[Magdalen] My favorite name...recently

Ginga Wilder gingawilder at gmail.com
Wed Mar 7 11:47:24 UTC 2018


Dickie Dingle was a school principal in the local school district.  He was
a Jr.  Nice guy.

Ginga

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On Tue, Mar 6, 2018 at 9:49 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com> wrote:

> One of the more unfortunate names I knew of was that of a junior high
> principal early in my teaching career. Stanley Dickoff.  Junior high
> principal...can you imagine??!
>
> > On Mar 6, 2018, at 6:51 PM, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > One should be thankful one doesn't live in Westphalia, Michigan, where
> > everyone is named Koenigsknecht, Thelen, or Armbrustmacher.
> >
> > The first name I listed is often pronounced "K-13." :) Or massacred as
> > "cunn-ISH-connect."
> >
> >> On Tue, Mar 6, 2018 at 5:44 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> One of the columnists in the Washington used to do s column from time in
> >> which he would give examples of people with perfect names for their
> >> occupations. Some were pretty funny. The only one I can remember offhand
> >> right now was Dr. Shue, pronounced “Shoo-ee.”  He was, of course, a
> >> podiatrist.
> >>
> >>> On Mar 6, 2018, at 5:21 PM, Allan Carr <allanc25 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> A podiatrist in town is named Dr. Payne. Pleasant fellow. I wonder what
> >> kind of ribbing he got in school.
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Scott R. Knitter
> > Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA
>


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