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[RC] Embarrassing moments in horse names - B. L. Kossowan...Of course, when you post your horse's name on a Web site, there is always the possbility of tickling the funny bone (pun intended :P) of someone who understands another language. When Wiid was born, I was going to name him Vandal, but he grew so fast... When it came time to do his papers, I wanted to combine his mother's name, Suzzanne, with my sweetie's last name, Minion, and came up with Minnazze Wiid. A couple of years later, I got a short and succint email from some guy in Italy: "Viva la Minnazze!" Not knowing what he was talking about, I googled the word and got five hits, all in Italian, all of great big wimmin with great big, bare butts. Now, Wiid does have a pretty substantial butt for an Ay-rab, but he sure ain't no woman. These days, his name is the butt of a more than a few jokes among those who are privvy to the gaffe. Sigh. Brenda K. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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