Baby names
Well, my teenage cousin had her baby today. She's also given it a typicaly horrible teen mother name, although we're not quite sure in which order she'll put the first and the middle names. The e-mail wasn't really clear, so we hope to get clarification on that eventually. One of the names isn't too bad, but it still reeks of idiocy. The other I hope is a typo, because I Google'd it, and it isn't even a word or a name in any language that's ever existed before. I took out what looked like a misplaced consonent, and found several people of African decent that have it, which works in her case since the father of her baby is an African-American (which drives my grandmother bonkers, BTW).
But anyways, I want to make a plea to any mothers-to-be that might be reading this. Please please please think long and hard about the name you are going to give your child. Ask people for their honest opinions about the name. Search for websites about bad baby names. Use your brain, and give your child a name that won't turn them into a social outcast for their formitive years. Get educated about what names mean, and what words mean. Don't be like the person that had twins and named them Lurine and Urine, and then defend your choice because it's supposedly pronounced differently from the technical term for potty water (not joking about that one either, there really is a little girl named Urine somewhere). Your child is a human being. Name it like one. Don't curse them with a life of akward pauses as other people struggle to read and then pronounce their names correctly. The letters 'k' and 'c' are not universally interchangable. Nor are double 'e's a suitable replacement for the letter 'y'.
I beg every fertile female that is reading this to not be a moron and to give your future children sensible names that you yourself wouldn't mind having.
But anyways, I want to make a plea to any mothers-to-be that might be reading this. Please please please think long and hard about the name you are going to give your child. Ask people for their honest opinions about the name. Search for websites about bad baby names. Use your brain, and give your child a name that won't turn them into a social outcast for their formitive years. Get educated about what names mean, and what words mean. Don't be like the person that had twins and named them Lurine and Urine, and then defend your choice because it's supposedly pronounced differently from the technical term for potty water (not joking about that one either, there really is a little girl named Urine somewhere). Your child is a human being. Name it like one. Don't curse them with a life of akward pauses as other people struggle to read and then pronounce their names correctly. The letters 'k' and 'c' are not universally interchangable. Nor are double 'e's a suitable replacement for the letter 'y'.
I beg every fertile female that is reading this to not be a moron and to give your future children sensible names that you yourself wouldn't mind having.