Totally geeking out on names!
So I was poking around for HP names today. (Coolest thing, by the way - Merope was, in Greek mythology, a goddess shunned by her family for marrying a Muggle mortal.) And I wandered over to Baby Names World. And dear lord, the message boards are horrifying.
I totally understand that pregnancies make a woman go batshit crazy. And I understand that there's a backlash against traditional names and a trend in favor of made-up ones. But god.
Popo: She likes it "because its got alot of emotion in it". Like the derision, humiliation, and sheer hatred for her mother when poor Popo goes to Germany and find out that she's named Butt.
Then there's a case where someone has triplets, and a month later only two of them are named. Oof. But what's worse? They're named Allegra (guaranteed to, in a cruel streak of irony, have awful allergies all her life) and Jiorgi (Pronounced Georgie but spelled the stupidest way they could come up with). And among their choices for the third kid? Stefani. Not like Stephanie, but as in Gwen ___. Holy hell, those poor kids.
There were an awful lot of HP themed options. Hermione and Fleur. Verity in one. But someone put Lucius and Draco on their list of favorites. And I just can't fathom giving your kids such a heavy and serious name. Not to mention the pop culture repercussions, they'd never hear the end of it. (If I knew a kid whose parents named him Draco, I think I'd have to insist of a nickname of Ferret. >:-D)
One of the tamer ones I came across is Jewelie. Had to think about it for a minute to get what name just got ass-raped. But it could be worse.
Someone showed interest in Xyza (Ow, my eyes) because "it looks really kool", but, um, isn't sure how to pronounce it. Oy. So they're basing this awful idea off the way the name looks (i.e. terrible-awful-sick-unnatural).
The worst one, though, was Nausicaa. Look at that. Nausicaa. Do you find yourself feeling a bit ill? Stomach churning? Yeah, me too.
Or maybe the parents are super-geeky and are naming their darling offspring after a Nausican. Hm.
(Incidentally, my sister has a friend named Nausea. Probably spelled Nazia or something prettier, but damn if that's not how it's pronounced. What's wrong with some people? :-p)
We're finally seeing a backlash from traditional names, aren't we? All these parents were sick of being the fifth Michael or Mary in their class, so instead we get the utter originality of Xyza and Nausicaa. And it's just kind of, I don't know. Maddening. Depressing. Something.
But mostly I'm just writing this to mock the stupid people and their stupid names. :-D
I totally understand that pregnancies make a woman go batshit crazy. And I understand that there's a backlash against traditional names and a trend in favor of made-up ones. But god.
Popo: She likes it "because its got alot of emotion in it". Like the derision, humiliation, and sheer hatred for her mother when poor Popo goes to Germany and find out that she's named Butt.
Then there's a case where someone has triplets, and a month later only two of them are named. Oof. But what's worse? They're named Allegra (guaranteed to, in a cruel streak of irony, have awful allergies all her life) and Jiorgi (Pronounced Georgie but spelled the stupidest way they could come up with). And among their choices for the third kid? Stefani. Not like Stephanie, but as in Gwen ___. Holy hell, those poor kids.
There were an awful lot of HP themed options. Hermione and Fleur. Verity in one. But someone put Lucius and Draco on their list of favorites. And I just can't fathom giving your kids such a heavy and serious name. Not to mention the pop culture repercussions, they'd never hear the end of it. (If I knew a kid whose parents named him Draco, I think I'd have to insist of a nickname of Ferret. >:-D)
One of the tamer ones I came across is Jewelie. Had to think about it for a minute to get what name just got ass-raped. But it could be worse.
Someone showed interest in Xyza (Ow, my eyes) because "it looks really kool", but, um, isn't sure how to pronounce it. Oy. So they're basing this awful idea off the way the name looks (i.e. terrible-awful-sick-unnatural).
The worst one, though, was Nausicaa. Look at that. Nausicaa. Do you find yourself feeling a bit ill? Stomach churning? Yeah, me too.
Or maybe the parents are super-geeky and are naming their darling offspring after a Nausican. Hm.
(Incidentally, my sister has a friend named Nausea. Probably spelled Nazia or something prettier, but damn if that's not how it's pronounced. What's wrong with some people? :-p)
We're finally seeing a backlash from traditional names, aren't we? All these parents were sick of being the fifth Michael or Mary in their class, so instead we get the utter originality of Xyza and Nausicaa. And it's just kind of, I don't know. Maddening. Depressing. Something.
But mostly I'm just writing this to mock the stupid people and their stupid names. :-D