high grade cards.

[path12]

You are definitely right about that, SI. As far as completed graded sets, there are only 18 that are near-mint or higher. Compared to, say 1968, where there are 14 completed graded sets that at least nearmint-mint (a full-grade higher). Statistically, only 55% of 1971s graded are 8 (nearmint-mint) or above, while for 1968, 1969, 1970 and 1972, those come in at 75%.

My set is 95% complete but it is in raw condition ranging from mid- to high-grade. I started this back in 1971 and I'm glad I didn't have to chase after the high grade cards.

When I think of how many cards I had from 68-72 and just lost or put in the spokes of my bike it just kills me.

[path12]

Oh, and don't talk to me about the fucking Milwaukee Brewers. They stole my Pilots.

[Buccaneer]

Oh, and don't talk to me about the fucking Milwaukee Brewers. They stole my Pilots.

I always had a soft spot for the Pilots for two reasons. First, the first year I collected (1970) had a bunch of Pilots cards and always thought they were cool; and second, I read Ball Four when I was a teen and he certainly made the Pilots sound like a frickin' nuthouse. Besides, that's one more thing you can blame Selig for.

[path12]

I always had a soft spot for the Pilots for two reasons. First, the first year I collected (1970) had a bunch of Pilots cards and always thought they were cool; and second, I read Ball Four when I was a teen and he certainly made the Pilots sound like a frickin' nuthouse. Besides, that's one more thing you can blame Selig for.

I know. My Selig hate goes back a long ways.

I was 7 years old in 1969. The Pilots were the coolest thing in the world. I went to three games and still remember them all vividly. Reggie Jackson (a rookie then?) hit two balls completely out of the stadium on my birthday.

[Buccaneer]

For you path12, from my 1970 set:

http://home.comcast.net/~ouray2/images/70pilots.jpg

[RendeR]

No name could be worse than Richard Trickle.....

[Buccaneer]

Took me a little while to find but scanned this so I can keep the posts in spirit of the thread

http://home.comcast.net/~ouray2/images/76pole.jpg

[Vinatieri for Prez]

High school teacher whose last name was Hole, first initial A. It got so bad he eventually changed his name to Holme.

And I once interviewed for a job with an HR person whose name was Kandi Cotton. And no, I was not interviewing for a porn job.

[path12]

Thanks for those, Bucc. I had some of those cards, great memories.

Don Mincher and Segui were favorites. I also remember Ray Oyler being quite popular. And Gus Gil, but that's probably because of his great name.

[daedalus]

Bah...spelled incorrectly, but not incorrectly enough...Oops. Sleepy posting is bad.

[sterlingice]

Diego Segui, iirc, was in KC for the Negro Leagues games signing autographs. Speaking of which, this year's Negro League game is this Sunday but it'll be a much sadder place with Buck gone :(

SI