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tacodaemon: Nov 27, 2006

Sappo569 posted:

My eye just started twitching as I read that

The Washington Post's beloved humor columnist Gene Weingarten interviewed Kharringtyn-McKhynleigh Khaybryn Sparks's grandmother after that image went viral online:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/a-real-khyuty-pye/2014/06/19/47dcff4c-ea65-11e3-b98c-72cef4a00499_story.html

# ? Aug 6, 2014 03:23

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# ? May 21, 2024 21:19

Mr. Belpit: Nov 11, 2008

It irrationally bothers me that both "Carrington" and "McKinley" seem somehow masculine if used as given names.

# ? Aug 6, 2014 12:36

Lady Disdain: Jan 14, 2013; are you yet living?

Mr. Belpit posted:

It irrationally bothers me that both "Carrington" and "McKinley" seem somehow masculine if used as given names.

There are some surnames names that, no matter how much I dislike them, do kind of work as given names. Carrington and McKinley are not on the list. They don't seem like given names to me at all.

# ? Aug 6, 2014 13:21

Lady Disdain: Jan 14, 2013; are you yet living?

Wenece

Lilween

Lady Disdain has a new favorite as of 04:21 on Aug 7, 2014

# ? Aug 7, 2014 04:19

Ofaloaf: Feb 15, 2013

When I was a kid, I used to wear a costume every year when Lilween came along.

# ? Aug 7, 2014 05:05

sweeperbravo: May 18, 2012; AUNT GWEN'S COLD SHAPE (!)

Istari posted:

Wenece

Lilween

I'm sure it's weh-NESS, but I read it as "Wenis"

# ? Aug 7, 2014 05:11

Blue On Blue: Nov 14, 2012

Istari posted:

Wenece

Lilween

# ? Aug 7, 2014 06:01

Say Nothing: Mar 5, 2013; by FactsAreUseless

Spotted this on Imgur.
It's the names from a Tennessee first grade class.

# ? Aug 8, 2014 06:19

Blue On Blue: Nov 14, 2012

This has been posted right?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gODZzSOelss

# ? Aug 8, 2014 06:40

Taeke: Feb 2, 2010

I saw an article in a (Dutch) newspaper about a kid called Tonny-boy. Not a nickname or anything, his actual name.

# ? Aug 8, 2014 12:41

3D Megadoodoo: Nov 25, 2010

Say Nothing posted:

Spotted this on Imgur.
It's the names from a Tennessee first grade class.

I hope Eunique becomes a popular name :ironicat:

# ? Aug 8, 2014 12:47

sweeperbravo: May 18, 2012; AUNT GWEN'S COLD SHAPE (!)

Say Nothing posted:

Spotted this on Imgur.
It's the names from a Tennessee first grade class.

That there is a school where you don't have to identify kids by their last initial

# ? Aug 8, 2014 17:13

marshmallow creep: Dec 10, 2008; I've been sitting here for 5 mins trying to think of a joke to make but I just realised the animators of Mass Effect already did it for me

Just got some paper work on a woman named Shakebra.

# ? Aug 8, 2014 17:59

sweeperbravo: May 18, 2012; AUNT GWEN'S COLD SHAPE (!)

Lotish posted:

Just got some paper work on a woman named Shakebra.

It's like the shakeweight but it just works your pecs

# ? Aug 8, 2014 21:15

jojoinnit: Dec 13, 2010; Strength and speed, that's why you're a special agent.

I may have already posted this one but a grown man at my work is named Jaesun. Always gets me.

# ? Aug 8, 2014 21:51

Yoshi Jjang: Oct 5, 2011; renard renard renarnd renrard

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jojoinnit posted:

I may have already posted this one but a grown man at my work is named Jaesun. Always gets me.

Sounds like a Korean name, as if it were meant to be spelled Jae-soon. If he isn't Korean, then...

# ? Aug 8, 2014 23:14

Acaila: Jan 2, 2011

My mum and I are both teachers and we love to compare odd names from our classes. My all time favourite is one of her kids, in a school in a rural area that has never had a single black pupil ever, is Shaquille. Paired, of course, with the sort of surname that would offer the greatest juxtaposition. Think "Shaquille Macleod". Really stood out in a class full of Emily, Ross and Rebecca!

