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Karma Monkey posted:If my surname were Scholar, I would totally name one of my kids Rhodes, but that's the only scenario I would do it in. (And I would expect and accept my child's hatred for it.) I've never heard of Sailor Bath
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bunnyofdoom posted:I've never heard of Sailor Bath Landlubbers call it the Pacific Ocean.
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# ? Jun 16, 2015 21:57 |
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Carbon Thief posted:I had to find out if those kids are always stuck wearing dumb hipster poo poo... not quite, but the Mom's blog has tons more pretentious photos. And the kids are named Plum, Sailor, and Bird. Okay, I saw that her kids, from oldest to youngest, go Julian, Plum, Bird(ie?), and Sailor. The first one got a normal name and the second got an unusual, but not completely out there name. Then she hits the crazy fan of names.
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# ? Jun 16, 2015 22:11 |
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I think she just read To Kill A Mockingbird before having the last 2.
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# ? Jun 16, 2015 22:18 |
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Sailor should have a snakeskin jacket.
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# ? Jun 16, 2015 22:19 |
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My Lovely Horse posted:Sailor should have a snakeskin jacket. Noice.
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# ? Jun 17, 2015 02:52 |
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Karma Monkey posted:Only if my surname was Crazy, Moon, or Bath. I was going to say 'I think you could get away with Bird if your surname is Blue', and then realized holy poo poo I think she named her daughter after her blog.
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# ? Jun 17, 2015 06:31 |
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Postal Parcel posted:Okay, I saw that her kids, from oldest to youngest, go Julian, Plum, Bird(ie?), and Sailor. In what world is Plum a not completely out there name? Clue?
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# ? Jun 17, 2015 06:41 |
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At least Sailor will feel at home when at the gay bar. "Hey there Sailor :bigtran:"
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# ? Jun 17, 2015 07:21 |
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Bobby Digital posted:In what world is Plum a not completely out there name? Clue? But it virtually guarantees your child will obtain an advanced degree! Cleretic posted:I was going to say 'I think you could get away with Bird if your surname is Blue', and then realized holy poo poo I think she named her daughter after her blog. This makes me wonder if somewhere in the U.S. there's a child named Etsy Ross.
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# ? Jun 17, 2015 10:47 |
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Karma Monkey posted:But it virtually guarantees your child will obtain an advanced degree! Or becomes a steampunk hip-hop artist who performs to a room of twelve people at FuMPFest.
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# ? Jun 17, 2015 11:07 |
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Bobby Digital posted:In what world is Plum a not completely out there name? Clue? In a world with people named Cherry and Apple I'd rather it be used as a nickname or even middle name, but it doesn't make me go as crosseyed as Sailor and Bird do. Cleretic posted:I was going to say 'I think you could get away with Bird if your surname is Blue', and then realized holy poo poo I think she named her daughter after her blog. "I'm off mom" "Bye-Bye Birdie"
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# ? Jun 17, 2015 12:10 |
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Bobby Digital posted:In what world is Plum a not completely out there name? Clue? Mario Golf
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# ? Jun 18, 2015 13:31 |
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Wait, why is the baby in the photo called Gemma then? Maybe those wacked out names are just nicknames... though that wouldn't explain why the oldest one is just Julian, I guess.
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Telemaze posted:Wait, why is the baby in the photo called Gemma then? Maybe those wacked out names are just nicknames... though that wouldn't explain why the oldest one is just Julian, I guess. The blog and the image are two different sets of insufferable
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# ? Jun 18, 2015 18:08 |
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Ohhh, thanks. I probably should've been able to figure that out. It will be interesting to see the names of these youuneeque children's future children. I want to live to see my grandkids' friends being named Dreidel and Philomath and Wonderwoman and poo poo.
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# ? Jun 18, 2015 18:31 |
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This is my son pikachu
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# ? Jun 18, 2015 18:46 |
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They will probably hate it and name their kids John and Susan and such so they don't have to go through all the "Your name is what?" bullshit they went through.
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# ? Jun 18, 2015 18:48 |
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pienipple posted:They will probably hate it and name their kids John and Susan and such so they don't have to go through all the "Your name is what?" bullshit they went through. This is exactly how it goes. Naming is cyclical, where the plain named folk give their kids fancy and/or unique names, and THEY give their kids plain sounding names.
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Volume posted:This is my son pikachu *changes his name by Deed Poll at age 18* "I've evolved, Mom"
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pienipple posted:They will probably hate it and name their kids John and Susan and such so they don't have to go through all the "Your name is what?" bullshit they went through. Tell that to Johnny Cash.
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# ? Jun 18, 2015 18:58 |
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If you were going to give an unusual name to your child, why not just make it the middle name? Like, sure, going with Charles or David is quite boring, but making the first name Destry, Kyd, or Kal-el is a bit too far in the other direction. This is not even mentioning Moon Unit, Diva Thin, or Tu(Morrow).
