Anonymous
Post 06/10/2014 10:46     Subject: Most unusual name of a child you know personally
Anonymous wrote:I cannot believe the Swastika story.


I have a picture on my Facebook page that could prove it to you. They had a talent show at camp and it was in black and white. If I knew how to post those here, I would happily share. I couldn't believe my eyes at first, either.

I'm in western fairfax county.
Anonymous
Post 06/10/2014 10:46     Subject: Most unusual name of a child you know personally
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Anonymous wrote:On The Chew, there was "chef from the audience" lady or something who was excited to share her recipe, and talk about her pregnancy. It went something like this:

Pregnant Lady: It's a girl! I'm due June somethingsomething. Her name is Elle.
Mario Batali: Elle?
Pregnant Lady: Uh-huh.
Mario Batali: Like the magazine? French?
Pregnant Lady: Oh, I guess. Really?
Mario Batali: Yes, Elle. You're naming your child a French pronoun.
Pregnant Lady: Oh...

It had me laughing out loud, slapping my hands walrus-style that a woman is naming her child a French pronoun that simply means "She" - and she didn't even know it. But she was so excited and had the name picked out and everything. In the age of the internet, there is no excuse.


Oh good for you. Laughing at people because they don't speak french. Maybe she was thinking Elle McPherson or Elle Woods. What an ass.


1) quote fail
2) I'm not making fun of someone not speaking French. I'm making fun of someone who picks out a name, and doesn't even do a quick Google search to know what they're naming their child. And it was hilarious! I love Batali!



I think Elle's popularity had nothing to do with the French word and everything to do with the fact that it has been its own name for generations. Also it was a nickname for a lot of "elle" names - Gabrielle, etc.

I don't think he's silly for not considering that it is a pronoun in another language.

http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/0/Elle


Speaking of names in other languages - I had a dorm supervisor in college named Ariola. Pronounced exactly like the body part, just spelled different. She was from a different country so I'm sure her parents didn't think about what her name meant in English.
Anonymous
Post 06/10/2014 10:45     Subject: Most unusual name of a child you know personally
Kshitj. Yeah, yeah, I know it's a perfectly fine Indian name (shi-tizh) but still. K-shit is all I see.
Anonymous
Post 06/10/2014 10:43     Subject: Re:Most unusual name of a child you know personally
Anonymous wrote:Tenajrey. Actually pronounced like it is spelled.

Mother is Janet and father is Jeffrey...so, spell JANET backwards and add on "rey" for JeffREY and you have a whole new name!
Upper middle class white American parents.

I also know a "Hero". Again, white upper middle class.


Hero might be a Shakespeare reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Much_Ado_About_Nothing

The other one is just stupid.
Anonymous
Post 06/10/2014 10:28     Subject: Most unusual name of a child you know personally
I cannot believe the Swastika story. And La-a or M-a are all ridiculous, like Orangejello or Usnavy or Shithead or Nosmo King. Urban legends, one and all.

I posted re: Dorcas - she was an old white lady. I think it's a very traditional, biblical name, perhaps?

I also forgot I knew a Cherry growing up! My friend's mom.
Anonymous
Post 06/10/2014 09:48     Subject: Most unusual name of a child you know personally
Phuc
Anonymous
Post 06/10/2014 09:37     Subject: Most unusual name of a child you know personally
Torleif and Magnus are both family names for me. (norweigan)

Both are pronounced like they are spelled.
Anonymous
Post 06/10/2014 09:29     Subject: Most unusual name of a child you know personally
Magnus
Anonymous
Post 06/10/2014 09:28     Subject: Most unusual name of a child you know personally
I know a Montana, December and Brimmer - sisters all named after places/times when they were born. (Brimmer Street)
Anonymous
Post 06/10/2014 09:25     Subject: Re:Most unusual name of a child you know personally
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Anonymous wrote:m-a (pronounced, "emdasha")


Heh. The urban legend gets a make over. It has gone from L-a to M-a. Awesome.


100% not an urban legend in this case. The child in question lives in Baltimore.


Yeah, I don't believe this either.


^^^besides, everybody knows that the correct spelling of Emdasha would be --a.


You win the internet.


Amazing!
Anonymous
Post 06/10/2014 09:15     Subject: Most unusual name of a child you know personally
I knew a girl whose nickname was Soda. Her full name was Minnesota.
Anonymous
Post 06/10/2014 09:03     Subject: Most unusual name of a child you know personally
Youme (as in you and me-get it?)

Justus

Bug (little girl was given this name til an official name could be chosen. Everyone waited...and 4 years later, her "real" name turned out to be Buguise)

Anonymous
Post 06/10/2014 08:52     Subject: Re:Most unusual name of a child you know personally
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Anonymous wrote:I worked a couple years ago with a woman named LaTrina. Who would name their kid after a toilet?


I am pretty sure that LaTrina's parents did not actually name their kid after a toilet.


Ok, if you are sure, then perhaps they just weren't smart enough to make the connection? Whatever the case, it is an awful association. Whether intended or not.
Anonymous
Post 06/10/2014 07:19     Subject: Most unusual name of a child you know personally
Anonymous wrote:When I was a camp counselor in the 90s there were three siblings - Brie, Colby and Hunter. All cheese.


What kind of cheese is "hunter cheese"?
Anonymous
Post 06/10/2014 07:17     Subject: Re:Most unusual name of a child you know personally
Anonymous wrote:I worked a couple years ago with a woman named LaTrina. Who would name their kid after a toilet?


I am pretty sure that LaTrina's parents did not actually name their kid after a toilet.