Let's all have a nice giggle...

[1069]

Actually, I know many boys with "nick names" for "full names". To be quite frank it's no one's business but their own. If that's what they want to name their child, they are free to name their child that. Unless it is Tula Does the Hula in Hawaii, then they're not free to name their child that...according to New Zealand law. I also know many adults who have the "fullname" but never go by it. Rob, Ron, Chris, Jack, Mark, Jon. So...what's the point of naming them "fully" if it is unlikely that they will use it?

The point is options.
Ensuring one's child the widest possible range of options is the point.
All names are free, and everybody gets one.
Each parent gets a chance to bestow one per child.
Make it count.
Name the person, not the baby.

 

[Felicity]

The point is options.
Ensuring one's child the widest possible range of options is the point.
All names are free, and everybody gets one.
Each parent gets a chance to bestow one per child.
Make it count.
Name the person, not the baby.

Yeah--that's why I think "Brittany" or "Tiffany" is a travesty. Grandma "Tiffany?" Too weird. Any "any" name is too fluffy.

 

[Felicity]

BTW--Felicity is not my real name.

 

[1069]

Yeah--that's why I think "Brittany" or "Tiffany" is a travesty. Grandma "Tiffany?" Too weird. Any "any" name is too fluffy.

If it doesn't sound good preceded by "Saint", rethink it. That's my opinion.
In fact, to be on the safe side, just choose names that are already the names of saints.
Or whatever the equivalent of "saint" is, in your country and culture.

 

[Dynamic]

The point is options.
Ensuring one's child the widest possible range of options is the point.
All names are free, and everybody gets one.
Each parent gets a chance to bestow one per child.
Make it count.
Name the person, not the baby.

If you don't like your name, you can legally change it. Most people are naming their CHILDREN something that means a lot to them.---I said most. I have neighbours that named their children Chevy and Chase.

 

[Dynamic]

If it doesn't sound good preceded by "Saint", rethink it. That's my opinion.
In fact, to be on the safe side, just choose names that are already the names of saints.
Or whatever the equivalent of "saint" is, in your country and culture.

That is not something that a lot of people would be okay with.

I personally don't like common names. Your children can't stand out and feel unique if like 2342345 kids in their city share the same name. I wouldn't go with something over the top. But I surely wouldn't be worried about making sure it fit with "saint".

 

[1069]

If you don't like your name, you can legally change it.

This costs money, and involves dealing with a bureaucracy.
If I hadn't liked my name, I would never have been able to change it.

Most people are naming their CHILDREN something that means a lot to them.---I said most.

I know they do. But I don't believe this is the correct approach.
It doesn't really matter, to the world your child will have to make his or her mark in even after you are long gone, what "means a lot to you" (or what meant a lot to you thirty years ago, or even who you are or that you ever existed).
I feel this is a selfish, immature, and short-sighted approach.

 

[Felicity]

If it doesn't sound good preceded by "Saint", rethink it. That's my opinion.
In fact, to be on the safe side, just choose names that are already the names of saints.
Or whatever the equivalent of "saint" is, in your country and culture.

:rofl Funny you should say that--I would not name my child "Felicity" because it's too "fluffy"--but it is my patron saint's name and my Confirmation name. I might consider it because it's like the "virtues" names --Charity-Prudence etc... Still...a little awkward. --like some poor women got named "Temperance."

 

[1069]

Your children can't stand out and feel unique if like 2342345 kids in their city share the same name.

Yes, they can. And they must, and they will.
A silly or bizarre name does not distinguish one in a positive or meaningful way.

 

[1069]

:rofl Funny you should say that--I would not name my child "Felicity" because it's too "fluffy"--but it is my patron saint's name and my Confirmation name. I might consider it because it's like the "virtues" names --Charity-Prudence etc... Still...a little awkward. --like some poor women got named "Temperance."

I wouldn't mind "Prudence".
It's retro.

"Dear Prudence, won't you come out to play?" :lol:

 

[Felicity]

I think names can affect personality. I bet Korymir has strong opinions on this.

 

[Dynamic]

This costs money, and involves dealing with a bureaucracy.
If I hadn't liked my name, I would never have been able to change it.



I know they do. But I don't believe this is the correct approach.
It doesn't really matter, to the world your child will have to make his or her mark in even after you are long gone, what "means a lot to you" (or what meant a lot to you thirty years ago, or even who you are or that you ever existed).
I feel this is a selfish, immature, and short-sighted approach.

Well you're entitled to your opinion. But I'm not going to name my child a dull boring name because it will fit in with what society wants. And I suppose it's fair to say that you not knowing why people named their child the way they named their child and then blowing your horn off about it is a short sighted approach as well. This is why we have our own children. To name and raise as we so wish. Not to be constricted to sheep nature entirely.

 

[Felicity]

I wouldn't mind "Prudence".
It's retro.

"Dear Prudence, won't you come out to play?" :lol:

Yeah--I agree...but how about "Fortitude?" no way.



