 
Support Wrong Planet Awareness!
| View previous topic :: View next topic |
| Author |
Message |
Selo
Deinonychus
Joined: Feb 16, 2007
Age: 14
Posts: 375
Location: Sandy Spring, MD
|
 Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 9:40 am Post subject: |
 |
|
This topic interests me because anything can be turned into a name. There are kids at my school whose names are made-up, but there they are: Salome, Hanif, Tijae, Jonnye, Teri, Jalanya, Tashae, and more. I really don't think you can judge people by their names, especially because they had no say in the matter. I don't have a problem with "that's not a name", because anything can be a name.
_________________
º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,
The third installment of A MOMENT WITH NTS is now posted on my WP blog! Read it there and comment please =] |
|
| Back to top |
|
pluto
Phoenix
Joined: Aug 27, 2006
Age: 48
Posts: 1073
Location: Paisley,Scotland UK
|
| Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 10:43 am Post subject: |
|
|
[quote="Liopleurodon"]Yeah I have a pretty strong dislike for weird names. I don't really know why. I suppose I just have a sort-of sensor for what the world should be like, and made-up names grate on it the way that bad grammar does. I wouldn't have a problem with Tammy though: that's just short for Tamara, which is a real name. I don't like it as a name, but it's definitely a real name.
What drives me nuts is new, weird spellings for established names. Aimee and so on.[/quote
I agree in general about weird spellings,but in defence of Aimee,that is actually a genuine
French word meaning 'Beloved' .It's 'Amy' that was originally an altered English version of the French word but over time came to be the established name in English-speaking countries.
A better example of a weird spelling might be something like Hollee.Names and words are
one of my special interests and it can be fascinating to see how they evolve.Maybe in time
what seems weird now will become accepted in later years.
_________________
I have lost the will to be apathetic |
|
| Back to top |
|
Spokane_Girl
I would walk 500 miles and I would walk 500 more
Joined: Jul 17, 2007
Age: 23
Posts: 4239
Location: Benny & Joon town (I wish)
|
| Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 11:48 am Post subject: |
|
|
It always bugs me when I hear people say, "That is not a name." My god people can make up a name for their child. And also just because we have never heard of such a name before or even heard of a girl named Tommi or Geri, it does not mean those names don't exist. It also does not mean those are not girl names.
Last edited by Spokane_Girl on Sun Jun 01, 2008 1:01 pm; edited 1 time in total |
|
| Back to top |
|
sartresue
Radical Aspergian
Joined: Dec 19, 2007
Posts: 2384
Location: The Castle of Shock and Awe-tism
|
| Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 12:01 pm Post subject: Do you have a problem with "Stupid" names? |
|
|
What's in a name? topic
A rose by any other name...
A person could screw around with any name, as in the song The Name Game by Shirley Ellis.
I was once a four year old Aspie, but I did not push anyone. It was the other kids that would do so, because I would avoid them. Being pushed did not change my mind about being social. 
_________________
Radical Aspergian
Awe-Tistic Whirlwind
Phuture Phounder of the Philosophy Phactory |
|
| Back to top |
|
tailfins1959
Deinonychus
![]()
Joined: Apr 07, 2008
Posts: 345
|
| Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 12:32 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| Selo wrote: | | This topic interests me because anything can be turned into a name. There are kids at my school whose names are made-up, but there they are: Salome, Hanif, Tijae, Jonnye, Teri, Jalanya, Tashae, and more. I really don't think you can judge people by their names, especially because they had no say in the matter. I don't have a problem with "that's not a name", because anything can be a name. |
It's probably a sign of illiterate parents. In my own family, putting a name meant to be a nick name on a birth certificate seems pretty stupid. Imagine someone's legal name as "Jimmy", "Billy", "Larry", etc.
_________________
Yeah with all of these men lining up to get neutered
It's hip now to be feminized
I don't highlight my hair
I've still got a pair
Yeah honey, I'm still a guy |
|
| Back to top |
|
Shelby
Deinonychus
Joined: May 01, 2007
Age: 29
Posts: 347
|
| Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2008 5:21 am Post subject: |
|
|
| Spokane_Girl wrote: |
I want to name my kid Spokane but my boyfriend won't let me, my parents agreed and so did his. I might give him or her a name from, Benny & Joon. Benjamin or Juniper but not Ferguson. I hate that name on a person. It's okay as a last name though. |
Do you pronounce it the way it's spelled Spo- KAYNE, or do you accent the E so like Spo-kanEH, or Spo-kanAY? It's a cool screen name but weird real life name. They'd get called Spooky or Ghost.
