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Taualumna

07-09-2007 08:26 AM

A Boy Named Hell

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MELBOURNE — The Hell family says it may tell a Roman Catholic school in Australia where to go after it objected to enrolling their son because of his name.

Officials said the boy had been offered a place at the St. Peter the Apostle school in the southern city of Melbourne after discussions between the principal, the parish priest and the family over his name.

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Tom Earp

07-09-2007 03:13 PM

OMG, Morons!:eek:

33girl

07-09-2007 03:32 PM

What the hell!! LOL

I can see if the kid's name was Hell Smith or something...but this is their family name - there's nothing he can do about it.

TSteven

07-09-2007 04:39 PM

From "The Simpsons"
Homer vs. Lisa and the Eight Commandment

Marge: So, what did you children learn about today?
Bart: Hell.
Homer: Bart!
Bart: What? That's what we learned about. I'm sure as *hell* can't tell you we learned about *hell* unless I say *hell*, can I?
Homer: The lad's got a point.
Bart: Hell, yes!
Marge: Bart!
Bart: Hell! Hell! Hell! Hell! Hell! Hell! Hell! Hell! Hell! Hell! Hell! Hell! Hell!
Marge: Bart, you're no longer in Sunday school. Don't swear.

AKA_Monet

07-10-2007 02:01 AM

Today, while driving, SATAN drove by me in a black BMW 325i... At least that is what the Washington State license plate had on it... :rolleyes:

Later today, I saw "Transformers"...

SWTXBelle

07-10-2007 04:18 AM

God love her, I worked in Girl Scouts with a woman whose last name was "Slutz". She had two daughters. I'm all for tradition, but I would have told my husband we were taking MY name.
Also, my husband wanted to name our second son William Belcher for his grandfather. "What's wrong with Belcher - it's a good family name!" Long story short, we named him William Henry - the grandfather's Christian names!

Taualumna

07-10-2007 07:21 AM

I wonder what made the Hells think it was a good idea to send the kid to Catholic school, considering all the issues they're having right now.

RU OX Alum

07-10-2007 03:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Taualumna (Post 1482295)

I wonder what made the Hells think it was a good idea to send the kid to Catholic school, considering all the issues they're having right now.

maybe they're catholic

this is stupid, even for a foreign country

33girl

07-10-2007 03:29 PM

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Originally Posted by ErinIsBadNews (Post 1482261)

That's crazy.

ps- I have family with the last name of Gross. My cousin told me that it's always really fun when you’re at a restaurant and they yell "Gross party of 4, your table is ready" :p

Gross is a really common last name where I'm originally from, as is Queer. A lot of people with the latter change it to "Quinn" if they move out of the area.

Like the Hell family, these names are probably of European origin (the 2 examples I gave, I would guess German) and don't have the same meaning in their original language.

carnation

07-10-2007 03:45 PM

"Hell" is the adjective bright or light in German.

Still, if I had certain last names I'd look into changing them: Ho, Dong, Fink, Butts, you get the idea.

CutiePie2000

07-11-2007 12:57 AM

An acquaintaince of mine mentioned that she knew a South African Doctor. His name was spelled "Dr. Deith" but it was actually pronounced "Dr. Death".

How reassuring!!! :eek:

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