Re: What's in a name?
Nyperold, on host 205.216.76.74
Monday, November 29, 1999, at 13:35:39
Re: What's in a name? posted by Mel on Sunday, November 28, 1999, at 21:26:59:
> > > > > > > Nothing too special about my name, but I do know a guy named Tyson whose parents named him after a package of frozen chicken. No kidding. > > > > > > > > > > > > Generally, we like to think that the more big government keeps its nose out of our private business, the better; but I'm inclined to think the state authority had a point when, a few years ago, a provincial judge in Québec ruled against a couple seeking to name their new offspring: "No, you *can't* name your son 'SPATULE', and that's final!" > > > > > > > > > > > > Spatule (pronounced 'spatCHOOL') in French means frying-pan spatula. > > > > > > > > > > > > And the really scary thing is... I'm not joking. > > > > > > > > > > > > Wolf "What? Everyone knows we have the right to name our first born sons 'Zack Starr'" spirit > > > > > > > > > > Well, I've seen a few names that I think the parents should have thought twice about. > > > > > > > > > > There was a girl who went to the same school as I at the same time, and her name was Holly Wood. > > > > > > > > > > Recently, in the police log of the local paper, someone named Crissmas Carroll(or something like that), was arrested. > > > > > > > > > > In a book called "The Joy of Lex", a man named Safety First says he gets in the paper every time he gets a speeding ticket. (Of course, this book has been around a while.) > > > > > > > > > > Nyperold > > > > > > > > I might be able to top that. My mother told this one and it was supposed to have happened back in the early part of this fading century. A lady named her newborn daughter Singing Victrola Record. They called her Vicky. > > > > Howard > > > > > > and then there's always Chanda Lear and Ima Hog.... this morning my brother and sister and I found an announcement for the birth of the daughter of some friends of theirs, and her name is Piper Leigh Stephens..... we predict that she'll go by her middle name. apparently her older brother is named Steele Stephens. > > > > > > uni"happy with my name"peg > > > > I had a friend who was named Rusty Steele, and, as if that wasn't bad enough, the kids used to call him Oxidized Metal. > > > > fam"loving all my names"ous > > > I once read a book that had two characters named Bebe and Ray Gunn. > > -M"just Mel"el
Ok, I found the book with the list of names. Here are a few:
A. Moron (Virgin Islands education officer) Cardinal Sin (archbishop of Manila) Justin Tune (chorister) you already know about Safety First; Safety has a sister named June Jean Sippy (recently divorced but still calls herself Mrs. Sippy)
Each is genuine.
Nyperold
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