Colon Question

[Acari Rotter]

Don't worry, not as sick as the title might lead you to believe. Last night I got way too drunk and somehow got on the topic of Colin Powell.

Now I've known a lot of Colins and Collins over the years, and their names are always pronounced the same as "Callin'." Why does Colin Powell insist on being called "Colon?" Is it some sort of dialect thing from wherever he's from? It makes no sense to me, as he could very easily have switched the pronunciation so he's not named after a part of the rectum.

As far as I know this has never been addressed, although I'm sure at some point it's been used by late-night talk show hosts for a cheap gag. It really shouldn't be weirder than a man calling himself Dick but somehow it gets under my skin because nobody ever seems to acknowledge the innuendo.

[GripFast]

the reason i heard is that there was some guy he really looked upto as a kid named colon so he started calling himself that even though his name is colin

[Blue Blood]

..the guy's just an asshole..:anim_chainsawkill:

[BoobsNBoots]

Maybe he likes colons?

[Blue Blood]

This is right about where the thread starts to degenerate..

[Tokyohoon]

From the Washington Post:

Powell's parents, Jamaican immigrants and subjects of the British empire, pronounced their son's name KAH-lin. But Powell's childhood friends in the South Bronx, impressed by the heroic exploits of World War II flyer Colin P. Kelly Jr. (known as KOH-lin), altered the pronunciation and its been KOH-lin Powell ever since.

[Acari Rotter]

So then the next question is what were Colin P. Kelly Jr's grandparents thinking?

[Chucky Scouser]

I think its a black thing like callin a kid named Dylan Dialaaan and Winston Winstaaahn

[Professor]

Maybe he likes colons?

i heard he got kicked out of med school for being a little too, shall we say, 'overzealous' in his proctology classes.