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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think this whole "name your kid" craze has gotten OUT OF CONTROL.
This idea is just the ODDEST yet.
It's not all about you, parents.  Quit making you kid a FREAK when choosing their name.  
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If you think that this idea is the ODDEST yet, then I infer that your experience with ODD (not to mention FREAKY) is quite limited.[/quote]

I am the author of the original post....who is new to this area.  You are correct in assuming that I do not have a great deal (if any) experience with this bazaar culture.  It seems narcisstic to name your child an odd name.  Do you want to set them apart from everyone else?  Is your child better, thus deserving of an "original", unique name.  Let your child develop their own uniqueness.  Also, for the sake of the teachers out there, please include the phonetic translation in parenthesis after the name.  Also, teach your child how to help people pronounce their name, how to politely correct people that keep pronouncing their name incorrectly.  Also, how to explain why their parents named them that.  Yea....your kid will feel like a freak....and there's a good chance others may think their odd.

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OP:  You put the post out there to have people opine.  I did that

OP here. This is a very diverse region so that's probably why you can't pronounce every name you see. Parents pick names that have meaning to them and that often means a name from their cultures. Get over it. But also, your reasoning is completely irrelevant to my post because 1. The new last name is a current, "real" last name that many people have, 2. It's easy to pronounce for native English speakers, 3. We will happily go by the "Patil" family at school events/with their friends so we won't be making some point about how different/special they are, and 4. Plenty of PPs have responded that they either did this or have friends who have, so it's not even a unique thing to do.

Get over yourself. [/quote]

OP:  You put your post out there for feedback.  I gave my feedback.  If your post was intended to insult people that gave you feedback, you succeeded.  I am insulted.  It sounds like you made up your mind before you made your post.[/quote]

You gave feedback that wasn't relevant to my question. I clearly explained that the name would be easy to pronounce, etc, and you said you don't like when parents give children names that are hard to pronounce. So, your response was not helpful, and also prejudiced against ethnic names that many children have, and I pointed that out. Sorry if it hurt your feelings.[/quote]

You are so not sorry.
I did you a favor.  There are people....lots of them....like me....that will consider your child as odd....a kid to be politely observed before being welcomed into their child's life.  I don't think your idea regarding naming your child is "lovely".  And...I don't think people that say your unique style of naming your child is "lovely"....really think that.  It is weird.  So, if you want to bring your child into this world with the burden of being "weird"....so be it.  Go for it.  I think it is selfish.[/quote]

PP, just stop talking.  You will think a child is odd based on what he/she is named?  You're ignorant.[/quote]

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