I understand that some people have parents that have no common sense; or a sense of humor that is homely. That has to be the explanation. There is simply no understanding of some people; much like the saying about a homely child -- they have a look only a mother can love. With names these days, they clearly have a pronunciation and spelling which is in comparison, homely.
When the court docket is called, or I should say attempted to be deciphered, sometimes the cluster of letters that people have decided were a name can cause humor, the shake of the head in dismay, and, with a long docket, a headache.
The cluster of letters make no sense, even in a foreign language. My light bulb goes off and the sense it does make to me is why so many people mumble. It is easily explained now; even they cannot understand or say their own name, hence bringing the dreaded street name.
Big Ed, Shorty, Slim, Gman, Shoes, Doc, Rims -- none of these names are part of my language or belong in my social setting but they are names that we can pronounce and understand. Sometimes part of a good days' testimony of a witness on the stand is how or why someone is called a certain street name. I have been humored by many. I nearly broke into laughter after the shock of disgust when a girl on the stand explained, "she goes by Shoes." When asked why the guys call her shoes she explained very abruptly, "cuz I be likin shuz and they ain't gettin' nonz of my brown sugar 'less they get da shuz. Da' be knowin da betta get me shuz I want if they want some of dis." If there was ever a time that I would have supported an overdose of Botox before Court, this would have been it. I am sure the Judge was just waiting for me to have a moment of Courtroom turrets, but I somehow managed to pinch myself and convince myself that I would look like the bigger idiot if I seemed shocked.
As horrified as I was, I gladly accept and welcome the continuation of my sheltered simple life. I stopped myself before I asked about Rims. All good legal professionals know that you do not ask questions when you do not know for certain and have an answer locked in. In my naivety, prior to this I would have predicted that it was about tires on a car; but after the last answer I was taking no chances of getting on a toll road with no exits.
