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* There is a Finnish meteorologist named "Pekka Pouta". "Pouta" means "fair weather".
* In New Jersey, there is a meteorologist called "Storm Field" presenting the weather on channel 9.
* In L.A., there is a weatherman called Dallas Raines.
* A BBC Local weather presenter is called Sara ''Blizzard''
* The Tampa Bay Rays have a pitcher named Grant Balfour.
* There is a former Colorado Rockie and current Cleveland Indian called Josh Outman.
* There were a number of great composers called Fučík (more often spelled "Fucik" by English-speakers) of ''Entry of the Gladiators'' fame, and Fux.
* Fuchs is a common German surname pronounced "fooks". It means "Fox". This was especially apt when the footballer Christian Fuchs joined Leicester City FC, who are known as The Foxes.
* In New Jersey, there is a meteorologist called "Storm Field" presenting the weather on channel 9.
* In L.A., there is a weatherman called Dallas Raines.
* A BBC Local weather presenter is called Sara ''Blizzard''
* The Tampa Bay Rays have a pitcher named Grant Balfour.
* There is a former Colorado Rockie and current Cleveland Indian called Josh Outman.
* There were a number of great composers called Fučík (more often spelled "Fucik" by English-speakers) of ''Entry of the Gladiators'' fame, and Fux.
* Fuchs is a common German surname pronounced "fooks". It means "Fox". This was especially apt when the footballer Christian Fuchs joined Leicester City FC, who are known as The Foxes.
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* For some time, Kentucky's Commissioner of Agriculture was named Richie Farmer.
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* Urologist Dick Chopp.
* Finno-Swedish Winter War behind-enemy-lines specialist, 2nd Lieutenant Harry Järv. A double pun since "Järv" means wolverine, and the identically pronounced "Djärv" means bold.
* There is a British radio presenter named Fenella Fudge. It is not yet known if she's been told how much it sounds like 'Vanilla'.
* Season 13 of ''Series/TheAmazingRace'' featured Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader Starr Spangler.
* There's a tennis player called Anna Smashnova.
* Finno-Swedish Winter War behind-enemy-lines specialist, 2nd Lieutenant Harry Järv. A double pun since "Järv" means wolverine, and the identically pronounced "Djärv" means bold.
* There is a British radio presenter named Fenella Fudge. It is not yet known if she's been told how much it sounds like 'Vanilla'.
* Season 13 of ''Series/TheAmazingRace'' featured Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader Starr Spangler.
* There's a tennis player called Anna Smashnova.
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* An heiress to the Lear Jet fortune? Shanda. Yes. The kid was named Shanda Lear.
** That was also the drag name (spelled Shanda Le''e''r) of a recurring character in the [[CaliforniaDoubling US/Canada]] version of ''Series/{{Queer as Folk|US}}''.
* Punny or not, former NASCAR driver Dick Trickle.
** Also, Lake Speed and Scott Speed (no relation to each other).
* A UsefulNotes/GermanLanguage and medical example: Todd's syndrome, wherein only one side of the body (or so) is awake (the other half being asleep. ''Coma'' asleep). To a terrified first-time experiencer of a seizure and Todd's syndrome, it may feel that they are dying -- Tod is German for "death".
* Krystal Ball is a news commentator who'd previously worked with MSNBC and The Hill before launching her own independent program.
** That was also the drag name (spelled Shanda Le''e''r) of a recurring character in the [[CaliforniaDoubling US/Canada]] version of ''Series/{{Queer as Folk|US}}''.
* Punny or not, former NASCAR driver Dick Trickle.
** Also, Lake Speed and Scott Speed (no relation to each other).
* A UsefulNotes/GermanLanguage and medical example: Todd's syndrome, wherein only one side of the body (or so) is awake (the other half being asleep. ''Coma'' asleep). To a terrified first-time experiencer of a seizure and Todd's syndrome, it may feel that they are dying -- Tod is German for "death".
* Krystal Ball is a news commentator who'd previously worked with MSNBC and The Hill before launching her own independent program.
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* The late archbishop of Manila, Cardinal Sin, who died in 2005.
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* FOX News has two meteorologists named Amy ''Freeze'' and Chris ''Sowers''. Dear God.
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* [[ColonelBadass Staff Sergeant Max Fightmaster]].
* Karl Schwarzschild, whose last name means "black shield" is famous for his physics work. Primarily with ''black holes''.
* Karl Schwarzschild, whose last name means "black shield" is famous for his physics work. Primarily with ''black holes''.
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%%Administrivia/ZeroContextExample * US senator Marion Barry.
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%%Administrivia/ZeroContextExample ** Shelita Buffet.
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* The fastest man alive is named Usain '''Bolt'''.
* Animators Hugh Harman And Rudolph Ising, whose surnames sound like '''harmonizing''' when pronounced together. They created ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' and ''Merrie Melodies'', and ''WesternAnimation/HappyHarmonies''.
* Creator/JohnCandy was born on Halloween, a day where kids go trick-or-treating for candy. Plus, he was an obese man with a sweet personality.
* Animators Hugh Harman And Rudolph Ising, whose surnames sound like '''harmonizing''' when pronounced together. They created ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' and ''Merrie Melodies'', and ''WesternAnimation/HappyHarmonies''.
* Creator/JohnCandy was born on Halloween, a day where kids go trick-or-treating for candy. Plus, he was an obese man with a sweet personality.
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* Japanese novelist [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Futabatei_Shimei Futabatei Shimei]], real name Hasegawa Tatsunosuke. His pen name is a pun on ''kutabatte shimee'' ("go die").
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* The GNU Bison software (which acts as a parser generator for the GNU operating system and its derivatives) was written to be compatible with the older Yacc ("Yet Another Compiler Compiler") program used by UsefulNotes/{{UNIX}} and its derivatives, such as BSD. Yacc, of course, could be pronounced as "yak", which is somewhat similar in appearance to a bison.
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* The GNU Bison software (which acts as a parser generator for the GNU operating system and its derivatives) was written to be compatible with the older Yacc ("Yet Another Compiler Compiler") program used by UsefulNotes/{{UNIX}} Platform/{{UNIX}} and its derivatives, such as BSD. Yacc, of course, could be pronounced as "yak", which is somewhat similar in appearance to a bison.
