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Rachael Risk's avatar

I wonder what this says about my family of Risks 😅

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Howard Watson's avatar

And there was another BBC weatherman in my youth: Jack Frost.

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Spencer's avatar

It would be interesting to see if this effect carries over into countries with other languages and homophonic meanings for names.

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Carol Rowe's avatar

I know I've come across more but the two that stick in my mind are Steve Head, the headteacher at the primary school and Constable Constable, the policeman who gave a talk at my sons school.

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Peter Cox-Smith's avatar

My barber, when I was a kid, was Les Hare...it should have been Hair of course but nevertheless...

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