The Beauty of Two Pink Lines - Page 4

Beestie · 01-02-2006, 03:06 AM

The weirder the name the weirder the person. That's empirical.

Weird is easy. Unique is hard. It'll come to you if you let it.

zippyt · 01-02-2006, 03:44 AM

Anton I say !!!

Undertoad · 01-02-2006, 07:22 AM

argh

Trilby · 01-02-2006, 08:29 AM

I like Max. I also like Ace. Darragh is a nice Irish name.

Clodfobble · 01-02-2006, 09:36 AM

I have a friend (ex-coworker, really) who named his kid Axle. The first syllable of his last name is "Weld." Apparently I am the only person who thinks this is awesome.

wolf · 01-02-2006, 10:03 AM

Unfortunately, zip, you can't use the puppy naming algorithm for babies. They insist you have a name for the beast before mom and baby are discharged from the hospital, which is well before baby has established a personality. If it doesn't have a social security card, it doesn't exist these days ...

footfootfoot · 01-02-2006, 02:22 PM

There were a couple of books, now out of print IINM, by John Train titled: Remarkable names, more remarkable names and even more remarkable names. (OK that's a few and not a couple) the names were gleaned from phone books, hospital records, etc.

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Originally Posted by wolf

...They insist you have a name for the beast before mom and baby are discharged from the hospital...

A number of 'infant male' and 'infant females' kept their names into adulthood. This is apparently the name you get when you can't decide, yet it is time to vacate your room at the hospital.

Dagney · 01-03-2006, 08:10 AM

Oh, I could tell you stories of some names that I see in my line of work.

Take medical terminology that 'sounds purty', add someone without a complete grasp of the English Language, and you end up with a child named some weeeeeird stuff.

footfootfoot · 01-03-2006, 06:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dagney

Oh, I could tell you stories of some names that I see in my line of work.

Take medical terminology that 'sounds purty', add someone without a complete grasp of the English Language, and you end up with a child named some weeeeeird stuff.

You can leave off the last names to protect the innocent, but do share with the rest of the class...

BigV · 01-03-2006, 07:25 PM

Yes, do. I could use a laugh.

monster · 01-03-2006, 10:43 PM

We have a common surname/last name. Our children have unusual but not never-before-used names: Hebe, Hector and Thor. Hebe is more common in the UK than US, Hector and Thor are more common in the US. We have only ever met one child with the same name as one of our children, and that was another Hebe. Just in case they grew up to hate their names, we gave them each two middle names -one almost guaranteed unique and one pretty ordinary. But we wouldn't be offended if later down the line they chose something completely different. A rose by any other name and all that....

Oh and congratulations!

wolf · 01-04-2006, 02:37 AM

"Hebe" is generally considered an insult on our side of the pond.

Clodfobble · 01-04-2006, 04:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wolf

"Hebe" is generally considered an insult on our side of the pond.

Originally a racial one, no less (though not so much anymore). In the Hispanic population, Hector is downright common over here, but I've never met a Thor.

But thanks for the congratulations, monster!

footfootfoot · 01-04-2006, 07:44 PM

I be,
we be,
she be,
he be,
it be,
them be.

What's the problem?

monster · 01-04-2006, 08:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wolf

"Hebe" is generally considered an insult on our side of the pond.

Not if pronounced correctly

01-02-2006, 03:06 AM	#46
Beestie -◊\|≡·∙■·∙≡\|◊- Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Parts unknown. Posts: 4,081	The weirder the name the weirder the person. That's empirical. Weird is easy. Unique is hard. It'll come to you if you let it. __________________ ♠ ♥ ♣ ♦

01-02-2006, 03:44 AM	#47
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01-02-2006, 08:29 AM	#49
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01-02-2006, 10:03 AM	#51
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Unfortunately, zip, you can't use the puppy naming algorithm for babies. They insist you have a name for the beast before mom and baby are discharged from the hospital, which is well before baby has established a personality. If it doesn't have a social security card, it doesn't exist these days ... __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

01-03-2006, 08:10 AM	#53
Dagney The Prodigal Brat Returneth Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: North Cackalacky Posts: 1,107	Oh, I could tell you stories of some names that I see in my line of work. Take medical terminology that 'sounds purty', add someone without a complete grasp of the English Language, and you end up with a child named some weeeeeird stuff. __________________ The Constitution gives every American the right to make a total fool out of himself. But that doesn't mean you need to.

01-02-2006, 07:22 AM	#48
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	argh

01-02-2006, 09:36 AM	#50
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	I have a friend (ex-coworker, really) who named his kid Axle. The first syllable of his last name is "Weld." Apparently I am the only person who thinks this is awesome.

01-03-2006, 07:25 PM	#55
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	Yes, do. I could use a laugh. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

01-03-2006, 10:43 PM	#56
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	We have a common surname/last name. Our children have unusual but not never-before-used names: Hebe, Hector and Thor. Hebe is more common in the UK than US, Hector and Thor are more common in the US. We have only ever met one child with the same name as one of our children, and that was another Hebe. Just in case they grew up to hate their names, we gave them each two middle names -one almost guaranteed unique and one pretty ordinary. But we wouldn't be offended if later down the line they chose something completely different. A rose by any other name and all that.... Oh and congratulations! __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

01-04-2006, 02:37 AM	#57
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	"Hebe" is generally considered an insult on our side of the pond. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

01-04-2006, 07:44 PM	#59
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	I be, we be, she be, he be, it be, them be. What's the problem? __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

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