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# ? Jun 18, 2015 19:45 |
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Met a guy today named Chase Teats. There's probably not a lot you can do to improve a name like Teats, but I wouldn't have combined it with a verb if I'd been the parents.
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Postal Parcel posted:If you were going to give an unusual name to your child, why not just make it the middle name? If your dad is Frank Zappa then being named Moon Unit is the least of your concerns, so he gets a pass. Also if you're super famous and/or rich then you can kinda get away with it more. If some billionaire actress wants to name her kids something stupid, well, that's going to influence society and it'll be a common name soon enough. But you're just not special enough to get away with the same. Stick to the classics.
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# ? Jun 18, 2015 22:00 |
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There are so many unusual and uncommon names from all cultures that are nice but hardly used, so I have no idea why people have gone to naming their kids after random locations, superheroes, or maybe some stuff they found in the junk drawer in their kitchen. There're a lot more options between John/Jane and loving Michigan Crockpot Squirrel. Like if you want to name your kid after a bird there's plenty of nice poo poo you could pick, why would you name them loving Birdie? Like the McDonald's character? "Oh this is my other daughter, her name is Hamburgler "
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# ? Jun 18, 2015 22:11 |
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I hate to continue the derail but I have nowhere else to post this tidbit of information. I work at a college and here are good names Ive seen: Heaven Princess Unique Embroidery
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Telemaze posted:There are so many unusual and uncommon names from all cultures that are nice but hardly used, so I have no idea why people have gone to naming their kids after random locations, superheroes, or maybe some stuff they found in the junk drawer in their kitchen. There're a lot more options between John/Jane and loving Michigan Crockpot Squirrel. Dude, it's not my fault my parents were eating squirrel stew in Dearborn when they came up with my name.
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# ? Jun 18, 2015 22:38 |
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A friend found out at 16 (due to a learner's permit application) that he had no legal first or second name for some reason. His paperwork had been filed and everything, his mom had just been super indecisive about his name or something so his birth certificate just listed him as his surname only. He wound up getting to pick his middle name and chose Danger for essentially every reason you can imagine a teenager wanting that as a middle name.
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Cage posted:I hate to continue the derail but I have nowhere else to post this tidbit of information. I work at a college and here are good names Ive seen: My twin daughters, Monique and Unique. 5 dollars a shoe, that's 4 shoes.
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# ? Jun 18, 2015 22:48 |
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Cage posted:I hate to continue the derail but I have nowhere else to post this tidbit of information. I work at a college and here are good names Ive seen: Apparently you've not seen this thread.
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# ? Jun 18, 2015 22:58 |
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I'm not sure how I feel about this accusation.
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# ? Jun 18, 2015 23:21 |
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Zamboni_Rodeo posted:Dude, it's not my fault my parents were eating squirrel stew in Dearborn when they came up with my name. Michigan Crockpot Squirrel is almost certainly in a church fundraiser cookbook somewhere in the Midwest.
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# ? Jun 18, 2015 23:25 |
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Overminty posted:
I've seen this in downtown Chicago. There's also a bus stop that says you're a polka dot pattern or something. I don't understand.
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Karma Monkey posted:Met a guy today named Chase Teats. There's probably not a lot you can do to improve a name like Teats, but I wouldn't have combined it with a verb if I'd been the parents. Hugh.
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# ? Jun 19, 2015 00:59 |
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22 Eargesplitten posted:Tell that to Johnny Cash. I see what you did there. I just combine the best of both worlds. I had a "normal" name growing up, but only one classmate ever shared it, and just for one high school class one year. I loved that so much, I made a rule when we named our kids: It can't be in the top 100 names, but it has to be "normal" (you'd be surprised how many names fit that category. Actually, I made one other rule: Iambic meter to match our last name. Edit for content: What the hell is Nintendo thinking with their janky-looking Metroid reveal? http://bgr.com/2015/06/17/e3-2015-nintendo-ceo-apology/
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# ? Jun 19, 2015 01:26 |
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How exactly do you think this is pronounced?
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# ? Jun 19, 2015 01:28 |
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Drunk Nerds posted:Edit for content: What the hell is Nintendo thinking with their janky-looking Metroid reveal? "Look there's no way they're gonna hate it more than Other M so we can't lose"
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# ? Jun 19, 2015 01:30 |
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Ryoshi posted:How exactly do you think this is pronounced?
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# ? Jun 19, 2015 01:41 |
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Drunk Nerds posted:Edit for content: What the hell is Nintendo thinking with their janky-looking Metroid reveal? quote:I was literally shaking with anger during that conference. Tears formed in my eyes and my fists were clenched. ‘Announce something,’ I shrieked at my computer. I’m 31 years old and this was, without a doubt, the worst conference I’ve ever seen in my life. It’s clear that Nintendo is not just done with the Wii U but done with the company. There is no recovering from a conference that bad. I loved this company and put my heart and soul into dedicating my gaming life to them. But now, I have nothing. I’m an empty shell. I'M RAGEQUITTING YOU NINTENDO! hahaha
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I think he meant to type "13"
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