God bless good old American independence and free thought. I'll be writing this blog for the next sixty years.
posted by TurabianNights @ 8:12 AM
The Bad Baby Names Blog
I don't hate babies. I don't even hate parents. I just wish parents would realize what enormous power they have over the rest of their children's lives when they give them a name. I wish parents would realize that kids grow up. Just because a parent likes the name Dymondlyn Shardonnae DaiseeBlossom or Dakoda Hunter Truck'Killah doesn't mean that it's a good name for a kid. Kids aren't accessories. If you want something with a cool name, buy a dog or a boat or some crap like that.
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Thursday, August 14, 2008
God bless good old American independence and free thought. I'll be writing this blog for the next sixty years.
10 Comments:
for that reason i love living in germany where we have rules for naming.
as a german i wonder about the american bureaucracy.
when you want to give your kid a name which is refused by the civil registry office than you can go to court. but i think most of the judges decide what is the best for the child and not what the parents want.
To be honest, I don't think the government should have to step in to prevent crazy names. I just think parents should show a little maturity when they pick a name, realizing that the poor kid will have to live with whatever they're named, for the next 18 years at least :P
On the other hand... I bet Miirecal Cy'nthia wishes that her name had been subject to an objective approval process!!
Well, it won't happen if the GOP wins in November: Sarah Palin named her children Track, Bristol, Willow, Piper and Trig.
Willow and Piper? Ugh... some people shouldn't be allowed to watch TV ;)
Girl, come back! I found a great one for you
I would completely say yes when it comes to absolutely horrible names, but there's one issue I have with it: Where's the cut off point? Will Jaxz JoAnnah's parents have the government step in, or is that not bad enough? Will the county deputees have to talk to Andrew The Girl's parents, or no? And, last but not least, what if the crazy-ass name has family meaning to the parents? Is it acceptable then? I certainly, on no grounds, accept the saddling of children with outrageous names, but no one can agree on the limit. And I'm not going to be the matriarchal bitch that makes everyone conform to my opinion, so my conscience argues with me on that point as well. For now I'll say 'no', but the obviously horrible ones like Tallula does the hula in Hawaii, Shithead (Shy-teed), Crapface (Crayp-fah-say), Asshole (Ah-show-lee) -- Those need to be stopped pronto before the poor kid kills himself.
In sixty years time all this lot will be knocking on the nursing home doors moaning because nobody says their name right! Believe me, when you get into your sixties you can't waste time trying to get names right. You'd just ignore them and choose a friend called Bob or Mary.
All these kids have the option of changing their names when they get older, but all the people they hang around with will have equally stupid names, so they won't really know they've GOT a stupid name.
I don't like any of those stupid names people are giving their kids nowadays but I sure don't want some pinheaded politician telling me what I can and can't name my kid like that anonymous German.
Thanks a lot for your time and energy to have had these things together on this blog. I very much appreciated your knowledge through your blog on certain things.
I believe in Japan ( and probably in other asian countries that use Chinese characters, although I haven't looked into it) you are not allowed to use certain characters that may be offensive or too obscure. In fact, I believe you have to choose a chinese character from a specific pool of characters but it grows every year (it's called JinmeiyĊ kanji, and there are 2000 or so characters you can choose from.) That said, despite policies on naming, most names only last a generation or so and a new generation usually brings completely fresh names.
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