|
Bertrand Hustle posted:You probably missed it by not giving a gently caress about the Palins like a well-adjusted human being. That family is a trainwreck, and not just for bad names. There is that, though. Track, seriously? Who names a child Track?! It's a cultural thing for meth heads, his middle name is Mark 
|
#
?
Jan 16, 2013 06:25
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 7, 2024 04:39 |
|
|
redmercer posted:The part where none of it happened and you're about as funny as a scrotal boil. I deleted the post. However, it did happen. I worked in a call center dealing with welfare cases and heard many names over the years that were quite clearly made up or off the wall. The things that the uneducated will name their children frighten me. Those 2 in particular stood out in my mind over the years because the people that gave them to me felt the need to explain why they chose those names. I'm sorry that you think I am being dishonest and thus have removed the post.
|
|
#
?
Jan 17, 2013 00:11
|
|
|
If anyone's going to name their kid Abcde, it's going to be some obnoxious hipster who does it just so he can smugly correct someone who says it's just an urban legend.
|
|
#
?
Jan 17, 2013 00:17
|
|
|
bringmyfishback posted:The part where you didn't read the first post of the thread, or either of the two posts made on previous pages. Sorry, dude. I did read the first post. However, I did not make anything up I did not know that this forum required doctoral level citations in order to not be called a liar. I started reading this forum before 1/13/13 and did not think to reread the 1st post. I did not mention any ethnicity in my post if you choose to make it racist that is your choice. However, the people in question were of french descent, as am I. Not African as I believe you are eluding to. If you just Google Abcde you will find that it is listed on baby name websites and many articles have been written on the name.
|
|
#
?
Jan 17, 2013 00:37
|
|
|
m3monster posted:I did read the first post. However, I did not make anything up I did not know that this forum required doctoral level citations in order to not be called a liar. I started reading this forum before 1/13/13 and did not think to reread the 1st post. I did not mention any ethnicity in my post if you choose to make it racist that is your choice. However, the people in question were of french descent, as am I. Not African as I believe you are eluding to. If you just Google Abcde you will find that it is listed on baby name websites and many articles have been written on the name. Fine, okay, it's a name. It's been mentioned at least half a dozen times already in this thread anyway so real or fake it's time to move on to other names. Just remembered my little cousin's name. They had one son, named him Finn, pretty popular and normal. Then they had a daughter a couple years ago and decided out of the blue to name her Circe. Like for the Greek legendary enchantress who had a lot of sex with Odysseus' men and then turned them into pigs. That poor girl is growing up in rural Canada with a name like "Circe".
|
|
#
?
Jan 17, 2013 00:48
|
|
|
I grew up with a guy that was named "Jerry Felcker", he didn't like that name and decided that "Palmer Cranfield" was a upgrade. He legally changed his name and becomes very angry if someone that has known him for years accidentally calls him Jerry.
m3monster has a new favorite as of 01:42 on Jan 17, 2013 |
|
#
?
Jan 17, 2013 01:20
|
|
|
I have a friend who teaches middle school english that posted this on Instagram. I felt a lot of the names deserved to be on here.
|
|
#
?
Jan 17, 2013 01:43
|
|
|
So apparently a little girl named Quvenzhané is now nominated for an Oscar, her mother's name is Qulyndreia and the father's is Venjie.
|
|
#
?
Jan 17, 2013 01:44
|
|
|
Poor "Parth" Parth and Jinely are the ones on that list that make me saddest.
|
|
#
?
Jan 17, 2013 02:25
|
|
|
Random googling hit upon this site and these gems that are allegedly from the Census Bureau: Lust Garten Envy Burger Beef Cooper Cabbage Haywood Dinner Ware Mustard M. Mustard edit: gently caress, now I'm hungry Double edit: Changed the OP to say that no one should be posting Abdce in this thread anymore. I don't care if it's apparently widespread, a very interesting untrue fact. No more Abcde. Fleta Mcgurn has a new favorite as of 02:40 on Jan 17, 2013 |
|
#
?
Jan 17, 2013 02:33
|
|
|
InEscape posted:Fine, okay, it's a name. It's been mentioned at least half a dozen times already in this thread anyway so real or fake it's time to move on to other names. Do they pronounce it Sir-see, Seer-see, or the correct Greek pronunciation, Kirkee?
|
|
#
?
Jan 17, 2013 02:35
|
|
|
A friend of my wife named their child Denim Jet.
|
|
#
?
