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Anonymous
Ewing is a Scottish surname and Carrington is an English surname. So they are real names but they would be unusual as first names. Btw, I'm genuinely surprised by the number of pps who think that names of Scottish/Welsh/Irish origins are made-up. |
Anonymous
No, youngin. Crystal Carrington and Sue Ellen Ewing, Dynasty and Dallas. Classic camp TV! |
Anonymous
Although I will admit it was Krystle on TV! |
Anonymous
Aren't the Palins upper class? |
Anonymous
LOL. |
Anonymous
Heather? There were a number of Heathers in the expensive private school world I grew up in. The only women I've ever met named Holly and Polly were firmly upper middle to upper class. I have no idea why you think they are white trash names? Sue Ellen sounds much more generational than class. I'm sure the last time a baby girl was baptized Sue Ellen was in 1945. Brandon and Tristan can go either way. I think they're neutral as class goes. I have met well off, educated men named Brandon, and working men named Brandon too. |
Anonymous
This is because names go through a cycle. They start out upper class and then rise in popularity as they are adopted by the middle class and below. As they rise in popularity, the upper class and then middle class abandon them. And at this point, spellings become unique. So Ashley can start out high brow until 20 years later little Trashley is born. |
Anonymous
Times a million. Redneck, uneducated, white trash family through and through. |
Anonymous
| If you already lived it, why ask here? I was just in Egypt, and haven't met a single Iesha, Latisha, Laquisha. I know a Tyrone here, and as I am not from US thought his name was traditional name and haven't thought a single thing about it. I know Suhelj, Suhas, Mahams, and they are all Middle Eastern and Pakistani names. I think they are wonderful names. I dislike made up names among any race, white as well. I can't understand names like Hayley, Bailey, Hayden, Cayden, and those are found among white people? What the heck is with these names? |
Anonymous
They don't mean "white" as in race, you dipshit. Those names all predate the concept of "white" as a race. Also, Clara/Claire means "clear" or "bright," not "white." |
Anonymous
Me? Not at all. I know much of my ancestry back into the 16th century. I can "lay claim" to cultural use of Norwegian, Welsh, Danish, and German names. While I personally have never been to Wales, I can name my kid Rhys and say it's a family name. Even though I don't speak German, I still have a couple of random German words that stuck around, passed down in my family. Most AA people in the U.S. don't have that. If they're very lucky, they can trace their heritage to a region of Africa but most likely they are left only with the names given to their 19th century ancestors by their white slave-owners. There are many people who don't care about cultural heritage and ancestry but also many people who care tremendously (why else the fascination with "Mayflower families"?). A few decades ago, many AA began a movement to recapture or reinvent their African heritage, including creation of AA naming traditions. Saying that AA don't have a right to create naming traditions is obnoxious at best. |
Anonymous
So many people trying to convey their UMC sensibilities, yet only managing to convey their ignorance instead.... |
Anonymous
Funny...I am South Asian and have a South Asian name that could also be considered "ghetto" (it's actually mentioned in an old rap song where the lyrics include a list of women's names). Maybe we have the same name?? 
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Anonymous
No, it IS "low-class trailer-parky" as you first said. Its been used a lot but I always think "ohhhh-kay" when I meet a girl named this. |