Came to say this. Could be the name for a rock band or an action movie.Roku said:I find the name "Barnabas Peak" quite funny. It reminds me to a biblical name (Barrabas)
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Came to say this. Could be the name for a rock band or an action movie.Roku said:I find the name "Barnabas Peak" quite funny. It reminds me to a biblical name (Barrabas)
RedheadDane said:Been a few years since he raced (or lived), but I came across this awesome name in one of the CyclingTips Daily News Digest articles:
Hippolyte Aucouturier
Koronin said:One of my all time favorite names in the peloton has been Sylvain Chavanel.
RedheadDane said:Been a few years since he raced (or lived), but I came across this awesome name in one of the CyclingTips Daily News Digest articles:
Hippolyte Aucouturier
tobydawq said:RedheadDane said:Been a few years since he raced (or lived), but I came across this awesome name in one of the CyclingTips Daily News Digest articles:
Hippolyte Aucouturier
"A few".
GuyIncognito said:Koronin said:One of my all time favorite names in the peloton has been Sylvain Chavanel.
Even your favorite name is Spanish
RedheadDane said:Okay, I realise he's (probably) not a pro, but... Cfrankjkoviengic!
I have questions. Mainly, "How…?" How do you even pronounce that without tying your tongue into a knot?
tobydawq said:RedheadDane said:Okay, I realise he's (probably) not a pro, but... Cfrankjkoviengic!
I have questions. Mainly, "How…?" How do you even pronounce that without tying your tongue into a knot?
That's probably the most "let me just push a bunch of random buttons on my keyboard"-looking name I have ever seen!
How did you even end up finding his name?RedheadDane said:Okay, I realise he's (probably) not a pro, but... Cfrankjkoviengic!
I have questions. Mainly, "How…?" How do you even pronounce that without tying your tongue into a knot?
GenericBoonenFan said:How did you even end up finding his name?RedheadDane said:Okay, I realise he's (probably) not a pro, but... Cfrankjkoviengic!
I have questions. Mainly, "How…?" How do you even pronounce that without tying your tongue into a knot?
RedheadDane said:tobydawq said:RedheadDane said:Okay, I realise he's (probably) not a pro, but... Cfrankjkoviengic!
I have questions. Mainly, "How…?" How do you even pronounce that without tying your tongue into a knot?
That's probably the most "let me just push a bunch of random buttons on my keyboard"-looking name I have ever seen!
I was actually just thinking something to that extend:
Maybe whoever was in charge of registering him just sneezed and accidentally hit a bunch of random keys.
Bit like how "Hodge" became "Hodeg", just with slightly less… pronounce-able results.
(And now some Croatian on this forum is probably gonna jump in all "Actually, it's pronounced 'Smith'."
GenericBoonenFan said:How did you even end up finding his name?RedheadDane said:Okay, I realise he's (probably) not a pro, but... Cfrankjkoviengic!
I have questions. Mainly, "How…?" How do you even pronounce that without tying your tongue into a knot?
Made me think of Lance Crossfire from Roger Ramjet.ClassicomanoLuigi said:Colombia is producing the best names per capita of any nation
Winner Anacona
Darwin Atapuma
Rigoberto Uran Uran
Basque cyclists, many great names. It depends on one's native language, but they are appealing because of the consonant clusters of K, X, Z, and the accents
Beñat Intxausti
Gorka Izagirre
Amets Txurruka
I kind of agree with the Lithuania suggestion as well. Anyway, most of the 'good names' are probably on others' lists as well but it is indeed an interesting question why some names seem outstanding
Ignatas Konovalovas
Simona Krupeckaitė
Ramūnas Navardauskas
'Lance Armstrong' is a very good name for a cartoon action-hero, and that is for sure one reason why Lance was marketable by corporations