Quoting Vicky Lynn *EB/GIG*:“ I would have to look it up... It was in the US, but I am not sure if it could have been cultural... My ... [snip!] ... was the ppl were pretty ignonrant and apparently did not know that most ppl would look at that and think "Shit Head"  ”

Lol yeah, it is ignorant, or the only thing I could thing of was if it was in a different language, they MAY not have known, at all.
I just found a bit of an article about it, it says "They talk of a young African-American girl who was given the unfortunate name Shithead. Pronounced "Sh' Theed", her well-meaning but less than worldly mother thought it sounded elegant and strong, perhaps like Sinead. But, of course, all she gave was a handicap and a few minutes of mirth and incredulity for anyone having to read the child's college or job application form." http://www.mydigitallife.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3243&Itemid=29

Yeesh.  

Thats probably the one I read about. Like I said I got the feeling they didn't know any better. Unfortunate, but such is life.