But her kids get to say to their classmates, "My mom is the famous Lana Lamoureaux." :-)

ChrisL

Worst name ever: my mom's friend Barbara Fatt who married a guy named Heine. No joke.

My Grandmother had a friend with the maiden name of Strange who married a Mr How.
The newspaper announcement was, "How Strange".

Then there is the politically famous Hog family who named their twin daughters Ima and Yura.

ChrisL

A popular Vietnamese name is Ha. So it is conceivable that at some point there could be a Ha-Ha union announced in Garden Grove, CA.

Better than a Ho-Ho reunion at a 7-11 :-)

ChrisL

Ok, we are going totally off-topic but never mind:

This is the story of Mr and Mrs Peacock, who named their daughter Drew:
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article95505.ece

Well, then, another one: Max Hell, 5, shunned by Catholic school …

Apparently, there is an actual man with the the birth (and current) name Max Flightmaster, and has the rank of Staff Sergent. So he's Staff Sergent Max Flightmaster.

Let's not forget Cardinal Sin, of the Philippines.

There is a gravestone for Dong Suck at Forest Lawn cemetery.

And I also saw a wedding announcement for Sascha Wiener marrying Harlan Wakoff. I hope she didn't hyphenate.

And for the record, Ima Hogg was a real person but she didn't have a sister Yura.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ima_Hogg

I took a class from Professor Dumm in college.

I needed medicine in Kansas once and was surprised when I was told to just go to the Damm Pharmacy.

Patty,
I can just hear the hostess at the big chain restaurant calling out over the loud speaker, "Dong Suck, party of six!"

ChrisL

Back to the ascenders John had asked for.
Today I saw this old blackletter street sign, and once more I was astonished to see how much more ascenders (and descenders!) we could have with a long s:

Methfeſſelſtraſʒe [Methfesselstraße]

taramasalata: the Greek dip that also serves as a kerning string!

I am a big fan of HAVAWAVAYAVATAVAH for kerning caps but it makes a damn lousy hors d'oeuvre ;-)

MAMMA MIA

je

Chris, i thought that was a Jewish traditional song.

:-) No, Paul, you are confused with "Have a Mug o my eela" a song written by the mother of Jackie Mason's third cousin twice removed, "Ma Chuganah" ;-P

I rarely see these written, but it looks a mess when you do:

A's's
I'd've
I'd'ven't

1. The Oakland Athletics' pitcher - the A's's pitcher
2. I would have gone to the show, but I was ill.
3. I would have not gone, but I had too, it was a class requirement to see the play.

How about "fogeyfying"

I just saw this in one of Nick's articles. I find any word with v or y repeating or in close proximity to be mesmerizing.

"fogeyfying"

I resemble that remark "-)

I'd'ven't

Really? Never heard that one.

Some of my favorite words are in this list of short phrases for typeface specimens.