This article, about a little girl named Abcde is horribly funny

[Obliviax]

I have friend who's daughter went to school with her and told me about her name a few years ago.

Anyway, here is the article and what is funny about it, to me, is what I highlighted in Red. How can you misspell a girl who's name is Abcde?

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A woman says a Southwest Airlines agent in Southern California mocked her 5-year-old daughter’s ‘Abcde’ name when they were preparing to board a flight home to Texas.

KABC-TV reported late Wednesday that Traci Redford accused a gate agent at Orange County’s John Wayne Airport of laughing at her daughter’s name and posting a photo of her boarding pass on social media.

The girl’s name is spelled with the first five letters of the alphabet and is pronounced “AHB-sih-dee.”

Redford says the family was pre-boarding because her daughter has epilepsy.

She says she asked the agent to stop and that someone saw the social media post and notified Southwest.

Southwest issued a statement apologizing to the family. The airline says it has followed up with the employee.

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This version corrects that the girl’s name is Abcde, not Abdce.​

 

[palmettolion]

How any Parent “stoopid” (is there any more appropriate term?) enough to name their child Abcde can retain the indignation to be upset when someone LOL’s at the name...... is, well, amazing.

That's just it. She knows damn good and well they're laughing at the idiot that named that child, not the child itself. And she's pissed that they don't see how clever or whatever she is for burdening her child with a lifetime of insults. So she pretends that they are laughing at the kid.

 

[cvilleelkscoach]

My wife is an intercity school teacher and had a student a couple of years ago with the name Abcde. To each their own I guess.

 

[Obliviax]

That's just it. She knows damn good and well they're laughing at the idiot that named that child, not the child itself. And she's pissed that they don't see how clever or whatever she is for burdening her child with a lifetime of insults. So she pretends that they are laughing at the kid.

 

[Obliviax]

My wife is an intercity school teacher and had a student a couple of years ago with the name Abcde. To each their own I guess.

changing my kid's name to "Alpha Omega Obliviax". That oughta do it.

 

[RTRMR]

I once me someone name Le-a.
Now you’d think it was pronounced “Lay-uh”.
Nope!
It was pronounced “Luh-dash-uh”
To this day, it still makes me chuckle!

 

[pandaczar12]

I once me someone name Le-a.
Now you’d think it was pronounced “Lay-uh”.
Nope!
It was pronounced “Luh-dash-uh”
To this day, it still makes me chuckle!

Did you know the person?

https://deadspin.com/5926609/debating-the-existence-of-the-mythical-name-le-a-pronounced-ledasha

 

[RTRMR]

Did you know the person?

https://deadspin.com/5926609/debating-the-existence-of-the-mythical-name-le-a-pronounced-ledasha

Sure do.
I could provide actual proof, but it’d be a legal violation.

 

[bison13]

My wife is an intercity school teacher and had a student a couple of years ago with the name Abcde. To each their own I guess.

I've taught in Baltimore, I wish I could post the 'government' for some of those poor children. As mentioned above, it's the parent who in trying to be 'unique' puts their child in a lifetime of jokes.

I too heard of the "Le-a" thing for ages and one of the people who work with the school system tried to look up said rumored name to no avail on any current social security number/government record. We asked the school resource officer as well and he came away will nothing either. They did find a female with the name 'Ledasha' not as written above. This wasn't just Baltimore city this was all over. They tried some other common wives tales names such as the twins named 'lemonjello' and 'orangejello' and the girl named 'female'. None of them are true.

So to the person who claims this to be true get some verification to show on here .

 

[Obliviax]

I've taught in Baltimore, I wish I could post the 'government' for some of those poor children. As mentioned above, it's the parent who in trying to be 'unique' puts their child in a lifetime of jokes.

I too heard of the "Le-a" thing for ages and one of the people who work with the school system tried to look up said rumored name to no avail on any current social security number/government record. We asked the school resource officer as well and he came away will nothing either. They did find a female with the name 'Ledasha' not as written above. This wasn't just Baltimore city this was all over. They tried some other common wives tales names such as the twins named 'lemonjello' and 'orangejello' and the girl named 'female'. None of them are true.

So to the person who claims this to be true get some verification to show on here .

My sons told me that they had a waitress in FL named "La - A". She was really cute so they asked if it was pronounced "Leah?" She said "no, La-Dash-A". She may have been messing with them but that is what they said.

 

[Sproul]

Colleague had a Lemonjello and Cherryjello (siblings) in her classes in Chester county.

 

[bison13]

Colleague had a Lemonjello and Cherryjello (siblings) in her classes in Chester county.

Doubtful as I mentioned above

 

[Dr. Evel]

My daughter's friend teaches a class with two girls named Uniq (pronounced unique) in it. Shouldn't there just be one?

 

[anon_xdc8rmuek44eq]

Probably Big Bird's fault.

 

[PSU Soupy]

My 3 children are named:
General, Doctor and Superintendent they do get good seats in restaurants.

 

[kgilbert78]

Had a friend who told me once that her folks were originally planning to name her Amy Sue--until they realized their last name began with an "S"--same gal also noted that her folks gave all of their kids short names to avoid nicknames--but she was called "A", "Aim", "Aims", and "Aimless" (and her two college roomies were Hope and Ruth--which led to the obvious nicknames for them, as well)...

In Order of the Arrow, I knew a guy whose name was Joe Goebbels (saw his drivers license).

Sometimes you really wonder.

...and I've gotten teased about being a dyslexic spy as my initials are KBG....

 

[kgilbert78]

My 3 children are named:
General, Doctor and Superintendent they do get good seats in restaurants.

