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I can't let go!

The thing about this is, I feel like Frank Reich's family, which I would guess is probably German, has carelessly made it impossible for him to ever visit Germany (or Austria or Switzerland). What are you going to do, walk into a pension and say to the clerk "Hi, I'm France, I have a reservation"? If somebody tried to rent a room from you and kept insisting that their name was Moe Zambique or Bo Livia, wouldn't the instinct to shout "Fuck off!" or punch them persist a little, even after they managed to convince you?

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Comments (18)

eric84:

Hey, if Ron Mexico can get Michael Vick a room, nothing's impossible....

Al Berta:

Funny story, that!

Manny Toba:

Ron Mexico doesn't really fit the story line does it?

Jay Maica:

What's the point of this story?

Martin Ique:

Naming and Nicknames are good fun......although I've always been fascinated by the older generation's complete denial of the subsequent generation's understanding of the name Dick. Dick Armey, Dick Long, Dick Johnson, etc...

John Thacker:

Colby, I can't tell you how glad I am that someone else finds this as ridiculous and amusing as I do. I've wondered the same thing aloud to various people for years, only to be met with indifference.

Geoff:

Dick Armey, Dick Long, Dick Johnson, etc...

And how can you forget Canada's own Dick Pound?

SparcVark:

I remember refusing to believe that the US Air Force had a base named "Seymour Johnson" until someone showed me pictures.

Sand:

You can't make this stuff up.

Timothy Worsley:

Actually, after a little digging, this doesn't appear to be true. German associates a gender with words. Frank Reich, being a man, is "der Frank Reich". Countries are, generally, neautral, so France would be "das Frank Reich". In German, this matters. From the link, the difference between the word for "door" and "fool" is only the gender.

ebt:

Well, if someone introduced himself to me as Bo Livia, I'd say to him, "You're a gay!"

Thomas W:

I am quite sure that the parents did not notice that they named their kid "France". Search on google.de for "Frank Reich" and you will find a whole bunch. "Frankreich" has the emphasis on the first syllable, "Frank Reich" on the second. Most people in Germany would not make a connection with "Frankreich" if you introduced yourself as "Frank Reich".

You guys are just determined to ruin this for me.

Thomas W:

I am quite sure that the parents did not notice that they named their kid "France". Search on google.de for "Frank Reich" and you will find a whole bunch. "Frankreich" has the emphasis on the first syllable, "Frank Reich" on the second. Most people in Germany would not make a connection with "Frankreich" if you introduced yourself as "Frank Reich".

Rich Rostrom:

BFD. There are lots of people with "country" names.

Michael Jordan, for instance

19th century military historian Sir Charles Oman.

U.S. Representative Steve Israel (D-NY)

Former MLB pitcher Mark Portugal

Former Chicago city official Erwin France

Novelist Nevil Shute [Norway] (his actual last name)

There are even more regional names:

Holland, Flanders, Hesse, Baden, Holstein, Kent, Lombardi, Maine.

Or cities: Paris, Berlin, Amsterdam, London, York, Manchester, Marseille, Napoli, Jaffa, Cairo, Tunis, Jerusalem.

There's a big difference between being named Tom Canada and being named Ca Nada.

Bob McKenzie:

Take off, eh.

SparcVark is going to have his head blown clear off his body by the existence of Moron AFB.

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