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[Matlock]

http://www.usc.edu/about/factbook/history/becoming_a_research_university.html

...what...the...

Who would name their kid that? Even given the era?

 

[3phemeral]

I don't think he really had a choice in his the matter, unless you have something against "fred".

 

[Matlock]

I'm mostly speaking of the middle initial in this. Fred Fagg sounds...eh. But Fred D. Fagg...Just a little over the top.

 

[demon]

Jesus christ, to have to grow up with the name Fagg and not be able to do anything about......he must have been tormented as a kid.

"HEY THAR...FAG!

"I'm not a fag!"

"THEN WHY IS YOUR LAST NAME FAGG, FAG?"

"OMG UR RIGHT I'M A FAG, MOMMY!"

 

[Chesapeake Silt]

There used to be a Fagg Park on campus, named after this dude. It was a nice park too.

 

[Blackace]

Well it depends when Fag became a word of hate? 1948 when he was born...a Fagot was most likely just a bundle of sticks.... you like naming your kid Richard when your last name is Head...sometimes the slang Gods are just cruel

 

[Kobun Heat]

Absolutely true story. My freshman year, there were two people with the last name "Ho" in the Tufts student phone book. The first was named "Anita Ho." Funny in and of itself. The second person in the book was listed as... I shit you not:

Tram P. Ho

One of my friends knew her.

 

[3phemeral]

I have a friend in High School whose older brother was named "Hung Long". My history teacher also told me she had a student way back in the day named "Fuk Yu". Of course, it was pronounced "fook yoo", but that didn't stop the kids from taking advantage