Jan 17, 2013 02:44
|
|
|
sweeperbravo posted:Poor "Parth" Parth is a pretty common Indian name. For part of high school, I was in a homeroom that was sorted alphabetically, and since my last name was pretty close to Patel, and this is an area with a huge Bengali/Indian population, there were seventeen Patels, fifteen of whom were unrelated, in my homeroom. Needless to say there was a Parth. No excuse for Jinely though, that's rough.
|
|
#
?
Jan 17, 2013 03:22
|
|
`
|
QuickbreathFinisher posted:Parth is a pretty common Indian name. For part of high school, I was in a homeroom that was sorted alphabetically, and since my last name was pretty close to Patel, and this is an area with a huge Bengali/Indian population, there were seventeen Patels, fifteen of whom were unrelated, in my homeroom. Needless to say there was a Parth. Oh, that's good to know! Thanks. Here I was just picturing the "What kind of parent names their kid Hogarth?" scene from The Iron Giant. Glad to hear Jinely's still bad, though. I read it like rhymes with "finely," though it could be jih-NELL-y or even yeenly for all we know.
|
|
#
?
Jan 17, 2013 04:40
|
|
|
Heman Ha. Pronounced exactly as you think it would. You can imagine how many times this kid heard "from the power of grayskuuuuuuuuuuull!"
|
|
#
?
Jan 17, 2013 04:49
|
|
|
I know of a guy who hated his ordinary name so much he changed it to Jarvis Storm. His son is named Shadow, poor kid.
|
|
#
?
Jan 17, 2013 05:58
|
|
|
I can only imagine the grade school teasings that Imogen Gay Poots must have gotten.
|
|
#
?
Jan 17, 2013 08:02
|
|
|
The hairpin had a listing of Puritan baby names today (it was actually a part 2) http://thehairpin.com/2013/01/your-2013-baby-name-guide-puritan-edition-part-two I like Revolt Morcock and Flie-fornication Andrewes.
|
|
#
?
Jan 17, 2013 23:24
|
|
|
Emberlei posted:The hairpin had a listing of Puritan baby names today (it was actually a part 2)
|
|
#
?
Jan 18, 2013 03:54
|
|
|
Friend of a friend just had a baby and named her Kynleigh. I would have spelled it Kinley, but whatever. Also, he got the name from a DnD campaign he ran.
|
|
#
?
Jan 18, 2013 04:02
|
|
|
HelloIAmYourHeart posted:Friend of a friend just had a baby and named her Kynleigh. I would have spelled it Kinley, but whatever. Also, he got the name from a DnD campaign he ran. This is exactly why the characters in my campaigns have names like Reg, or Keith.
|
|
#
?
Jan 18, 2013 04:13
|
|
|
I went to high school with a girl named Imah Kamara. I had always hoped she'd marry Alex Ho.
|
|
#
?
Jan 18, 2013 04:28
|
|
|
Emberlei posted:The hairpin had a listing of Puritan baby names today (it was actually a part 2) Hew-agag-in-pieces-before-the-Lord Robinson Did the parents vomit in the middle of naming the poor kid? Small-hope Biggs- That's just hard to, you know, date with.
|
|
#
?
Jan 18, 2013 05:55
|
|
|
bringmyfishback posted:Hew-agag-in-pieces-before-the-Lord Robinson Did the parents vomit in the middle of naming the poor kid?
|
|
#
?
Jan 18, 2013 06:37
|
|
|
Dr Snofeld posted:This is exactly why the characters in my campaigns have names like Reg, or Keith. Those would not exactly be good names for a baby girl either.
|
|
#
?
Jan 18, 2013 14:43
|
|
|
I need to get my Bible on, clearly. Berodachbaladan Merodachbaladan Tilgathpilneser Zaphnathpaaneah Bashanhavothjair Chushanrishathaim Mahershalalhashbaz
|
|
#
?
Jan 18, 2013 21:50
|
|
|
bringmyfishback posted:I need to get my Bible on, clearly. 
|
|
#
?
Jan 19, 2013 10:51
|
|
|
[Eh, probably not a good idea]
Wildeyes has a new favorite as of 18:27 on Jan 19, 2013 |
|
#
?
Jan 19, 2013 18:25
|
|
|
Had to proofread comments for a Grade Three report card the other day. Fortunately most "English"names in Hong Kong aren't officially registered so I can use their real name if it annoys me, but: Whammie (a girl) Bosco (so loving common here, is there any other meaning besides the chocolate or Irish puppet?) Unique (she acted it) T. Rex The icing on the cake was a boy named Xenos. You literally named your boy after the Greek term for unwanted stranger? Have a drat abortion then. Oh and last year I had some nice students named Rex and Regina. For the first month I couldn't figure out why the class laughed when I called her name until I found out I wasn't supposed to use the Canadian pronunciation.
|
|
#
?
