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Main Forums => The Roundtable => Topic started by: vaskidmark on August 26, 2010, 01:28:11 PM
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Mostly Cajun http://mostlycajun.com/wordpress/ has a weekly post of the names of the new babies birthed at the Big Walk-in Hospital across the River from his home on the bayou.
I asked him to consider a retroactive mention for this individual:
http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20100825/NEWS010701/8260303/Police-Driver-distracted-by-sex-toy
I've often wondered what the children you mention in your Name Game posts will grow up to be like.
Now I know.
Is there any other explanation that would suffice to deal with this situation? And if there is, do I want to know what it would be?
Anybody want to take a whack at guessing what, besides her name, might have influenced her behavior?
stay safe.
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Mrs. Dual went to College with this woman and was in her dorm at UW-Whitewater.
http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/40874017.html
Although the more-affirming explanation of, "If you can deal with this name, you can do ANYTHING.. blah blah.. take these wings and FLY!" etc. for her name is somewhat B.S.
Mrs. Dual heard it first-hand from Pepsi that her mother was hard-pressed to come up with a name in the hospital, and a nurse suggested "thinking of some of her favorite things".
Glad her life turned out okay, but considering that the first I knew of her she was already a college student, it seemed she was already doing well.
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Mostly Cajun http://mostlycajun.com/wordpress/ has a weekly post of the names of the new babies birthed at the Big Walk-in Hospital across the River from his home on the bayou.
I asked him to consider a retroactive mention for this individual:
http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20100825/NEWS010701/8260303/Police-Driver-distracted-by-sex-toy
I've often wondered what the children you mention in your Name Game posts will grow up to be like.
Now I know.
Is there any other explanation that would suffice to deal with this situation? And if there is, do I want to know what it would be?
Anybody want to take a whack at guessing what, besides her name, might have influenced her behavior?
stay safe.
*Sigh* I live in the Cincinnati Metro area and hadn't hear about this. Thanks VA.
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I gave you that name and I said goodbye. I knew you'd have to get tough or die.
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I gave you that name and I said goodbye. I knew you'd have to get tough or die.
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And if I ever have a son, I'm gonna name him Bill or George, any damn thing but Sue Marijuana Pepsi. I still hate that name.
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Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho, five time Ultimate Smackdown champion, porn superstar, and President of the United States!
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Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho, five time Ultimate Smackdown champion, porn superstar, and President of the United States!
Idiocracy 2?
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damn makes my problems with ncis seem minor.
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Well, he turned out pretty much the way you'd expect for somebody goes by the name of Remnar.
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My name is an English derivative of the Greek translation of "Jesus Christ".......
....I don't think I'll ever live up to that.....
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My first name is pretty common, as in the name of the (supposed) writer of one of the Gospels. :angel:
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My first name is pretty common, as in the name of the (supposed) writer of one of the Gospels. :angel:
Does this mean I have to make you supper and then take you out walking on water?....
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My name is an English derivative of the Greek translation of "Jesus Christ".......
Huh. Seeker_two doesn't sound Greek.
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Huh. Seeker_two doesn't sound Greek.
"Kristopher Jason" does....
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I have the most awesome last name: Rambo. No *expletive deleted*.
Yes, it affects my life. Every day, people are astounded by it. I'm practically a tourist attraction at work. Not that I mind it, now. The chicks dig it.
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I have the most awesome last name: Rambo. No *expletive deleted*.
Yes, it affects my life. Every day, people are astounded by it. I'm practically a tourist attraction at work. Not that I mind it, now. The chicks dig it.
The auto shop teacher at my high school also has the last name of Rambo.
I have my paternal grandfathers first name and a Polish last name.
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I have my paternal grandfathers first name and a Polish last name.
I didn't know "Surprise" was a Polish word.... =|
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My maiden name was Rabinowitz. I think it is fair to say that it was not a substantial influence on my significant life choices.
I do suspect, however, that my tendency towards curmudgeonliness derives in no small part from attempting to explain to people that I really, really, really don't care if they spell Sara/h with or without the H.
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There was a guy at my old gun club whose name was John Rambo. Didn't look the part.
Bridgewalker, my wife's maiden name (I won't post it publicly) was a 12-letter Polish name that almost nobody could pronounce. She shaved 7 letters off her name by marrying me which, in hindsight, may have been the only good reason for her to do so.
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I served with a guy on my last boat that had the bad luck to come from a family with very strict traditions for names. 1st name came from fathers side someting or other, middle name came from mothers side something or other.
He ended up with the 1st name of George and the middle name of George.
Knew a guy from texas that had the actual given name of Bubba Buddy S----
We called him Tim.
