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shinyblackstar

Fun With Names

May 19, 1977 21:51

Oh! Such excitement! Ted had a simply brilliant idea for a good way to come up with baby names. We each took a few days and made secret lists - without showing each other - of all the names we think would be suitable for the baby. And now, at this set time, we're going to share them with each other. Imagine if we select any of the same names ( Read more... )

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tedfuckingtonks March 12 2004, 02:58:25 UTC

I can't pronounce any of those names.

shinyblackstar March 12 2004, 03:04:06 UTC

It's not hard, Ted. I can help you practice them.

tedfuckingtonks March 12 2004, 03:12:13 UTC

The kid won't be able to spell their name until they're ten.

shinyblackstar March 12 2004, 03:14:57 UTC

Well, I learnt to spell my name! We can use nicknames, of course.

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tedfuckingtonks March 12 2004, 03:02:23 UTC

I'm sorry, Andi, but my son will not be named after a unicorn.

shinyblackstar March 12 2004, 03:05:22 UTC

What's wrong with unicorns? How about Camelopardalis? It means 'giraffe.' Very exotic, isn't it?

tedfuckingtonks March 12 2004, 03:13:25 UTC

It sounds like a name of a leper colony.

shinyblackstar March 12 2004, 03:15:33 UTC

It...

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I have no words.

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tedfuckingtonks March 12 2004, 03:32:34 UTC

I looked up Cassiopeia in Morton's mythology book and it says that she chained Andromeda to rock as a human sacrifice. How darling!

shinyblackstar March 12 2004, 03:44:09 UTC

Yes, in a way, it would be like naming her after Mother, wouldn't it, darling?

pearsonofapathy March 12 2004, 03:46:23 UTC

I want to chain my mother to a rock and have vultures eat at her liver.

I suggest striking it from the record? But that's just me.

bloodtraitor March 12 2004, 04:19:55 UTC

Your mum is awful vapid cow of a mother!! What d'you want to go naming your baby after her for??

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bloodtraitor March 12 2004, 03:53:57 UTC

OY! WHAT ABOUT SIRIUS?

shinyblackstar March 12 2004, 04:05:30 UTC

Oh! Of course I meant to include Sirius! How about 'Theodore Sirius Tonks' if it's a boy?

bloodtraitor March 12 2004, 04:07:40 UTC

What about "Sirius Sirius Tonks"? Or "Sirius Awesome Tonks"? AND NOT EDGAR

tedfuckingtonks March 12 2004, 04:08:40 UTC

Then it wouldn't be my junior. We can name one of the others Sirius if he isn't as obnoxious then.

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iamking March 12 2004, 04:03:18 UTC

Didn't Pyrrhus lose most of his men in his victories? It's not too inspiring.

shinyblackstar March 12 2004, 04:06:12 UTC

But he did win, right?

It would be especially nice if the child had red hair.

tedfuckingtonks March 12 2004, 04:10:37 UTC

Where would it get red hair from?

shinyblackstar March 12 2004, 04:16:03 UTC

I'm sure I don't know. But Pyrrhus means flame-coloured, so it would suit, you see?

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