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New rant: Odd baby names
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So right. The whole rant is bullshit.
It's a matter of taste. It's not as if I am gonna pass a law forbidding the color purple, or whatever, just because I don't like it.
A lot of parents choose names cause of the associations or the sound.
but i have to draw the line at fruits, veg and household objects. i mean.
and also it annoys me when people take regular names and spell them in stupid ways. like James - Jaymz. as someone who has a name that no one can ever spell right, i feel for the child's future pain.
yep yep. It's not original. It's not unique. It's shit spelling.
I'm all for unusual names. But badly spelt usual names are just daft.
I must say I hate some of the "original" names around at the moment. Porsche instead of Portia is pushing it, as are Chardonnay, Bubble and Sunshine. It's always seems to be townie teenage mums as well.
Unusual names are sometimes good, like giving an English child a foreign name.
edit: even the link says it's Eric Djemba-Djemba.
Notice it's the usually the rich families that pick out these kind of names too?
*cough* Romeo Beckham
Maybe this is what celebs have in mind when they name their children.
Personally I'd hate to have a really common name. There were 5 girls called Sarah in my year 9 science class and 3 girls called Emily. I have nothing against these names but think the parents could have thought of something less ordinary and more original.
Besides Romeo is cute and Tiger Lily and Apple are too.
when i was 12, i was in a horseriding class with 2 other katherines, 3 katies and a kate. the instructor had to call us all by the horses names so we knew who she meant.
but i like my name. i never felt i had anything to live up to. i think if you have a really unusual and exciting name, people expect you to be a really interesting and exciting person. and maybe these kiddies will grow up to be like that, but equally, maybe they won't.
you think Romeo and Apple are cute now, but will it still be cute in 40 years time when Romeo is a balding, beer-bellied computer programmer and Apple is a chain-smoking hairdresser with an attitude problem?
and it's a sad state of affairs when the most interesting thing about a person is their name.
I cant muster up enough phlegm in my mouth to pronounce any of them.
we don't get many "Apples" or "Romeos" over here!
think you meant footballer but yeah, it was in the papers over the weekend, its charlie oatway who plays for brighton. if i could be bothered to go and get the paper i would, but you know.
these new names are stupid, but lets face it (im sure someone else has said this) its not exactly like apple martin will be going to brixton comprehensive now is it?
oh, and zidane's real first name is actually fahid. now not a lot of people know that...