My family were sitting ’round the Christmas table in ’06 when the topic of “funny names” came up. The highlight was a girl that my brother used to race with called “Fanny Chmeller” (pronounced ‘fanny shmeller’). I remember crying for nearly 30 minutes with laughter as he told us about how the German team couldn’t understand what was so funny every time Fanny’s name was announced on the tannoy. Of course, they say it backwards when they announce your name “Shmeller, Fanny” is just as good.
Check this video. I defy you not to laugh.
My family were sitting ’round the Christmas table in ’06 when the topic of “funny names” came up. The highlight was a girl that my brother used to race with called “Fanny Chmeller” (pronounced ‘fanny shmeller’). I remember crying for nearly 30 minutes with laughter as he told us about how the German team couldn’t understand what was so funny every time Fanny’s name was announced on the tannoy. Of course, they say it backwards when they announce your name “Shmeller, Fanny” is just as good.
Check this video. I defy you not to laugh.
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