"...it's beautiful and so are you...."

 

[Dynamic]

Yes, they can. And they must, and they will.
A silly or bizarre name does not distinguish one in a positive or meaningful way.

It's only silly or bizarre to the person who hears the name. And not everyone wil feel that way. I think a lot of names are hideous. Robert is a horrible name. Gilbert and George are terrible names. I think they're ugly. And I typically will be biast against people with these names just based on the name alone--unless I get to know them. I think names have a lot to do with a person's confidence and performance and overall self satisfaction.

 

[1069]

Well you're entitled to your opinion. But I'm not going to name my child a dull boring name because it will fit in with what society wants. And I suppose it's fair to say that you not knowing why people named their child the way they named their child and then blowing your horn off about it is a short sighted approach as well. This is why we have our own children. To name and raise as we so wish. Not to be constricted to sheep nature entirely.

Well! So there!

/ flounces away.

Yeah--I agree...but how about "Fortitude?" no way.

I'm not altogether keen on virtues as names.

 

[Felicity]

I'm not altogether keen on virtues as names.

:rofl I bet!









`1234567890-

 

[Dynamic]

Well! So there!

/ flounces away.

..... :roll:.....

 

[Thorgasm]

I find it ironic that this thread has morphed into baby names.

I want to name my kids "Fritter" and "Long John". :mrgreen:

 

[Slippery Slope]

I think from now on, when I hear someone say "abortion on demand" I'm going to have to counter with "too bad you're not against stupidity on demand". :roll:

 

[RightOfCenter]

Yeah--that's why I think "Brittany" or "Tiffany" is a travesty. Grandma "Tiffany?" Too weird. Any "any" name is too fluffy.

I met a girl named "Treasure" in a class today, and oddly enough that wasn't the weirdest named person I've ever met. I met a girl once named "Crickett." Like Jiminy, only with two T's.

 

[Felicity]

I think from now on, when I hear someone say "abortion on demand" I'm going to have to counter with "too bad you're not against stupidity on demand". :roll:

You'd be rich!:2razz:

 

[Felicity]

KRISPY KREME CELEBRATES OBAMA WITH PRO-ABORTION DOUGHNUTS

Krispy Kreme Doughnuts

They acknowledged the mistake of having said "freedom of choice" by this clarification.

Judie's response
ALL: Krispy Kreme Corrects 'Freedom of Choice' Faux Pas

 

[1069]

I met a girl named "Treasure" in a class today, and oddly enough that wasn't the weirdest named person I've ever met. I met a girl once named "Crickett." Like Jiminy, only with two T's.

That must've been a popular name to name girls in the 50s; like "Gidget".
I've known two female "Cricket"s.
One was a friend of my family's; it was in the 70s when I knew her, and she was probably in her 20s, as best I can remember, so she would've been of the 50s generation.
And then the lady who used to cut and color my hair when I lived downtown was also named Cricket, and she was of around the same generation; maybe in her late 30s, when I knew her in the early or mid-90s.

The 1950s was a weird generation; the highest ideal for women in the 50s was that they be "cute"; perky, slightly childish.
Things were never this way before the 1950s, and they never have been since then.
But a lot of baby girls born in the 50s, at the height of this movement, were given outlandish but "cute" names because their parents- believing stupidly that nothing would ever change again, even though things had changed a lot in the previous decades- never thought they'd be anything but housewives and mommies, and therefore never thought they'd need *real* names.

 

[Thorgasm]

Krispy Kreme Doughnuts

They acknowledged the mistake of having said "freedom of choice" by this clarification.

Judie's response
ALL: Krispy Kreme Corrects 'Freedom of Choice' Faux Pas

Krispy Kreme Doughnuts’ Inauguration Day promotion on Tuesday, January 20, 2009, offered one free doughnut of a customer’s choice at participating Krispy Kreme locations nationwide. No purchase was necessary. The promotion allowed customers to commemorate Inauguration Day by selecting one free doughnut of any variety at local participating stores. On Election Day, November 4, 2008, Krispy Kreme ran a promotion that provided customers with one free star-shaped doughnut at stores nationwide. The Inauguration Day promotion was not about any social or political issue.

I think they changed it to avoid a controversy. They don't admit they were wrong. I see how you could see that because they changed it. I see it as they weren't going to be exploited by political activists.

Voting is freedom of choice. It seems to me that would be the more appropriate association with the inauguration.

 

[Felicity]

I think they changed it to avoid a controversy. They don't admit they were wrong. I see how you could see that because they changed it. I see it as they weren't going to be exploited by political activists.

Voting is freedom of choice. It seems to me that would be the more appropriate association with the inauguration.

I didn't say they intended the controversy--I said they acknowledged it was wrong to use a controversial phrase that is easily misunderstood.:doh "freedom of choice" is a well known slogan for the freedom to choose to suck a growing human being from your womb.