You named your kid what?

Published on October 2, 2004 By dharmagrl In Misc

I syumbled across this story this morning: Link

Basically, this couple in England named their son Drew. Nice, normal name, right?

His last name is Peacock. Slightly unusual, but still pretty tame.

But put the two together. Drew, Peacock. Drew Peacock. DrewPeacock.

I'll leave you to figure the rest out by yourselves.

The sad thing is they didn't realize what they had done until the dad googled 'Drew Peacock' and the default speller came back with 'did you mean droopy c*$k?'

That poor, poor child. He's destined for a life of teasing.....

...if I were him, I'd change my name. Perhaps 'Eric Shun' would be a good alternative.

Comments (Page 2)

dharmagrl

on Oct 03, 2004

Was it a search engine that suggests porn sites? "Drew peacock" isn't as valid a search item as a vulgar term?

It was Google, apparently...and yes, The Sun is a daily sheet.

Trina: Yep, you read it here first!

pseudosoldier

on Oct 03, 2004

dharma -
If you type drew peacock into Google, it does not offer "droopy cock" as an alternate spelling. I sincerely doubt it offers "cock" as an alternate spelling for anything. I think this is one of those "amusing anecdotes that aren't entirely true" - aka Urban Legends.

SSG Geezer

on Oct 03, 2004

You are such a spoilsport Pseudo.
Blechh to you, party pooper.

pseudosoldier

on Oct 03, 2004

Geez, you know me. Always the naysayer. (Why are you anonymous? Forget to log in, you old codger.)
I really tried to fight the urge to say nay, here. The article is still humorous, though.

Strdyer

on Oct 04, 2004

I didn't realise that Google could examine words phonetically. Try do the search, no such thing happens.

Gene Nash

on Oct 04, 2004

Hehehe... true or not, it's funny. (I have to doubt the Google part, too.)

Is "Lucy Kuntz" the female version?

Searching for "Kuntz" on Google currently brings up the sidebar ad:

Kuntz For Sale
Low Priced Kuntz
Huge Selection! (aff)
ebay.com

Hehehehe. They should spell it the way Dean Koontz does -- less room for wise guys like me to mess with them.

student credit card

on Nov 02, 2004

msladydeath

on Nov 05, 2004

Ok, so I went to school with (totally serious) Semore Butts (had the locker under mine), and Ben Dover, (1 grade ahead of me different schools). My mom works with a guy with the last name hore who always threatened to name his twin daughters Ima and Yora (thankfully he didn't).

mignuna

on Nov 25, 2004

oh great, i see the spammer has been having a party in here too. death to the spammer !

dharma, trinas' comment made me laugh. we actually do have a prominent politician named andrew peacock in australia.

we also have another politician named named richard face.

heh. maybe their mothers were able to see into the future or something !.

mig XXX

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