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My first name is pretty common, as in the name of the (supposed) writer of one of the Gospels. :angel:
hello brother. =)
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There was a lot of name-changing at Ellis Island. I knew a guy whose grandfather's native name had three "Ks" in it (not one right after the other) and was virtually unpronouncable to Americans.
According to the story, the immigration officer just said, "Okay, your name will be Kayes."
Worked just fine.
(Incidentally, he was a veteran of Anzio Beach during WWII and still had his old uniform hanging in the closet. I saw it once when I was hanging up my coat, and I had to pry out of him what it was all about. But that's all he would say about it except that he was in the infantry.)
Terry, 230RN
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I don't really understand this thread...Colandra Hamilton? Is that supposed to mean something?
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Thanks, Ragnar. I was just reading through to the end to see if anyone else asked that before I did. ???
You did.
So I won't .
But I will be watching closely.
DD
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I don't really understand this thread...Colandra Hamilton? Is that supposed to mean something?
No, not Colandra. Colondra, as in colon.
I've run across two women named Latrina. =|
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I've run across two women named Latrina.
Well, at least you know where they were conceived. ;)
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There was a lot of name-changing at Ellis Island.
We know a fellow whose ancestor(s) came from France.
When asked for a name, the immigrant said something like "my name is ..."
So the official wrote down "Appel" - which I'm told means "name" in French ;/
=D
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I share my last name with a very popular cartoon character. Wouldn't say it's influenced me very much, aside from never having a nickname. It's distinctive. People still manage to misspell it, but they always tend to pronounce it properly.
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Tazmanian Devil =D JK Rev.
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Colondra.
I sometimes think these names are generated like they make up car names.
Random pattern of vowels, consonants, and dipthongs up to about ten letters, then read them aloud to asess how they sound. I'm still wondering what "Alantra" means.
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Colondra.
I sometimes think these names are generated like they make up car names.
Random pattern of vowels, consonants, and dipthongs up to about ten letters, then read them aloud to asess how they sound. I'm still wondering what "Alantra" means.
Artnala spelled backwards ;)
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Of course! <smites forehead> I should have known!
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There was a lot of name-changing at Ellis Island. I knew a guy whose grandfather's native name had three "Ks" in it (not one right after the other) and was virtually unpronouncable to Americans.
According to the story, the immigration officer just said, "Okay, your name will be Kayes."
:lol: Out of curiosity, from where did Mr. Kayes emigrate?
I've run across two women named Latrina. =|
Did they hang out with tall black dudes called Chocolate Mousse (http://"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088286/"), who drink gasoline?
Generally speaking, I have a deep antipathy toward people who have the arrogance/narcissism to give their kids awful names - like Marijuana. Something like Apple is stupid, but not offensive. Naming your child Marijuana pretty much tells me that you hate yourself, and resent the child you created.
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There were some folks down in Colorado that named their daughter "Crystal" :)
They gave her the middle name of "River" ;/
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Tazmanian Devil =D JK Rev.
Actually, I think it's Opus.....
....I miss "Bloom County"..... :'(
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Something like Apple is stupid, but not offensive.
Somewhere on my Mom's side of the family, there's an adopted daughter named Apple. I haven't seen her since I was a kid, and I never thought much of it then. Or maybe, since she was the only Hawaiian I'd ever met, I just thought it was normal for a Hawaiian.
But I guess they DO have weird names in Hawaiia, like Barack Hussein Obama.
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My wife's maiden name was very German and spelled with an unusual anglicization. She was very pleased to take my my easier pronounced and relatively well known English name.
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I've personally known a Robin Robertson, a Robert Robertson, and a Bob (not short for anything) Robertson. And a Richard Head.
Not sure if it's true, but I'm told a Korean couple with no English named their daughter the most beautiful-sounding word they'd heard in English:
Diarrhea.
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I used to work with a girl named Tree. Her parents were Deadheads.
The worst, though, was an article I read that had a list of names matching brand names. There are kids named Lexus, Timberland and Skyy out there. That last one really gets me - naming your kid after a vodka should have some consequences. Mandatory alcohol abuse counseling, or something.
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There were some folks down in Colorado that named their daughter "Crystal"
They gave her the middle name of "River"
Last name "Rafting," perhaps?
BReilley asked,
Out of curiosity, from where did Mr. Kayes emigrate?
He didn't emigrate, his grandfather did. I honestly don't remember from where for sure, this was back in 1988 or so, but it was Eastern Europe, Czechoslovakia, perhaps, or maybe Eastern Germany. I don't remember his grandfather's former name with the three Ks in it... and you can't blame me for that, he only said it once.
