Funny named people you have worked with.

[BrilloPad]

One of our clients is called Philip Kinnell. He inisists on being called Phil.

Another time I worked for a Swiss gentleman called Peter Nuss. He always signed code changes as P Nuss.

[barrydidit]

BigConsultancy I am currently working with have a young Swedish BA called Fanni. Being schoolboys at heart, this has entertained us for hours talking about Fanni's bandwidth/capacity/experience and whether she was out tonight etc

[The_Equalizer]

My dad worked with a Rownald McDonald.

[GB9]

John Thomas

[TestMangler]

Hope she's not a member of this forum, but there was a Justine Mycock at a previous client.

Ex colleague at Lloyds, that I used to rent a flat from has a really stupid surname that no one seems to know how to pronounce. You know him BarryDidIt ???

[PurpleGorilla]

Funny named people you have worked with.

Nothing spring I mind, but I have come across a few folk who get really shirty about mispronouncing their name;

Coral (reef) vs Coral (singers)

There are some famous ones;

Colin Powell
Michell Buble
Ralph Fiennes

[Moose423956]

Ronald McDonald
Jo King
Victoria Cross
Dick Monster (online address book puts surname first)

All real....

[Antman]

A long time ago I used to work with a chap called Andrew Ridgely and you could hear him on the phone when he was getting quotes for his car insurance inevitably you'd hear "no, not that one"- every call

[barrydidit]

Ex colleague at Lloyds, that I used to rent a flat from has a really stupid surname that no one seems to know how to pronounce. You know him BarryDidIt ???

Sounds like a clown to me. You should have refused to pay any rent

[vadhert]

Worked with a guy called Peter Swallow.

His domain Id was great.

SwallowP