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Funny name: an analysis More

Funny name: an analysis

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  • It's the alliterative quality of repeating the "er/ur" sound in both words.

    Also the ridiculous ("Turd") mixed with the average ("Ferguson") appeals to our sense of irony -- it's unexpected, and therefore strikes us as funny.

    I bet you were hoping for something witty, hunh? Nope. Not this afternoon.

    ....Bethanie....
    • Nope, I really wasn't expecting something witty. Rather, I find your sociological/linguistic approach to the Turd Ferguson phenomena refreshing.
      • Good.

        Another one in the same vein is Zippy Pinhead.

        And my grandmother was always fond of McGillicuddy Snerd. :-)

        ....Bethanie....
        • There was a guy I went to high school with (one of those kids in your class that you have NEVER seen before in your life until graduation day) named:

          Raoul Woodcock.

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