S/O: real life “no they didn’t” twin names

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My friend used to work L&D in an urban hospital. She assisted with the delivery of twins Da'Queen and Da'King.

I work in a majority-black elementary school and you would not believe the names we get of twins and close-in-age siblings. Will not repeat here as some reading probably also work at my school.

Far worse than Da'King and Da'Queen.

Bad enough that we’re snarking on here, but what purpose does it serve to connect your judgment with an ethnicity with no further details.

OMG - Loosen your panties! I am 1/2 black and grew up in an urban area. It is 100% true that many many black people have their own, distinct naming traditions and sensibilities of which they are PROUD. I happen to have one of those names and I love it. Not everything is racist, sometimes it's just true and its okay! Doesn't make these kids any less worthy, American, valued, etc. I happen to be proud of black culture and I don't have to see everything as a slight. It's okay for white people to not like or "get" some of our names. We role our eyes your traditional names too. I'm looking at you Karen, Katie, Jack, and Connor.....

[Anonymous]

Lance and Lark. Twins born in the early 1970’s.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This is my yearly thread contribution where I share that when I was in grade school I knew a Teddy who allegedly had a twin named Teddy.

I also knew a family who had 4 boys, one set of twins, and their names were something like Justin, Preston, Austin, and Dustin. It was a lot.

When I was a kid I had karate classes with Keith, Kevin, Kyle, and Kris. All boys, all a year apart from each other. There was a fifth brother, also k name, but he was a baby so I never had occasion to learn what it was.

For the older/50s style twin contribution, I knew a Bernard and Bernadette. Really nice folks.

Is naming your kids all the same first letter a 50s thing? I don’t quite get it..... why all daily letters with exact same first initial?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is my yearly thread contribution where I share that when I was in grade school I knew a Teddy who allegedly had a twin named Teddy.

I also knew a family who had 4 boys, one set of twins, and their names were something like Justin, Preston, Austin, and Dustin. It was a lot.

When I was a kid I had karate classes with Keith, Kevin, Kyle, and Kris. All boys, all a year apart from each other. There was a fifth brother, also k name, but he was a baby so I never had occasion to learn what it was.

For the older/50s style twin contribution, I knew a Bernard and Bernadette. Really nice folks.

Is naming your kids all the same first letter a 50s thing? I don’t quite get it..... why all daily letters with exact same first initial?

I’d like to think that this practice of all kids having same letter first names has died out, but I know a family we call “The Gees” :

(Slight changes made to protect the guilty)

Gordon (dad), Glenda (mom) and sons Garrett, Grant, Graham and Gregory ...and their last name is Gillis. It’s too much!

Grew up with twins named Kevin and Keith

Neighbors were Tammy, Toby, Timmy and Terry - mom was Theresa.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is my yearly thread contribution where I share that when I was in grade school I knew a Teddy who allegedly had a twin named Teddy.

I also knew a family who had 4 boys, one set of twins, and their names were something like Justin, Preston, Austin, and Dustin. It was a lot.

When I was a kid I had karate classes with Keith, Kevin, Kyle, and Kris. All boys, all a year apart from each other. There was a fifth brother, also k name, but he was a baby so I never had occasion to learn what it was.

For the older/50s style twin contribution, I knew a Bernard and Bernadette. Really nice folks.

Is naming your kids all the same first letter a 50s thing? I don’t quite get it..... why all daily letters with exact same first initial?

HAHA my parents are both baby boomers born in the 50s, both one of 4 kids, and all 4 of them have the same first initials - they’re all M’s on my mom’s side and J’s on my dad’s side. Margaret, Mary Ellen, Mark, and Michael, and Joanne, James, Joseph, and John.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is my yearly thread contribution where I share that when I was in grade school I knew a Teddy who allegedly had a twin named Teddy.

I also knew a family who had 4 boys, one set of twins, and their names were something like Justin, Preston, Austin, and Dustin. It was a lot.

When I was a kid I had karate classes with Keith, Kevin, Kyle, and Kris. All boys, all a year apart from each other. There was a fifth brother, also k name, but he was a baby so I never had occasion to learn what it was.

For the older/50s style twin contribution, I knew a Bernard and Bernadette. Really nice folks.

Is naming your kids all the same first letter a 50s thing? I don’t quite get it..... why all daily letters with exact same first initial?

I’d like to think that this practice of all kids having same letter first names has died out, but I know a family we call “The Gees” :

(Slight changes made to protect the guilty)

Gordon (dad), Glenda (mom) and sons Garrett, Grant, Graham and Gregory ...and their last name is Gillis. It’s too much!

Grew up with twins named Kevin and Keith

Neighbors were Tammy, Toby, Timmy and Terry - mom was Theresa.

Dad was Ralph /s.

[Anonymous]

We had neighbors daughter was named Danielle. 3 years later they had a soon, Daniel. Named after the father. Mother was odd one out.

[Anonymous]

A little OT but the repetitive name thing reminded me...

I know a couple who lost their DD, named Alice, to pediatric cancer when she was 8. The couple’s marriage couldn’t survive the tragedy and they divorced. The husband married a second wife and they got pregnant with a DD ... that that named Alice. Allegedly it was the new wife’s favorite name and she always wanted to name a daughter Alice. And the husband went along with it. I can’t imagine how the first wife, grieved mother of the original little Alice felt

[Anonymous]

Sara and Kara.

[Anonymous]

Marlene and Darlene

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A little OT but the repetitive name thing reminded me...

I know a couple who lost their DD, named Alice, to pediatric cancer when she was 8. The couple’s marriage couldn’t survive the tragedy and they divorced. The husband married a second wife and they got pregnant with a DD ... that that named Alice. Allegedly it was the new wife’s favorite name and she always wanted to name a daughter Alice. And the husband went along with it. I can’t imagine how the first wife, grieved mother of the original little Alice felt

Ouch

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My friend used to work L&D in an urban hospital. She assisted with the delivery of twins Da'Queen and Da'King.

Yep. This entire subject has been based over the decades on racial stereotypes. I knew it would go there. Have you not learned anything pp? Take the racist crap and shove it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My friend used to work L&D in an urban hospital. She assisted with the delivery of twins Da'Queen and Da'King.

I work in a majority-black elementary school and you would not believe the names we get of twins and close-in-age siblings. Will not repeat here as some reading probably also work at my school.

Far worse than Da'King and Da'Queen.

Shut up racist.

[Anonymous]

My FIL and his Brother are named Ronny and Johnny.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My friend used to work L&D in an urban hospital. She assisted with the delivery of twins Da'Queen and Da'King.

I work in a majority-black elementary school and you would not believe the names we get of twins and close-in-age siblings. Will not repeat here as some reading probably also work at my school.

Far worse than Da'King and Da'Queen.

Bad enough that we’re snarking on here, but what purpose does it serve to connect your judgment with an ethnicity with no further details.

OMG - Loosen your panties! I am 1/2 black and grew up in an urban area. It is 100% true that many many black people have their own, distinct naming traditions and sensibilities of which they are PROUD. I happen to have one of those names and I love it. Not everything is racist, sometimes it's just true and its okay! Doesn't make these kids any less worthy, American, valued, etc. I happen to be proud of black culture and I don't have to see everything as a slight. It's okay for white people to not like or "get" some of our names. We role our eyes your traditional names too. I'm looking at you Karen, Katie, Jack, and Connor.....

Did you notice the word 'worse' in that post? It did not sound like she was just pointing out differences. It sounded like straight-up white superiority to me. I agree these kids and these names are no less worthy than others--in fact, that was my point.