Terry,230RN
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Grace Slick of "Jefferson Airplane" (then "Jefferson Starship" [barf]) had a girl whose name changed to whatever the girl wanted. She named herself Tree for a bit, then went on to other things. Last I read she was named "America."
Frank Zappa has to be the king of this kind of cruel self-indulgence, naming his kids Moon Unit, Dweezil, Ahmet Rodan, and Diva.
George Forman named all of his sons after him (George Jr., George III, George IV, George V and George VI), but at least those are normal names.
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Down here, there are always campaign signs out for someone named Robin Rape who holds some city office I think. I guess it does help with name recognition.
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Down here, there are always campaign signs out for someone named Robin Rape who holds some city office I think. I guess it does help with name recognition.
Actually, it's the perfect name for a politician....
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Campaign buttons! "I Like Rape!"
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Here in Decatur, AL we had a candidate in the primary whose name was Young Boozer. I have no idea what his parents were thinking.
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My MIL hated her given name of Velma. Can't blame her too much there. So as a teenager she picked a new one. Zuriel. I still can't figure that one out. Makes it interesting with her current husband's last name being very German.
SWMBO's name is Hilary. I praise God every day that my name is not Bill. Especially since, when we lived in Tucson, she had a friend named Monica.
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SWMBO's name is Hilary. I praise God every day that my name is not Bill. Especially since, when we lived in Tucson, she had a friend named Monica.
That's been a spot of trouble for me, as I really like the name Hilary, and would even consider it for our son(due in a couple of weeks).
Campaign buttons! "I Like Rape!"
You said "rape" twice.
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There's a Judge Lawless on the local circuit court. Good judge, too. =)
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I almost forgot. The guy who pretty much is in charge of our auditing/ethics department in my company is actually named Bill Clinton. He is actually a pretty ethical guy.
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That's been a spot of trouble for me, as I really like the name Hilary, and would even consider it for our son(due in a couple of weeks).
How is that a boy's name? At least go with Pat.
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I really like the name Hilary, and would even consider it for our son(due in a couple of weeks).
How about "Edmund" ??? ;)
Or maybe the above for a middle name, and a first name of "Sir" =D
Oh BTW ... one of my great great great uncles was a Doctor. =)
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The former Snohomish County auditor was named Bob Terwilliger. Which just so happens to be the same name as Sideshow Bob on 'The Simpsons'. I once pointed this out to him at a County function, and he laughed and said I was only the second person in his life who knew this.
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One of the building inspectors I have had to deal with recently is named Ted Flanders. Do you have any idea how hard it was to refrain from saying "okely-dokely" when talking to him?
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<-----Actual given name. Grateful for it as fitting in is overrated. Kinda toughens up your sense of humor in grade school.
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One of the people that was on the audit team for a satallite program I worked on at GD was named Richard Dicks. And his name fit.
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How is that a boy's name? At least go with Pat.
http://babynamesworld.parentsconnect.com/meaning_of_Hillary.html
See the chart at the bottom of the page. It looks like Hillary dropped off sharply in popularity after 1992. :lol:
And who could forget Hilaire Belloc (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilaire_Belloc)?
He was powerfully built, with great stamina, and walked extensively in Britain and Europe. While courting his future wife Elodie, whom he first met in 1890, the impecunious Belloc walked a good part of the way from the midwest of the United States to her home in northern California, paying for lodging at remote farm houses and ranches by sketching the owners and reciting poetry.
His best travel writing has secured a permanent following. The Path to Rome (1902), an account of a walking pilgrimage he made from central France across the Alps and down to Rome, has remained continuously in print.
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And who could forget Hilaire Belloc (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilaire_Belloc)?
He stood upon a little mound
Cast his lethargic eyes around,
And said beneath his breath:
'Whatever happens, we have got
The Maxim Gun, and they have not.'
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We have a woman on the help roster at work whose name is Kalorie. She is a pleasant woman who seems to be unfortunately influenced by her name.
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She is a pleasant woman who seems to be unfortunately influenced by her name.
She can't spell? :angel:
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How is that a boy's name? At least go with Pat.
Ouch. Never been a fan of Pat, and I'd much sooner use Hilary for a boy than Hillary for a girl :)
How about "Edmund" ??? ;)
Or maybe the above for a middle name, and a first name of "Sir" =D
Tallpine got it.
One of the people that was on the audit team for a satallite program I worked on at GD was named Richard Dicks. And his name fit.
It'd be difficult to, erm, avoid fulfilling the prophecy with a name like that.
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I've probably mentioned this before, but there was a NASCAR driver from Wisconsin named Dick Trickle. Never did find out if the name influenced his behavior, though.