Is this name just funny in England?

[Adrian Baker]

Is this name just funny in England??

I've laughed and laughed at this, but it must just be funny in the UK or surely she'd change her name?

http://www.electraisd.net/alumni/1993_seniors.htm

Check out the woman on the Right hand side, 5th row down.

Is this not funny in the US??

 

[Danger]

Is this not funny in the US??

Not in Canada, and we usually catch onto Brit humour quicker than the Yanks do.

 

[matthyaouw]

I reckon that deserves to be submitted to b3ta.com's funny names corner.

 

[JamesU]

I think it's funny. you guys suck

 

[shmoe]

I've watched enough British television that the name gave me a chuckle but probably most Canadians wouldn't even notice, it's not in our usual vocabulary.

 

[brewnog]

That's hilarious!

It can't be real can it? Mind you, with Demetrius Breedlove on the top row, anything's possible.

Does b3ta know about this?

 

[z-component]

Well Adrian Baker, I did a little research and found the British definitions of "minge" and "minger."

Now it makes sense. :)

Since those words are popular in England, you won't get the same reaction from Americans.

P.S. - I'll NEVER understand British humor!

 

[JamesU]

Brittish humor is a puzzle to all ameicans. in other words, WTF is wrong with you?

 

[brewnog]

Well Adrian Baker, I did a little research and found the British definitions of "minge" and "minger."

AARRRGGGGHGHHHHHHH Don't say that word!

The two words you highlighted are unrelated.

 

[Gale]

ya... i don't get it...

 

[z-component]

AARRRGGGGHGHHHHHHH Don't say that word!

The two words you highlighted are unrelated.

I know they're unrelated, but they both have weird definitions!

 

[arildno]

Actually, it is a lot more funny in hausa and fulfulde.

 

[brewnog]

I know they're unrelated, but they both have weird definitions!

Not really. Most slang words describe a pretty simple concept, as these both do!

The shorter one is just such a horrible word though. I'd rather use the 4-lettered variant than that!

 

[JamesU]

I looked up minge and minger. This lady needs a husband, and his name

 

[Adrian Baker]

Well Adrian Baker, I did a little research and found the British definitions of "minge" and "minger."

Now it makes sense. :)

Since those words are popular in England, you won't get the same reaction from Americans.

P.S. - I'll NEVER understand British humor!

Here is dictionary.com's definition of minge (3rd one down) Click here

Our Brit humour is odd to many - we tend to be a bit crude and totally irreverent too . This doesn't always cross borders too well I must admit!

 

[JamesU]

Comedy Central's "the hollow men" is a prime example of pointless brittish humor

 

[brewnog]

I'm not sure it's British humour. It's just a slang term.

 

[Gale]

i like the hollow men... i hate blue collar tv.. i like comedy central...
You know what's good british humor? i used to love Absolutely Fabulous.

(man this quick reply thing is pretty neat)

 

[Moonbear]

It wouldn't stand out in the U.S. The guy below her is named Roach. Hopefully they don't become sweethearts, or else she's not going to do much better taking her husband's name.

 

[mattmns]

Bloody hell, what's all this about the minge then. When I first read it I did not get it, but after reading the defenition, I see what you brits are talking about, and it made me giggle *he he he*

 

[brewnog]

It wouldn't stand out in the U.S. The guy below her is named Roach. Hopefully they don't become sweethearts, or else she's not going to do much better taking her husband's name.

Jeeeez...

Minge means twat!

 

[cronxeh]

In Soviet Russia, Names Have YOU!

 

[fourier jr]

Bloody hell, what's all this about the minge then. When I first read it I did not get it, but after reading the defenition, I see what you brits are talking about, and it made me giggle *he he he*

there's a bit of a hint/explanation here:
http://www.rathergood.com/hedgehogs/

 

[Danger]

Here is dictionary.com's definition of minge

Okay, got it now.

It's not that your humour isn't funny to Canuks; just this time I hadn't heard that term before. Also, something is not necessarily considered 'vulgar' over here even if it has the same meaning. For instance, a local radio personality's promo spot on TV has his grandmother complaining that when he was growing up he spent all of his time wanking. No one's ever complained.

Don't expect the Yanks to get it, though. They seem to think that most of their own sitcoms are funny.

 

[Danger]

there's a bit of a hint/explanation here:
http://www.rathergood.com/hedgehogs/

Oh thanks. Now I'll never get that song out of my head.
At least it's better than the damned badgers.

 

[Mk]

I'm pretty sure none of us Americans think sitcoms are funny. I wish they to be taken off the air.

 

[Huckleberry]

Ok, I get what a minge is now. What is a ginger? The best funniest names are two parters.

badger, badger, badger

 

[Nylex]

What is a ginger?

Serious question? Someone who has ginger hair..

 

[Moonbear]

Serious question? Someone who has ginger hair..

I think it's a reddish brown hair color. She really does need to move to a country where that term isn't a common slang.

 

[Huckleberry]

Oh, that makes more sense now. I've never heard a red head reffered to as a ginger. I've heard carrot top before, but never ginger in that context.

That would be terrible if she actually had red hair.

 

[Danger]

badger, badger, badger

Aaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrggggggghhhhh!

 

[Huckleberry]

I'll never get tired of that.

 

[JamesU]

hhmm...I think I finally killed franzbear...

 

[Danger]

hhmm...I think I finally killed franzbear...

Hey, guys... should we let him gloat for a while before we give him the bad news?

 

[Huckleberry]

No, drop the bomb on him Danger. Payback for that slap.