From: "Jim Sharkey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: Bizarre baby names
Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2003 09:45:38 -0500 (EST)
William T Goodall wrote:
>Children have been named after big brands as diverse a
On 16 Nov 2003, at 2:45 pm, Jim Sharkey wrote:
William T Goodall wrote:
Children have been named after big brands as diverse as beauty
company L'Oreal, car firm Chevrolet and designer clothes company
Armani. There are even two little boys, one in Michigan and one in
Texas, called ESPN after the sp
William T Goodall wrote:
>Children have been named after big brands as diverse as beauty
>company L'Oreal, car firm Chevrolet and designer clothes company
>Armani. There are even two little boys, one in Michigan and one in
>Texas, called ESPN after the sports channel.
Dear Lord, why don't they
On Fri, Nov 14, 2003 at 01:43:15PM +, William T Goodall wrote:
> Seven boys were found to have the name Del Monte - after the food
> company - and no less than 49 boys were called Canon, after the camera.
Ummm, there is another usage of canon that might be more likely than the
camera brand fo
es company Armani.
There are even two little boys, one in Michigan and one in Texas,
called ESPN after the sports channel.
Psychology professor Cleveland Evans discovered the trend after
surveying US social security records for 2000.
Mr Evans, a professor at Bellevue University, Nebraska, has stu
>
>Lyrics?
>
>Marvin Long
>Austin, Texas
>
A Boy Named Sue:
http://www.banned-width.com/shel/works/boysue.html
Father of a Boy Named Sue:
http://www.banned-width.com/shel/works/boysuepa.html
Enjoy!
-Russell
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On Wed, 25 Sep 2002, Russell Sherman wrote:
> Boy Named Sue
>
> Written by Shel Silverstein and sung by Johnny Cash
>
> For a good time listen to "Father of a boy named Sue" which Shel silverstien
> sang himself, never being able to talk anyone else into it, due to it's
> punch line...
>
Lyr
ijk-Holten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: Baby names
>Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2002 07:37:33 +0200
>
>Jim Sharkey wrote:
>
> > Baardwijk, J. wrote:
> > >>Van: Alberto Monteiro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> &
Jim Sharkey wrote:
> Baardwijk, J. wrote:
> >>Van: Alberto Monteiro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> >>>Aha, so the US is not the only country where you can give your
> >>>child pretty much any name you like. Poor kids.
> >>>
> >>Yes, here in Brazil we can also give any name. I think all
> >>democrat
[crossposting between the brin-l and the tolklang lists]
Julia Thompson wrote:
>
>Shall I say that "Frodo" isn't necessarily a constructive suggestion for
>naming a kid in the US? :) (I already have an if Sammy comes home
>saying there's a kid named Frodo in his class who's getting teased.)
>
F
Reggie Bautista wrote:
[re: the name Ignatius]
> The name has a grand tradition, at least among Catholics. The two most
> famous saints who have the name are Ignatius of Antioch and Ignatius Loyola.
>
> Ignatius of Antioch was the third Bishop of Antioch, and according to
> tradition, was the
Baardwijk, J. wrote:
>>Van: Alberto Monteiro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>>>Aha, so the US is not the only country where you can give your
>>>child pretty much any name you like. Poor kids.
>>>
>>Yes, here in Brazil we can also give any name. I think all
>>democratic countries in the world allow
's a pretty funny one. BTW, one fun
>baby shower game is to get people to write down *ridiculous* suggestions
>for baby names and give a prize for the one the mother-to-be thinks is
>the best. We did that, and not one, but two guys came up with names
>that included "Ignati
"Horn, John" wrote:
> This is probably an urban legend.
>
> http://www.snopes.com/racial/language/names.htm
Crap! I'm kinda disappointed to hear that "suh-FILE-us" was
an urban legend... :-)
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Steve Sloan . Huntsville,
> From: John D. Giorgis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>
> A woman in a Cleveland hospital, accorded to a nurse who
> works there, heard
> doctors talking about something rather nice-sounding and
> decided to name
> her child after it.
>
> The young girl was named Placenta.