I taught a Keanu this year, whose parents are obviously dating themselves.

I'm sure many of you know that there are certain names teachers can't help themselves pre-judging (Kyle was one my boss highlighted this week as a name to run away from really fast). So it's amusing when you get a kid whose name suggests they should be pretty angelic and they're not. I had a Margaret this year, which definitely seemed too much of a good girl name for someone I was constantly giving detentions too. Turns out I had been misreading her name all along, and she was actually Margret. Her mum hadn't known how to spell it properly

# ? Aug 9, 2014 01:42

Dishonorable Disco: Dec 22, 2009; the sun always shines on TV

Say Nothing posted:

Spotted this on Imgur.
It's the names from a Tennessee first grade class.

Who the gently caress names their kid "Donny"?

# ? Aug 9, 2014 02:20

sweeperbravo: May 18, 2012; AUNT GWEN'S COLD SHAPE (!)

Acaila posted:

(Kyle was one my boss highlighted this week as a name to run away from really fast)

"Shane"

# ? Aug 9, 2014 06:44

Lady Disdain: Jan 14, 2013; are you yet living?

Where I'm from, Casey (and all variations), Lachlan, Eden, and any diminutive of Michael (not including the name Michael itself) were the ones to watch out for.

# ? Aug 9, 2014 08:14

DemonDarkhorse: Nov 5, 2011; It's probably not tobacco. You just need to start wiping front-to-back from now on.

Tuniscera. I googled it and got nothing. If someone can tell me this is a traditional name from somewhere I'd feel a lot better.

# ? Aug 10, 2014 01:45

jojoinnit: Dec 13, 2010; Strength and speed, that's why you're a special agent.

Yoshi Jjang posted:

Sounds like a Korean name, as if it were meant to be spelled Jae-soon. If he isn't Korean, then...

Very much a white guy (it's just pronounced as Jason). I don't think it's the spelling itself so much as the fact that someone with special snowflake spelling is already old enough to have an adult job. I'm ready for our future of board meetings full of Jayden's and Kaydens but y'know, not quite yet.

# ? Aug 10, 2014 02:19

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DemonDarkhorse posted:

Tuniscera. I googled it and got nothing. If someone can tell me this is a traditional name from somewhere I'd feel a lot better.

It sounds like the scientific name for something that lives somewhere really weird or reproduces in a really peculiar way.

# ? Aug 10, 2014 09:15

Rags to Liches: Mar 11, 2008; future skeleton soldier

Runcible Cat posted:

It sounds like the scientific name for something that lives somewhere really weird or reproduces in a really peculiar way.

I THINK it's a super-obscure name derived from Kabbalah.

# ? Aug 10, 2014 10:17

ladron: Sep 15, 2007; eso es lo que es

Four-String Samurai posted:

Who the gently caress names their kid "Donny"?

I have a friend whose given name is "Donny". His father was watching the Donny and Marie show while drunk and thought it would be a great name for his son.

# ? Aug 10, 2014 13:02

ladron: Sep 15, 2007; eso es lo que es

double-post

# ? Aug 10, 2014 13:09

sweeperbravo: May 18, 2012; AUNT GWEN'S COLD SHAPE (!)

Runcible Cat posted:

It sounds like the scientific name for something that lives somewhere really weird or reproduces in a really peculiar way.

I feel like this too, possibly because I'm reading it to rhyme with "viscera"

# ? Aug 10, 2014 17:11

Acaila: Jan 2, 2011

Istari posted:

Where I'm from, Casey (and all variations), Lachlan, Eden, and any diminutive of Michael (not including the name Michael itself) were the ones to watch out for.

Lachlan is definitely a good boy name. The only context I'd be wary of it would be at a private school, where the poncier the name, the worse the kid (I have been turned off the name Hugo forever, because the only ones you get nowadays are the worst private school brats)
Casey you are right about though. But they all pale in comparison to Josh (I genuinely winced when I found out an old friend had named his son Josh).