Jan 20, 2013 12:00
|
|
|
Seriously T. Rex would be the greatest name ever if you're a fourth grade boy.
|
|
#
?
Jan 20, 2013 14:59
|
|
|
Imperialist Dog posted:Oh and last year I had some nice students named Rex and Regina. For the first month I couldn't figure out why the class laughed when I called her name until I found out I wasn't supposed to use the Canadian pronunciation. To be honest, I lived in Canada for five years and still giggle like a child whenever anyone says "Regina." (as it's pronounced for the city in Saskatchewan. Is that how people say it as a name, too?)
|
|
#
?
Jan 21, 2013 05:23
|
|
|
A girl who posted on a class message board in my undergrad was named Typhani... As in Tiffany. I also know children with the following names Finbar, Napoleon, and Hannibal. If my sister had a girl she wanted to name it Sida (pronounced Sitta) but spelled the same as the French acronym for AIDS. Living in Canada that would likely have been a poor choice.
|
|
#
?
Jan 21, 2013 05:35
|
|
|
bringmyfishback posted:To be honest, I lived in Canada for five years and still giggle like a child whenever anyone says "Regina." (as it's pronounced for the city in Saskatchewan. Is that how people say it as a name, too?) I've only ever heard the city pronounced to rhyme with vagina. The only person named Regina I knew pronounced it Ruh-Geena. She just went by Gina. Coincidentally, she was a lesbian. And awesome.
|
|
#
?
Jan 21, 2013 05:45
|
|
|
Imperialist Dog posted:Bosco (so loving common here, is there any other meaning besides the chocolate or Irish puppet?) I actually met a guy named Bosco once. It's certainly not the worst name. Apparently it's a not exactly common but not exactly rare last name. It was also the first name of B.A. Baracus from the A-Team. He said it stood for "bad attitude" but it stood for Bosco and some middle name that I don't remember. It's...kind of sad that I know that. Either way, there are worse names to have. Bosko was also one of the first cartoon characters. He started in the 1920's. He would be considered very racially offensive if he was created these days.
|
|
#
?
Jan 21, 2013 06:02
|
|
|
ToxicSlurpee posted:I actually met a guy named Bosco once. It's certainly not the worst name. Apparently it's a not exactly common but not exactly rare last name. It was also the first name of B.A. Baracus from the A-Team. He said it stood for "bad attitude" but it stood for Bosco and some middle name that I don't remember. Goosed it. posted:I also know children with the following names Finbar, Napoleon, and Hannibal. I love it when a plan comes together.
|
|
#
?
Jan 21, 2013 06:12
|
|
|
QuickbreathFinisher posted:I've only ever heard the city pronounced to rhyme with vagina. You mean like Mo Collins' seminal role? Scroll to 1:40 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYBo5eS5pW8 probably  clip from The 40 Year Old Virgin)And yes, I meant that the city name rhymes with "vagina." I was asking if the human person name "Regina" is pronounced similarly in Canada.
|
|
#
?
Jan 21, 2013 06:43
|
|
|
I meet tons of new people each week for work, including a lot of kids through the school system. A lot of kids I meet have names like Jaxson or McKynzay and poo poo but yesterday I met a boy named Ocean. Ocean. I had to bite my tongue not to ask if he had a sister named Fjord or some poo poo.
|
|
#
?
Jan 21, 2013 06:46
|
|
|
bringmyfishback posted:You mean like Mo Collins' seminal role? Scroll to 1:40 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYBo5eS5pW8 probably Whoops, yeah I don't know if they pronounce it like that in Canada, this was in DC. Misread the question.
|
|
#
?
Jan 21, 2013 06:57
|
|
|
I recently encountered a Synovia in one of my classes... As in synovial fluid, and I'm 90% certain she's in my anatomy class.
|
|
#
?
Jan 21, 2013 10:10
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 7, 2024 04:39 |
|
|
bringmyfishback posted:You mean like Mo Collins' seminal role? Scroll to 1:40 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYBo5eS5pW8 probably I had no idea it could be pronounced any OTHER way than as "vagina". I'm from Ontario. When you look at a coin, we all pronounced it like that: Elizabeth II, D. G. Regina.
|
|
#
?
Jan 21, 2013 10:42
|
|