I always enjoy playing a good word/name game, particularly if they involve puns. My latest favourite game isn’t a pun game, though. It came about when I was thinking about peculiar baby names. Earlier this year, a few newspapers ran some “fun” articles about ridiculous names which some people had actually given their kids- my favourite, by far, was Violence. Anyway, I was wondering if there were any children of obsessive celebrity fans with names like Michael Jackson Jones, or Elton John Henderson. In Scotland, I think the only people who would give their children such names would be those who hold rappers (or DJs I suppose, but that can be another game) in highest reverence.
So this is the game: think of a rapper, then give them a typically Scottish surname. Or Irish, that works too. I keep calling it a game, but I suppose it is more of a mind occupier.
Some examples:
Snoop Dogg Sneddon
Eminem Semple
Kanye West McCafferty
Akon McFadyen
50 Cent Patterson
Coolio McKenzie
Tupac McKenna
Ludacris Mullen
Join in & post your own Scottish surnamed rappers (Scrappers?)
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4 comments:
Not sure I can compete with your excellent hypothetical list, how about Ice T McPhee? :)
I do know personally of a child in Cumbernauld called Shakira and I also remember hearing tale of a poor wee soul whose mum named her Versace. The worst part is, not having the best grasp of Italian she pronounced it to rhyme with 'face'.
Jesus wept!
Excellent blogs btw
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I think I've met far more people who simply take advantage of their last names, like being a Jackson and naming your kid Michael. Also, I feel like they tend to be literary, either authors or characters, but I can't recall any off the top of my head, though I did facebook "gertrude stein" and get at least one hit that wasn't simply a tribute page. (That could also be a fun game, facebook search famous names to see if people named their kids that.)
Puffy McDuff
Chuck D(ougall)
Fergie Fergus
Eazy E McCree
Run McDonnough
Dr Dre MacDonald.
Akon MacKenzie
Dizzee Rascal Mcleod
Will Smith MacGregor
Biggie Smalls Smellie
Once heard of a guy called Michael Jackson in ma school, he was just going into primary one as I was in like primary 7 though.
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