In our parish there is a family that adopted the mix-and-match practice when it came to naming their kids. The husband (Shubert) and wife (Grizelda) first used half of each name to christen their daughter ‘Shuzelda’. When they had a son a year later, they used the left-overs and actually named him ‘Grishuber’ No kidding! He was in class with me and the teachers had to enunciate that name daily during roll call.

In office, there is a guy named Sejal. His wife is Tejal! Wonder what the kids will be called?

Also in office, is another guy with a weird name. Apparently his parents were fans of a rather mediocre hindi film actor called Rajesh Khanna. Now Rajesh is a pretty common first name in these parts and Khanna an equally common surname. So these people named their son Rajeshkhanna (followed by their surname).

I also have a friend named Elvis who at one time liked a girl named Pressie.

G.C.