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Posted: 19 September 2019 at 8:02am | IP Logged | 1 post reply

Used to know an actor in Chicago whose name was Richard Baird, and he refused to use “Dick”. Didn’t want to end up in the phonebook as “Baird, Dick”.
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I may very well be the only Vishard Chandool on the planet. 
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Kevin Brown
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Having a very common name, I usually use my middle initial most of the time.

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If I Google myself, I find links for some country singer.
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Koroush Ghazi
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There's an economist called Dr Brain who appears on Aussie TV from time to time.
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Brian Floyd
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Having a very common name, I usually use my middle initial most of the time.

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So, you're not the former MLB pitcher, then? ;)

My wife's maiden name is Brown. Sadly she has no relatives named Charlie or James.

I forgot I also went to community college (briefly; I ended up quitting) with a Jim Lee.
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Marc Foxx
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I have a less than common name (at least, spelling wise)...a number of years ago I found out that there was an art gallery in Los Angeles that has my name...sadly, I didn't get a chance to visit when I was in LA in 2016 and they have since closed....
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Marc Baptiste
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It is my first name that always gives me grief.  When I relay my name to anyone, I am always "Marc with a C".

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Posted: 19 September 2019 at 12:42pm | IP Logged | 9 post reply

Mark Gruenwald disliked when anyone called him “Marcus”, even in jest. Ironic, then, that he had a fondness for lengthening character names, as when the OHOTMU entry for Smart Alec gave his real name as “Alexander”, even tho I intended it to be Alec as in Guiness.
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Michael Roberts
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I remembered something else. There's a St. Louis billionaire that shares my name, and I once received a lengthy, unsolicited letter to my GMail address that uses my name, obviously intended for him. It went on and on about how the fiancé of one his daughters was a gold digger and a phony, and it suggested he takes steps to end the engagement. Awkward.
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Vinny Valenti
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Was he responsible for "Blackagar Boltagon"?
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Marc Foxx
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Marc, I'll see your "Marc with a c" and raise you a "Marc with a c and Foxx with 2 x's"...
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