Does The President Have A Strange Name?

[jberryhill]

Poll question: Does The President Have A Strange Name?

Of the following first names of US presidents, is there a standout for "I'll bet the kids at school gave him a hard time."

[catnhatnh]

1. Definitely Rutherford....

...can't even think of a decent diminutive. A Boy Named Ruth? Johnny Cash wept....

[pnwmom]

4. Grover? Isn't that a Muppet character? n/t

[Marsala]

2. Grant's first name was Hiram in childhood IIRC. n/t

[cherokeeprogressive]

3. No more strange than that of a MLB Commissioner... Kenesaw Mountain? A. Bartlett?

Fay?
Happy?
Ford Frick? (I wonder if that's where the subsitution of Frickin' for Fucking came from)
Bowie?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

5. Wouldn't It Make More Sense To See If Those Names Were Popular At The Time?

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[jberryhill]

7. Not to people who still think the president has an odd name

I was thinking of doing middle names, with top candidates being:


Milhous

Quincy

and

S

(Harry Truman's middle name was "S")

Who names their kid "Milhous"?

[Brother Buzz]

11. Harry Truman's middle name was "S."

Punctuation Nazi, I am! ;)

[Arkana]

18. Nixon's mother's maiden name was Hannah Milhous, I believe.

It was custom to give the child the mother's maiden name as a middle name, so he became Richard Milhous Nixon.

[treestar]

15. Good point.

What sounds good to one generation sounds bad to another.

[bigwillq]

6. I voted Millard.

I think that's a strange name.

:P

[Ter]

8. How could anyone vote for Leslie?

That's not even that uncommon.

[GSLevel9]

9. many of the those names were common at the time...

Barack is NOT a common name today, not that it matters.

[WiffenPoof]

10. What A Stupid Poll...

We sit around and talk about the President's vacation, the new drapes, his name...Geeze.

Meanwhile...Progressives are not just being thrown under the bus....we are being exterminated.

-PLA

[JTFrog]

12. And what do you expect to change with your post?

Or any post here?

[bigwillq]

13. You could always choose

to hide the thread, ignore the author of the thread, or start your own thread on a topic which you think would be more suitable. There's plenty of options. It's a big message board with a lot of threads and posts. We're all not going to like, or agree, with everything posted here. The sooner you realize that, the better.

[WiffenPoof]

14. You Are Correct...

thank you.

-PLA

[tnvoter]

21. love the poll!

[InvisibleTouch]

16. I like unusual names.

Most of those on your list sound just fine to me.

[ChimpersMcSmirkers]

17. Ulysses is a pretty cool name as is Barack. Millard gets my vote,

I knew a poor guy in high school with this curse. To me, this is just abuse by the parents.

[Fire1]

19. Grover sounds like a dog's name! LOL!!!

[Bluenorthwest]

20. Which of those names is from the Bible, kids? How many?

nt

[Bluenorthwest]

22. Answer, just one of those names is Biblical

That name is Barack.

[boppers]

23. What, no "Ronald"?

President...., clown..., take your pick.