I do NOT agree that anything could be a name. What if I want to call my kid Assface? There should be some protection from idiot parents trying to be cool - especially if those idiot parents are celebrities. Frank Zappa should be shot, his kids are Moon Unit, Ahmet, Dweezil and Diva Muffin. I saw Moon and Diva on a TV show, they actually kept those names!!! |
|
| Back to top |
|
veruniel
Phoenix
Joined: May 20, 2008
Posts: 1056
Location: England
|
| Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2008 6:20 am Post subject: |
|
|
| Selo wrote: | | This topic interests me because anything can be turned into a name. There are kids at my school whose names are made-up, but there they are: Salome... |
Salome actually isn't a made up name. It's Biblical. |
|
| Back to top |
|
tweety_fan
Phoenix
Joined: Oct 03, 2007
Posts: 1553
|
| Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2008 6:47 am Post subject: |
|
|
it is not fair to pick on a kid because of their name.. its not their choice.
anyway i have seen people give their kids pretty common names but spell them different.
eg madison spelled maddieson. or Zoey spelled Zoei.
it just makes things more confusing.
anyway peoples should not inflict their need to standout on their kids. eg why name your kid peaches? or moon unit?
if you want to give your child a name like that you could always use it as a middle name
as far as i know no one pays attention to the middle name. |
|
| Back to top |
|
Thomas1138
Velociraptor
Joined: Apr 06, 2008
Age: 29
Posts: 478
|
| Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2008 6:50 am Post subject: |
|
|
I'm pretty neutral when it comes to all but the most stupid of celebrity names.
My mom on the other hand hates a lot of names. Ask her why and she'll say the name in an obnoxious voice that would make any name sound bad. |
|
| Back to top |
|
Spokane_Girl
I would walk 500 miles and I would walk 500 more
Joined: Jul 17, 2007
Age: 23
Posts: 4239
Location: Benny & Joon town (I wish)
|
| Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2008 1:02 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| Shelby wrote: | | Spokane_Girl wrote: |
I want to name my kid Spokane but my boyfriend won't let me, my parents agreed and so did his. I might give him or her a name from, Benny & Joon. Benjamin or Juniper but not Ferguson. I hate that name on a person. It's okay as a last name though. |
Do you pronounce it the way it's spelled Spo- KAYNE, or do you accent the E so like Spo-kanEH, or Spo-kanAY? It's a cool screen name but weird real life name. They'd get called Spooky or Ghost.
I do NOT agree that anything could be a name. What if I want to call my kid Assface? There should be some protection from idiot parents trying to be cool - especially if those idiot parents are celebrities. Frank Zappa should be shot, his kids are Moon Unit, Ahmet, Dweezil and Diva Muffin. I saw Moon and Diva on a TV show, they actually kept those names!!! |
I'm going to pronounce it the way it is pronounced. Spo-Can. |
|
| Back to top |
|
mysterious_misfit
Velociraptor
Joined: Apr 25, 2008
Age: 27
Posts: 439
|
| Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2008 1:56 pm Post subject: |
|
|
I named one of my children Valor for a middle name. So there!  |
|
| Back to top |
|
Spokane_Girl
I would walk 500 miles and I would walk 500 more
Joined: Jul 17, 2007
Age: 23
Posts: 4239
Location: Benny & Joon town (I wish)
|
| Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2008 2:31 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| At least my boyfriend will let me name my child Spokane for a middle name. |
|
| Back to top |
|
craola
Deinonychus
Joined: Mar 21, 2008
Age: 20
Posts: 347
|
| Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2008 4:38 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Thats sweet of him
My childs name is going to be Ophelia.
Well unless I find a better name in amongst my obsessions.
I usually end up using up my 'childs' names on toys and animals. |
|
| Back to top |
|
Anemone
Phoenix
Joined: Mar 18, 2008
Age: 43
Posts: 829
Location: Vancouver, Canada
|
| Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2008 7:27 pm Post subject: |
|
|
This is funny. First of all, I did a legal name change from a perfectly pronounceable "English" (Scottish) name to one a little more creative. And I get chewed out about it. A lot. But hey, I was in my 20s. What did you do in your 20s? (My sister got a tattoo, I changed my name. It's like that.)
Then there's the people I used to hang out with who were with 3HO (Kundalini Yoga) and had names like Parmatma and Jagdish - a little strange for white women, but not at all strange for them. And Jagdish's kid is called Amrita, which is quite nice.
Then there's all the ridiculous names that you see in Fantasy or SF literature, which you will be sure to find in the next generation or two in the classroom. Because.
And there was a friend in school who was named Magali, a perfectly fine French-from-France name, but it confused us Canadians, and I don't think we ever really pronounced it right.
But the one that I really remember is these two poor Chinese students over from Hong Kong who did grade 13 at my high school. Prudence (the sister) did fine and went on to engineering at university (we were in one of the same classes at uni). Her brother, Wisdom, unfortunately, had to repeat some of grade 13. I felt sorry for him under the circumstances, given his western name. He should have just gone with his Chinese name (whatever it was) to avoid embarrassment. Or switched to something easy like Sam and not told his parents.
I don't think I've ever really had the reaction that a name wasn't really a name. But maybe I just don't remember. |
|
| Back to top |
|
tailfins1959
Deinonychus
![]()
Joined: Apr 07, 2008
Posts: 345
|
| Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2008 7:34 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Back when I was in grade school, Mrs. Oney's husband had a first name of William. Thus the name Bill Oney!  What were his parent's thinking? I was at the bank and saw a teller named Amanda Lynn (A mandolin).
_________________
Yeah with all of these men lining up to get neutered
It's hip now to be feminized
I don't highlight my hair
I've still got a pair
Yeah honey, I'm still a guy |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum
|
|
|
