I would like to add that I've never met a Hubbard or a Hibbert, so I don't know why Wisconsinites insisted on changing my name to either one of them.
Today while organizing the annual report and logging in annual meeting sponsorships I ran into two fabulous names:
Krista Pickle
Neil Grabowski
How great is the name Grabowski? Great in the sense of: it's really funny and I'm glad it's not my name.
And there's something about the perky name "Krista" with the last name "Pickle." She should be a cartoon character ....
4 comments:
I find it highly offensive that you are making light of traditional Jewish names in this fashion.
Do you know who else made fun of Jewish names? Hitler, that's who.
I went to school with Grabowski's. Catholic school. It's Polish, and relatively common, especially when you live in Western PA.
But man, I wish my last name were pickle.
I went to school with plenty of -ski names (lots of Polish in Wisconsin too ... hence our fondness for the Polka) but I never heard Grabowski. The other really common trend is names starting with "van." The most outrageous being: "Vandenlangenberg"
Oh, and I also had friends whose last name was - and still is, I suppose - Sobiesczyk ... a name to strike fear in the hearts of substitute teachers everywhere as they take roll call.
Post a Comment