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From ABC News Online (Australia):
Biblical to bizarre: American baby names run the gamut JaMarcus? WTF? REGISTRAR'S OFFICE Registrar: "What is the baby's name?" Mother: "James" Registrar: <clickety> <clickety> ... Father: "No, we agreed on Marcus" Mother: "Yes, Marcus" Registrar: <backspace> <backspace> <clickety> <clickety> <clickety> <clickety> <clickety> <clickety> TWO WEEKS LATER Mother: "What the hell? Damn computer has called our son JaMarcus!" MEANWHILE, AT THE REGISTRAR'S OFFICE: IT Guy: "Here's your new keyboard" Registrar: "Thanks. I've been having trouble with the backspace key for weeks."
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NZ judge backs girl over 'embarrassing' name
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I've actually always resented my parents for giving me a common name -- Maria. (The year that Carlos Santana's "Maria Maria" came out was a disaster.) I go by Mia, now, and am hoping to change it legally in a few years, once I've settled into my married last name.
Anyway, on the "horrible names" front, one of my cousins is named Justus (pronounced Justice, except my grandparents usually call him Eustice.) His parents find it amusing that every time he eats "Justus is served." Justus's little brother is named Dante'. I asked my aunt why the apostrophe was there, and she just said it "looked nice." On the other side fo the family, parents Jay and Teresa named one of their sons Jayson, another Terrence, and their little girl is named Jareesa. |
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My cousin named her little girl Alyssa (i think i spell it wrong even though she's 5). I find it cruel because I'm always thinking people are calling to me (Melissa), then feel stupid because I answer, and then feel sad because no one does wants to talk to me.
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07-24-2008, 01:28 PM | #158 |
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now THAT deserves more than a simple rolling of the eyes. geez. Not only cruel namage, but flagrant abuse of punctuation.
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07-24-2008, 01:55 PM | #159 |
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Grammar nazi?
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better than grammar torturer.
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07-24-2008, 11:38 PM | #161 |
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They wouldn't be fans of Lord of the Rings, would they?
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07-25-2008, 05:00 AM | #162 |
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Dante isn't cruel nameage.
I've known two Dantes. It's a perfectly acceptable Italian name. The apostrophe is abhorrent of course. |
07-25-2008, 08:29 AM | #163 |
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I don't think so, I think they're just a little weird with their naming. Their first son, who I failed so mention, is named Niņo -- as in "boy." He goes by Nino, now.
I thought the name itself was all right, though I don't think it quite "fits" the baby. The apostrophe is just... awful. Most of the family leaves it off in writing, and I imagine little Dante' will as well, when he gets older. |
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'xactly.
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07-26-2008, 10:08 AM | #165 |
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Yea. Me and my friend are arguing about naming her baby after a star trek character, after she made the gaffe of giving it a muslim name. I will leave the names out to protect the innocent. (me) (from her)
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