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  2. Place names considered unusual - Wikipedia

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    Fucking, Austria.The village was renamed on 1 January 2021 to "Fugging" [1] Hell, Norway.The hillside sign is visible in the background in the left corner. Place names considered unusual can include those which are also offensive words, inadvertently humorous (especially if mispronounced) or highly charged words, [2] as well as place names of unorthodox spelling and pronunciation, including ...

  3. 15 ways your child's name sets them up for success -- or failure

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    If your last name is closer to the end of the alphabet, you're more likely to be an impulse spender. According to one study, people with last names such as Yardley or Zabar may be more susceptible ...

  4. Wikipedia:Unusual place names - Wikipedia

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    A township in Granville County, North Carolina. A locality within Burwood East, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia. The capital city of Tank District, Pakistan, and located near Dera Ismail Khan. Apparently this place loves tanks. A town in Estonia. "Tapa" means "kill" in Estonian. A river in North Carolina.

  5. List of most popular given names - Wikipedia

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    The most popular given names vary nationally, regionally, and culturally. Lists of widely used given names can consist of those most often bestowed upon infants born within the last year, thus reflecting the current naming trends , or else be composed of the personal names occurring most often within the total population .

  6. 45 Baby Names That Grandparents Don't Really Like - AOL

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    Just like we did for the boy names, we reviewed various polls and forums to see which girl names topped the most hated category for grandparents. You'll see some popular girl names mixed with ...

  7. List of irregularly spelled English names - Wikipedia

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    List of irregularly spelled English names. This is a set of lists of English personal and place names having spellings that are counterintuitive to their pronunciation because the spelling does not accord with conventional pronunciation associations. Many of these are degenerations in the pronunciation of names that originated in other languages.

  8. List of unusual biological names - Wikipedia

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    An enzyme that "scrambles" phospholipids between the inside and outside of the cell membrane. Slingshot homolog. Slit-Robo and the associated Netrin-Frazzled. SMURF1 and SMURF2, which interacts with Mothers against decapentaplegic 7. SM AD U biquitination R egulatory F actor 1/2. Son of Sevenless.

  9. List of British regional nicknames - Wikipedia

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    Trotters (originally a football term, it is now used to describe anyone from Bolton and surrounding area), Noblot (collective noun, anagram for Bolton) Bo'ness. Bo'neds (pejorative) Bournemouth. Coffin Dodgers (due its popularity as a retirement area) Bradford. Bradfordians, Bradistanis (pejorative) Bramley.