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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The only time I give a second thought to someone's kid's name one way or another is if the parent makes a big stink about it. Whether it's William ("I would never consider anything but a CLASSIC name.") or Brunello ("I didn't want to call his name on the playground and have six kids turn around.") I truly don't care what you choose as long as you don't say something sanctimonious about it. Everyone has a name, a reason they have it whether arbitrary or intentional, and the same mundane minutiae and documentation to go along with it. I would much prefer someone who didn't feel the need to defend their choice, never mentioned it, or if pressed just shrugged and said, it means something to us.

Piping in with your rigid opinion on what constitutes a "real" name, what's an appropriate spelling, what's too common, or "trashy", speaks only to your own closed-mindedness. You think choosing certain names makes you sound more educated and elite, but there are cultures where people have one of just a few dozen names, you take your father's name, you're named after something in nature or what was happening the day you were born. Get out more. [/quote]

Ha, it sounds like you care quite a lot!

And neither of your comment examples are sanctimonious.  They just express the parents' naming preferences/reasons.  [/quote]

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