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Author Topic: What's in a name?  (Read 19520 times)

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Re: What's in a name?
« Reply #60 on: June 04, 2008, 03:52:52 PM »
Quote from: RokofAges75 on June 04, 2008, 03:51:21 PM
Wow, that's... interesting LOL.  Let's ignore the rules of phonics, yay!!

Sometimes, i think parents go out of their way to have their children's named spelled differently just so their kid can be "unique". I think they forget that their kid has to be able to spell the name and everyone else should be able to pronounce it, too
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Re: What's in a name?
« Reply #61 on: June 04, 2008, 03:53:33 PM »
Quote from: RokofAges75 on June 04, 2008, 03:51:21 PM
Wow, that's... interesting LOL.  Let's ignore the rules of phonics, yay!!

Sometimes I really think the reasons these names come up spelled all funny is that the parents name the students without knowing how to spell the name first.
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Re: What's in a name?
« Reply #62 on: June 04, 2008, 03:53:41 PM »
Quote from: starbeamz2 on June 04, 2008, 03:51:43 PM
Rose Bush is cute...at least, I think so. Is there something wrong with it?

I think it was someone famous who named their kid MoonUnit. And then, there was some woman who named her kids Lemonjello and Orangejello. No, I'm not joking lol

I just worked with a girl named Alex Funk last semester. She was nice, but I always felt bad for her with that last name...

Matthew McConaughey's brother named his kid Miller Lyte, after the beer... :(
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Re: What's in a name?
« Reply #63 on: June 04, 2008, 03:54:11 PM »
Quote from: starbeamz2 on June 04, 2008, 03:51:43 PM
Rose Bush is cute...at least, I think so. Is there something wrong with it?

I think it was someone famous who named their kid MoonUnit. And then, there was some woman who named her kids Lemonjello and Orangejello. No, I'm not joking lol

I just worked with a girl named Alex Funk last semester. She was nice, but I always felt bad for her with that last name...

LOL I already get comments everywhere I go about my last name. Last thing I want is to be called "Rose Bush" all the time lol.

Lemonjello and Orangejello? LMFAO! What the heck are those parents thinking?!
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Re: What's in a name?
« Reply #64 on: June 04, 2008, 03:54:20 PM »
Quote from: starbeamz2 on June 04, 2008, 03:52:52 PM
Sometimes, i think parents go out of their way to have their children's named spelled differently just so their kid can be "unique". I think they forget that their kid has to be able to spell the name and everyone else should be able to pronounce it, too

Oh yeah, I think that's totally the reason.  Some people take it to the extreme of stupidity though.
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Re: What's in a name?
« Reply #65 on: June 04, 2008, 03:54:49 PM »
Quote from: RokofAges75 on June 04, 2008, 03:53:41 PM
Matthew McConaughey's brother named his kid Miller Lyte, after the beer... :(

Yeah, but isn't his brother's name Rooster, too? lol I think there's just something wrong all around with that man...
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Re: What's in a name?
« Reply #66 on: June 04, 2008, 03:55:14 PM »
Quote from: Rose on June 04, 2008, 03:54:11 PM
LOL I already get comments everywhere I go about my last name. Last thing I want is to be called "Rose Bush" all the time lol.

Lemonjello and Orangejello? LMFAO! What the heck are those parents thinking?!

Don't marry a guy named Petal either.
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Re: What's in a name?
« Reply #67 on: June 04, 2008, 03:55:21 PM »
Quote from: RokofAges75 on June 04, 2008, 03:53:41 PM
Matthew McConaughey's brother named his kid Miller Lyte, after the beer... :(

Yea I heard about that! I mean I like a nice cold Miller Lite too... Would I name my kid that? No way LOL
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Re: What's in a name?
« Reply #68 on: June 04, 2008, 03:55:39 PM »
Quote from: starbeamz2 on June 04, 2008, 03:54:49 PM
Yeah, but isn't his brother's name Rooster, too? lol I think there's just something wrong all around with that man...

LOL yes!  Rooster.  Cock-a-doodle-doo.
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Re: What's in a name?
« Reply #69 on: June 04, 2008, 03:58:53 PM »
Oh, I thought of another one.  This year I taught next to the CBI room, which stands for Community-Based Instruction, which is for the kids with Down Syndrome or autism who are just there to learn life skills so that hopefully they can function with some level of independence as adults.

Well anyway, there was this one kid in there named Cody who resembled a turtle in every way.  He kinda looked like a turtle, and he walked like a turtle... kind of hunched over and very, very slowly.

Turns out, "Cody" was just a nickname.  His real name?  Panther!

We laughed so hard in the teacher's room when his teacher told us that. :P  Panther... rawr!
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Re: What's in a name?
« Reply #70 on: June 04, 2008, 04:00:35 PM »
Oh my..no. That's so terrible! What were THOSE parent's thinking? Were they thinking?
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Re: What's in a name?
« Reply #71 on: June 04, 2008, 04:05:22 PM »
Quote from: Sakabelle on June 04, 2008, 03:30:32 PM
When I was a child (okay.. and maybe still now..) I was really jealous of my sister because her name was spelled all mary sueish (Lyndsi) and I got plain old boring Stephanie.  Why couldn't I be Stefani? lol
Don't feel bad. My parents named me Stephanie and my younger sister Natalie. Very boring names! And my sister from my mom and step-dad is named Brooke. No Mary Sue names in this family!

Though in high school, I did graduate with seven other Stephanie's...
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Re: What's in a name?
« Reply #72 on: June 04, 2008, 04:06:04 PM »
Quote from: MellzBellz on June 04, 2008, 03:24:12 PM
Melicia is kind of cool....
That's because it was thought up by the awesome writer. :D
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Re: What's in a name?
« Reply #73 on: June 04, 2008, 04:10:28 PM »
Panther? And he moves like a turtle? Lol So typical!

In my school in the third grade we have a boy named Sincere and I've worked w/ him when I subbed in resource room... Sincere does not fit this boy at all LOL
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Re: What's in a name?
« Reply #74 on: June 04, 2008, 06:06:17 PM »
Quote from: starbeamz2 on June 04, 2008, 03:52:52 PM
and everyone else should be able to pronounce it, too

You forget that my name is pronounced exactly how its spelt, so how the hell do people get it wrong? lol
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