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Rainer Maria Rilke

Posted on November 25, 2013 by Dave

René Karl Wilhelm Johann Josef Maria Rilke, better known as Rainer Maria Rilke, was a brilliant poet with more awesomely-named credentials than you can shake a stick at. So stop shaking that stick! It’s futile! The Bohemian-Austrian poet (and legendary mustache … Continue reading →

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Perri 6, and Getting By With A Little Help From Your Friends

Posted on October 14, 2013 by Dave

Hoo-Diggidy Boy Howdy! Another funny name submission from one of our awesome readers, HLK from Finland, who I’m guessing is Kulakki’s wife Heidi! In any case, the name she submitted is a doozy, and if I’m not mistaken, is the first … Continue reading →

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Charles Dickens and the Funniest Names in Fiction

Posted on June 4, 2013 by Mark Sackler

Charles John Huffman Dickens (1812-1870), as any literate speaker of the Queen’s English knows, was one of the greatest writers in the history of Western Civilization.   No, his name was not funny, and not even eponymous.  The origin of the … Continue reading →

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