My great grandfather's first name was Major. Led to some confusion when I tried to find his burial records in Massachusetts--the cemetery swore up and down that he wasn't there--and then finally got frustrated and sent me a pdf with the plots of *all* of the folks with that surname. He was on the second page, under his middle name. Guess the cemetery thought it was a title too.

 

[ericstratton-rushchairman]

 

[kgilbert78]

And then there's some of the author's names I've seen in my job. Some have NSFW names, which I shall not repeat here. My favorite SFW names were Prof. A. Looney (he was from the U.K. as I recall) and Prof. Tabbi (from the University of Catania)

 

[wlawn]

There were twin girls named Precious and Perfect on a hoops team in Harrisburg area a few years ago...playing Div 1now, they were good,Precious was better

 

[cvilleelkscoach]

There was a kid who played HS football at Colerain HS outside Cincy around 2004. His name was Mister Simpson. He was a fantastic player. Went to Michigan on scholarship to play. He washed out and then spent some time in jail. His younger brothers name was Sir Simpson.

 

[kgilbert78]

There was a kid who played HS football at Colerain HS outside Cincy around 2004. His name was Mister Simpson. He was a fantastic player. Went to Michigan on scholarship to play. He washed out and then spent some time in jail. His younger brothers name was Sir Simpson.

I still recall when the Mets AAA farm team had both Ronald McDonald and Howard Johnson....

 

[Obliviax]

I still recall when the Mets AAA farm team had both Ronald McDonald and Howard Johnson....

There used to be an attorney in central PA named Ron McDonald. I always thought that sucked for him.

 

[Player2BNamedL8r]

I have friend who's daughter went to school with her and told me about her name a few years ago.

Anyway, here is the article and what is funny about it, to me, is what I highlighted in Red. How can you misspell a girl who's name is Abcde?

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A woman says a Southwest Airlines agent in Southern California mocked her 5-year-old daughter’s ‘Abcde’ name when they were preparing to board a flight home to Texas.

KABC-TV reported late Wednesday that Traci Redford accused a gate agent at Orange County’s John Wayne Airport of laughing at her daughter’s name and posting a photo of her boarding pass on social media.

The girl’s name is spelled with the first five letters of the alphabet and is pronounced “AHB-sih-dee.”

Redford says the family was pre-boarding because her daughter has epilepsy.

She says she asked the agent to stop and that someone saw the social media post and notified Southwest.

Southwest issued a statement apologizing to the family. The airline says it has followed up with the employee.

___

This version corrects that the girl’s name is Abcde, not Abdce.​

Good thing the little girl’s brother wasn’t on the flight. His name is Fghijkl...pronounced “Fudge-cicle”

 

[loosey goosey]

My Aunt got married and her first name ended up rhyming with her last name.I was with her in Pittsburgh when our maître d' asked what name the reservations were under,she told him and he said yeah and my name is Georgie Porgie.She also won the funniest name in the Pittsburgh Gazette name contest.

 

[Obliviax]

Good thing the little girl’s brother wasn’t on the flight. His name is Fghijkl...pronounced “Fudge-cicle”

and why was he afraid of "Seven?" Because Seven Eight Nine. (7 ate 9)

 

[rudedude]

 

[Lion Lineage]

Sure do.
I could provide actual proof, but it’d be a legal violation.

RTRMR knows Abcde. Seems somehow appropriate.

Edit: Oh poop. Jumped the gun. It’s not Abcde you claim to know. I’m leaving the post because it’s still so awesome even if it’s wrong.

 

[caseofthemondays]

You can't have employees taking pictures and posting it, but there is no way you didn't see this coming. She wanted her moment of fame, and if it comes at the expense of their child so be it.

 

[palmettolion]

I've got a guy that comes into my work whose name is Robert E. Lee. When he introduces himself it's always with the middle initial. Never Robert, or Rob, or Mr. Lee, it's always Robert E. Lee. Nothing too out of the ordinary except...he's black. I've developed a pretty good rapport with him and one day I decided to ask. He told me knows it isn't a family name but isn't sure why his parents decided on that name and never asked. Told him I was going with power move, he got a good chuckle out of it and told me his mom had a pretty odd sense of humor.

 

[Thus Spoke Mainer]

Does she have a sister FGHIJK?

 

[Connorpozlee]

My wife is an intercity school teacher and had a student a couple of years ago with the name Abcde. To each their own I guess.

I have encountered a student named Abcde in the past.

 

[Ohio_Pirate]

I used to supervise a girl named Love-Yah. Unlike above, you didn't pronounce the dash though.

Friend is a teacher and had a girl named Ashole. (pronounced Ash-o-ley but the spelling looks like something else entirely.)

 

[UncleLar]

This thread reminds me of this old brain teaser (actually more of a shot at one of the quirks of the English language).

Q: How do you pronounce ghoti?
A: Fish.

"gh" as in tough.
"o" as in women.
"ti" as in motion.

 

[psuro]

Then.....there's this guy...

 

[anon_xdc8rmuek44eq]

Matt Shatt wears Crocks with socks...

 

[anon_xdc8rmuek44eq]

 

[ThePennsyOracle]

Then.....there's this guy...

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Still doesn't beat this, IMO.

https://www.detroitlions.com/team/coaches-roster/jim-bob-cooter

 

[lionNYC]

I once me someone name Le-a.
Now you’d think it was pronounced “Lay-uh”.
Nope!
It was pronounced “Luh-dash-uh”
To this day, it still makes me chuckle!

iz've heard that one before

 

[81b&w]

Any one remember the Boob family that lived out around Coyler? The daughters name was Ima