Naming your children

Sep 28, 2009 23:27

So we did a call today where a young girl fell off her horse and hurt her arm. She was ok, but we splinted her and brought her to the hospital, and dad met us ( Read more... )

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darkenna September 29 2009, 12:18:28 UTC
When I lived in South Carolina, my neighbor's name was Yvonne, pronounced "why-von-knee". Her parents had thought the name looked pretty, but had never heard it pronounced.

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archangelbeth September 29 2009, 13:42:20 UTC
Isl as in Island... hm, not sure how to get the ah sound out of ay, though.

Interesting!

(Our kid is named after the title of a Gilbert & Sullivan operetta. I gave her a much more normal (though still not hugely common) middle name, in case she ever hates the first name... But so far, she does fine. Though we use a more Greek pronunciation, and most people just shorten her name to "Io" (EE-oh, almost "Yo").)

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para_cynic September 29 2009, 23:54:12 UTC
Oh, those wacky Scots and their odd pronuciations.

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archangelbeth September 30 2009, 00:56:09 UTC
*giggle* Oh, well, a point. *attempts to look innocent about the Mc in her own name*

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marcus132 September 29 2009, 17:33:46 UTC

I'm totally naming my kid Bud Pounder. He's going to grow up to be a professional wrestler/ambulance chasing lawyer.

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para_cynic September 29 2009, 23:51:07 UTC
See, now that's just awesome.

The whole episode reminded me of the two trashy older chicks in Beavis and Butthead, who always introduced themselves as "Hi, I'm Tequila, and this is Tanqueray."

Except when it's a little blonde WASP equestrian named after expensive single malt Scotch, it's classy.

One usually has to wait for prison to pick up a name like Mad Dog or Night Train.

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Jameson Bushmill? Please... webgodd_s September 29 2009, 23:34:48 UTC
Of course naming our kid after the Egyptian god of chaos is perfectly ok.

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Re: Jameson Bushmill? Please... darkenna September 30 2009, 01:12:39 UTC
Or, he's also named after Adam & Eve's only successfully raised child. Who's direct descendants conquered the world in blood and fire.

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Re: Jameson Bushmill? Please... webgodd_s October 1 2009, 12:54:20 UTC
Or was he named after Seth MacFarlane of Family Guy fame? The world may never know.. (we did name his teddy bear Rupert, after all)

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