For content, they publish the full list of baby names used in Scotland each year, and it's a small enough country that you can read through them all in a night.
Here's the 2012 one: http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/statistics/theme/vital-events/births/popular-names/babies-first-names-2012/detailed-tables.html

I got a giggle out of Evony. Imagine that poor girl growing up and googling it only to discover her dad is a sad nerdy perv.
There's also Inara, again probably implying the dad likes space hookers.
Wyntrr is truly a special snowflake name in every sense.

For boys, there's Roux, as in the sauce. A baby Attila, who I desperately hope turns out to be a shy retiring sweet little lad. There also seem to be kids who are named with just a single letter like "A" or "T". And, in continuing horrible spellings, I feel bad for the kid named "Joesph". Not to mention little Peadar, who is surely not going to have an easy ride in the playground.

# ? Aug 11, 2014 19:38

Quint Gets Eaten: Apr 23, 2014

My mom always told me to watch out for guys named "Gary." Never had a problem with Garys, personally.

As far as dumb white trash names go, I'm sure "Nevaeh" has come up in this thread, but I finally experienced it personally. The daughter of a friend of the family named her most recent child "Nevaeh." (She has like 8 different kids by several different guys and her mom takes care of them all day.) It's "heaven" spelled backwards! You might as well just loving name your kid "Nilbog."

# ? Aug 11, 2014 22:24

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Acaila posted:

A baby Attila, who I desperately hope turns out to be a shy retiring sweet little lad.

In some parts of the world, Attila is actually still a rather common name :eng101:

# ? Aug 11, 2014 23:22

Junius: May 14, 2006; Thank you, entertainment committee.

Acaila posted:

Not to mention little Peadar, who is surely not going to have an easy ride in the playground.

I could be wrong, but I think Peadar is an Irish (or Gaelic?) name. Couldn't say how common it is, though, just that I've definitely come across it once or twice before.

As for names to be wary of, Gerald. I've never met anyone called Gerald who wasn't awful in some way. And just the other day I was reading an article about a guy convicted of some sort of awful crime (the details escape me now) and his name was Jerald - a bad name and bad spelling double whammy.

# ? Aug 11, 2014 23:56

Centripetal Horse: Nov 22, 2009; Fuck money, get GBS

This could have bought you a half a tank of gas, lmfao -
Love, gromdul

GIANT OUIJA BOARD posted:

In some parts of the world, Attila is actually still a rather common name

I know an Attila. He's and older guy, really tall and broad, and he loves to sing karaoke. Of course, Cleveland is absolutely packed with first-generation eastern European immigrants, so there's bound to be an Attila or two floating around.

# ? Aug 12, 2014 01:00

Antivehicular: Dec 30, 2011; I wanna sing one for the cars
That are right now headed silent down the highway
And it's dark and there is nobody driving And something has got to give

GIANT OUIJA BOARD posted:

In some parts of the world, Attila is actually still a rather common name

Back during a summer art program in high school, I knew a dude named Attilio. He went by "At" and frequently signed his name with an @, which I'm still rather fond of, as adolescent affectations go.

# ? Aug 12, 2014 02:50

Grundma: Mar 26, 2007; DOG controls your destiny. Seek out three items of his favor and then seek his shrine.

I briefly worked with a man named Sanjay Vugina

# ? Aug 12, 2014 03:07

Lady Disdain: Jan 14, 2013; are you yet living?

Acaila posted:

Lachlan is definitely a good boy name. The only context I'd be wary of it would be at a private school, where the poncier the name, the worse the kid (I have been turned off the name Hugo forever, because the only ones you get nowadays are the worst private school brats)
Casey you are right about though. But they all pale in comparison to Josh (I genuinely winced when I found out an old friend had named his son Josh).

I've never had a problem with anyone called Josh. My brother's name is Josh, and he's a pretty great guy.
Here, Lachlans tend to be the kids who ride motocross (read: their parents were white trash, but now they have enough money to buy their kids motor bikes), and think the funniest thing on earth is making GBS threads on a teacher's desk.

# ? Aug 12, 2014 03:25

3D Megadoodoo: Nov 25, 2010

Istari posted:

Where I'm from, Casey (and all variations), Lachlan, Eden, and any diminutive of Michael (not including the name Michael itself) were the ones to watch out for.

I'm fairly certain you don't know what diminutive means :tipshat: