Nothing beats the BBC World Service for hard-hitting, balanced news coverage with an accent. I try to make the BBC part of my regular radio listening "shed-ule." Being a hopeless romantic for the past, I get most of my news through that "traditional" medium instead of the TV or the Internet.
However, with all of their other quirky features and subtle humor sprinkled in, I was convinced that our English friends were pulling a fast one when I heard a segment reported by Lucy Hooker. Lucy Hooker? Come on, that is too funny for real life.
Turns out she is real. Whether the name is a clever reporter's inside joke radio name or a result of very mean parents is unclear.
If that latter is true, Mr. and Mrs. Hooker should be very proud of their daughter.
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They also have Judy Swallow. Seriously. http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/programmes/newshour/presenters/story/2004/02/040217_judysawllow.shtml
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...For the record, that's a joke.
Pretty sure it's just a name. Take, for instance, the Blues great, John Lee Hooker. www.johnleehooker.com Were his parents trying to be funny when they picked his name? Probably not. But it's a good one!
Yeah, I know, but the specific use of LUCY as the first name just put it over the top. I've heard of the last name Hooker plenty of times, but you'd think mom and dad would have gone with Maggie or something.
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