This is probably an u
Nick Arnett wrote:
>
> Todd Rundgren, nerd/rocker, named one of his kids Rebop -- Rebop Rundgren.
> I was kidding Michelle Gray, Todd's significant other, that Rebop must get
> teased at school a lot (Rebop was in pre-school at that point). Oh, no, she
> said, he was going to a private school in
> From: Nick Arnett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>
> Hmm. Two in one day... I'll get a reputation as a
> name-dropper around here.
Well, my wife once knew a guy who's sister once had a friend who's cousin
once saw Bruce Springsteen at movie.*
So there! You aren't really that special! :-P
-
"Baardwijk, J. van DTO/SLWPD/RZO/BOZO" wrote:
>
> > -Oorspronkelijk bericht-
> > Van: Adam C. Lipscomb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Verzonden: dinsdag 24 september 2002 03:06
> > Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Onderwerp: Re: Baby names
>
>
> >>> Aha, so the US is not the only country where you can give your child
> >>> pretty much any name you like. Poor kids.
> >>
> >> Yes, here in Brazil we can also give any name. I think all democratic
> >> countries in the world allow that :-P
> >
> > Not the democratic country I live in.
> >
>
Jeroen wrote:
>
>>> Aha, so the US is not the only country where you can
>>> give your child pretty much any name you like. Poor kids.
>>
>> Yes, here in Brazil we can also give any name. I
>> think all democratic countries in the world allow that :-P
>
> Not the democratic country I l
> -Oorspronkelijk bericht-
> Van: Alberto Monteiro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Verzonden: Geen
> Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Onderwerp: Re: Baby names
> > Aha, so the US is not the only country where you can give your child
> > pretty much any name you like. Poor
Jeroen wrote:
>
> Aha, so the US is not the only country where you can
> give your child pretty much any name you like. Poor kids.
>
Yes, here in Brazil we can also give any name. I think
all democratic countries in the world allow that :-P
Alberto Monteiro
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> -Oorspronkelijk bericht-
> Van: Adam C. Lipscomb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Verzonden: dinsdag 24 september 2002 03:06
> Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Onderwerp: Re: Baby names
> Both times my wife was pregnant, I dealt with the unending series of
> questions reg
> -Oorspronkelijk bericht-
> Van: Gary Nunn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Verzonden: dinsdag 24 september 2002 02:27
> Aan: Brin Mail List
> Onderwerp: Baby names
> WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand's main advocate for children has
> branded as "psychologic
Todd Rundgren, nerd/rocker, named one of his kids Rebop -- Rebop Rundgren.
I was kidding Michelle Gray, Todd's significant other, that Rebop must get
teased at school a lot (Rebop was in pre-school at that point). Oh, no, she
said, he was going to a private school in San Francisco where the other
I have the unfortunate propensity to come across odd names, I have, in fact,
met a Timothy Burr, a Jaqueline Hyde, and was a neighbor to Kara Vann.
My mother, worked at a NICU (neonatal intensive care unit), and claimed the
oddest name for a child she ever saw was Funkwad. And the best part?
F
A woman in a Cleveland hospital, accorded to a nurse who works there, heard
doctors talking about something rather nice-sounding and decided to name
her child after it.
The young girl was named Placenta.
I kid you not.
JDG
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es my wife was pregnant, I dealt with the
> unending series of
> questions regarding potential baby names by
> informing everyone I met
> that our children would get names reflective of
> their ethnic
> heritage - Aethelred or Cuthbert if a boy, Hroswitha
> if a girl.
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named Triple M Rogue, which
> is short for Mighty Mongrel Mob, Rogue Chapter.
>
> read complete article for some more interesting baby names
>
>
http://news.excite.com/odd/article/id/51400|oddlyenough|09-20-2002::09
:22|re
> uters.html
Both times my wife was pregnant, I de
hort for Mighty Mongrel Mob, Rogue Chapter.
read complete article for some more interesting baby names
http://news.excite.com/odd/article/id/51400|oddlyenough|09-20-2002::09:22|re
uters.html
Gary L. Nunn
Delaware Ohio
The hardest thing in life to le
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