05-07-2008, 02:20 PM | #91 |
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Radar, it seems to me that your more concerned about how people look and what their names are, rather than how they do their job.
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05-07-2008, 02:59 PM | #92 | |
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05-07-2008, 03:10 PM | #93 | |
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05-07-2008, 03:12 PM | #94 |
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Seems to me he's also got a double standard, and a rather unusual fixation on the name "Moonbeam."
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05-07-2008, 04:07 PM | #95 |
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Oddly enough, I knew a guy named Justin Case. And to make it even worse, he was the food-service manager at... wait for it... Case Western Reserve University.
But, back to the topic at hand: Radar, couldn't you have made your daughter's life considerably easier by giving her a WHITE mamma? Can you imagine how badly she'll be picked on for being a half-breed? No? That's racist, huh? Then lay off the name game. I've been picked on for my name at the grade school playground. I also have a gender-ambiguous name (as far as many Americans are concerned) -- and it hasn't harmed me worth a damn. I'm proud of my name, and proud of my parent's determination to give me at least one thing from my heritage that will stay with me throughout my life. I appreciated it so much that I did not change my name when I got married. I am successful, well-educated, well-respected by my colleagues, and most importantly, I am happy with who I am. Why would I pander to an idiot such as yourself?
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05-07-2008, 04:48 PM | #96 |
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On the topic of funny names... Oh, I see a lot. I work for state government, dealing with child care and child care providers, and you wouldn't believe some of the names. A few of my favorites:
Sparkle Ware (I think it sounds like the next Rubbermaid/Tupperware product.) Terry Berry (Really?) Daniel Daniels (REALLY?!?!) and last but not least..... Harold Butts. That kid is going to be called "Harry Butts." I don't imagine he'll make it out of 3rd grade alive. |
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05-07-2008, 05:41 PM | #98 |
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I had a client at the law office I used to work for who was "blessed" with the first name Delight. It wouldn't have been so bad if her last name hadn't been Cox.
Another client was named Lucky Wang. (and yes, these were their real, birth names. We had copies of all their IDs on file.) When I worked in a library, we had a student who's 1st name was Ufuk. I never had the guts to ask him how he pronounced it.
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05-07-2008, 06:26 PM | #99 | |
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A shack, a decrepit old house. Still I think that he will be your next president. Has for me, you would'nt believe my name. I'm a Mohawk and I go by my indian name and nobody ever laught at me and I do quite good moneywise. I got hired because I'm really good at what I do and they did'nt care about my name. To bad that everybody can't have the same chance I had. As usual, sorry for the bad spelling and bad English |
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05-07-2008, 06:45 PM | #100 |
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And you get called after a rather veteran knife manufacturer. My idea of a decline-of-the-West homegrown country name is the possibly inevitable little girl named "Apostrophe." Perhaps this is a name that should never appear IRL but only as a character name in a satirical work. Alize, I think, is real -- in Francophone countries. Haiti, for one.
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I did, however, have to explain to the wife that a girl-child would better be named "Elizabeth Enterprise R_______ than "Enterprise Elizabeth R_____" with school systems' penchant for first name, middle initial registration and record keeping. I had to cite my own experience with going by my middle name and not the first name I share with Pater.
Such a daughter could go through life knowing "Enterprise is my middle name!" and always feel ready to attempt mighty deeds. And if she thinks it a little too corny or seventeenth-century New England -- where my ancestry and numerous of my ancestors both lie -- she could discreetly veil it behind a middle initial.
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I'm beginning to get the overall impression that Radar has a wide and ill-concealed streak of xenophobia. It explains much of the attitude set forth in his posts.
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I have a serious question I'd like to ask. I've known a lot of people named Richard. To me the natural shortening of this name is Rick or Rich. Why would anyone with the name Richard choose to be called "Dick"?
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