Name a popular surname that you've somehow missed in your life.
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Wed Jan-05-05 10:29 AM
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Name a popular surname that you've somehow missed in your life.
I'll start. Monroe. We've had presidents named Monroe, and there was Marilyn Monroe and Earl "The Pearl" Monroe.... But I've never met anyone in my entire life with the last name of "Monroe". Maybe it's a regional thing?
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Wed Jan-05-05 10:30 AM
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1. I never have met a "Monroe" either
I don't think I've met a "Jones" either.
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Wed Jan-05-05 10:32 AM
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3. Really? I've met plenty of Jones'.
And Smiths and Johnsons and even Kennedys.
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Wed Jan-05-05 10:42 AM
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18. I work in a hospital, and everyone who comes through
this place is named Jones. It's almost comical.
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Wed Jan-05-05 11:07 AM
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Edited on Wed Jan-05-05 11:11 AM by XNASA
Wrong post replied to.
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Wed Jan-05-05 10:31 AM
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I think there was a big band leader named Gump Garbanzo but I've never met anyone with that last name.
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Wed Jan-05-05 10:34 AM
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5. I just checked the list of the 100 most popular surnames in the US.
Garbanzo wasn't on it. But neither was Monroe.
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Wed Jan-05-05 10:32 AM
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Wed Jan-05-05 10:34 AM
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6. Come to think of it.....so did I.
I went to 8th grade with somebody named Munro.
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Wed Jan-05-05 10:35 AM
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Edited on Wed Jan-05-05 10:35 AM by Boswells_Johnson
Lawrence is the only Welk I've ever heard of.
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Wed Jan-05-05 10:36 AM
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10. But Welk is not a popular name.
Somebody well-known had the name "Welk", but the name itself is rare.
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Wed Jan-05-05 10:37 AM
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Wed Jan-05-05 10:41 AM
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17. Well, I named three popular Monroe's off of the top of my head.
And there are many, many cities and counties named Monroe. Oh, and there's "Bill Monroe" the father of bluegrass music. But I can only think of one person or place named "Welk".
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Wed Jan-05-05 10:49 AM
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20. Well, it's a bit different up here in Canada, so we'll put it down to
"regional" differences. Also, Bill Monroe was born "William Smith". Marilyn also changed her name to Monroe.
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Wed Jan-05-05 10:36 AM
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8. I met Erv Monroe who plays with the Detroit Symphony
I think he was originally from the south.
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Wed Jan-05-05 10:45 AM
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19. Oh yeah, I've heard of him.
Erv "The Perv" Monroe. What instrument did he play? :shrug:
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Wed Jan-05-05 10:36 AM
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And they better hope I never do! :P
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Wed Jan-05-05 10:37 AM
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15. Same here. Never met anyone named "Bush".
I would remember if I had because I would have tormented them unmercifully.
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Wed Jan-05-05 10:36 AM
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Wed Jan-05-05 10:36 AM
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12. never met anyone named Smith
not even a menacing dark suited guy in shades. weird...
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Wed Jan-05-05 10:37 AM
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Wed Jan-05-05 10:39 AM
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16. I don't remember ever meeting a Kennedy
Another one is a Kowawiniski, I can't believe I never met one of those.
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Wed Jan-05-05 10:58 AM
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21. haven't known any Andersons
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Wed Jan-05-05 11:01 AM
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23. We got a whole bunch up here.
The old German/Scandinavian neighborhood on the Northside is called "Andersonville". 'Course, I suspect that there's about a gazillion Andersons up in Wisconsin and Minnesota.
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Wed Jan-05-05 04:11 PM
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I'm half Norwegian and did live in Scandi country in both Wisconsin and Minnesota and still didn't know any; been a long time though, perhaps I just don't remember.
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Wed Jan-05-05 10:59 AM
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22. Hmmm, now that you mention it...
...I've never met a Monroe either! Seems common enough, though.
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Wed Jan-05-05 11:10 AM
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27. It's weird.....ain't it?
I think it's one of those "showbiz" names that just sounds like it's popular, but in reality, not many people are named "Monroe". Kinda like "Hudson" or "Gable".....
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Wed Jan-05-05 11:02 AM
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24. I've never met anyone named Madison.
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Wed Jan-05-05 11:09 AM
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26. Another name that's everywhere.......
But I can only think of one person named Madison.
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