So I was at a birthday party this past weekend and I was talking to two people who meet a lot of children in their lines of work (one is a pediatric dentist in a low income area, the other works with parents who are addicted to drugs) and they were telling us about names they just could NOT believe were actually really the kids' names.

One was (I think this name was actually brought up here on Hellobee in the past) La-a. Pronounced la-dash-ah. Yup, they say the word "dash".

Another was pronounced fah-mah-leh. The name? Female. The reason? The mom was high when it was time to name the baby, so she just read the hospital bracelet.

Another was pronounced ah-show-leh. The name? A$$hole. I'm not joking.

My favorite, though, was pronounced Ab-sih-day. Sounds actually kinda cool and normal, until you see how it's spelled... Abcde. Yes, ABCDE. And there were TWO boys named Abcde seen by this same dentist.