OMGWTF
*sigh* and i thought it was already bad enough.
here's some photo captions, and below them, an article. it's all about the insanity of baby-naming. i truly believe that some parents are crossing the line, going overboard, and that there's some given names that are just *wrong*... i feel that to the core of my being. the name you give your child is an important gift that shouldn't be taken lightly. it shouldn't be about trying to out-originalize the joneses. it shouldn't be about following a fad. the name you give them is gonna follow them THE REST OF THEIR LIFE. even if they legally change it, they can't completely escape it. but the parents don't think about the child and how the name will affect their child. they only think about themselves and their g*ddamn egos.
unique names should be for an individual to choose for *themselves*.
ok, any day now i bet some gansta is gonna wanna name his child: big$, $boss, mo$, or just plain: $.
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photo captions from aol.com:
New Zealand blocked a couple's bid to officially name their infant son 4Real, saying numerals are not allowed in names. Now his parents plan to name him Superman. Sheena and Pat Wheaton said that although their son's official name will be Superman, they plan to call him 4Real anyway. "No matter what it's going to stay 4Real. I'm certainly not a quitter," the baby's father said. (mel note: these are the idiotic parents i blogged about before. omg i pity the child.)
Sweden refused to allow a couple to name their daughter Metallica, after the rock group, in April.
Germany has laws against naming children Adolf Hitler and Osama bin Laden.
French parents must choose baby names from an approved list. The laws are designed to prevent teasing.
One Michigan boy and one Texas boy have been named ESPN after the sports network based in Bristol, Conn. (mel note: WHAAAT?!?!)
Singer Sonny Sandoval of P.O.D. named his daughter Nevaeh -- that's "heaven" spelled backward -- in 2001. Its popularity grew faster in the United States than any other name in the past century.
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article from aol.com
Couple Tries to Name Baby '@'
AP
Posted: 2007-08-16 13:30:44
Filed Under: World News
BEIJING (Aug. 16) - A Chinese couple seeking a distinctive and modern name for their child chose the commonly used Internet 'at' symbol, much to the consternation of Chinese officials.
The unidentified couple and the attempted naming were cited Thursday by a Chinese government official as an example of bizarre names creeping into the Chinese language.
The father "said 'the whole world uses it to write e-mails and translated into Chinese it means 'love him,'"' Li Yuming, the vice director of the State Language Commission, said at a news conference.
The symbol pronounced in English as 'at' sounds like the Chinese phrase "love him."
Written Chinese does not use an alphabet but is comprised of characters, sometimes making it difficult to develop new words for new or foreign things and ideas.
In their quest for a different name, Li said that the parents of baby '@' were not alone. As of last year, only 129 surnames accounted for 87 percent of all surnames in China, Li said, suggesting that the uniformity drove people to find more individual given names.
here's some photo captions, and below them, an article. it's all about the insanity of baby-naming. i truly believe that some parents are crossing the line, going overboard, and that there's some given names that are just *wrong*... i feel that to the core of my being. the name you give your child is an important gift that shouldn't be taken lightly. it shouldn't be about trying to out-originalize the joneses. it shouldn't be about following a fad. the name you give them is gonna follow them THE REST OF THEIR LIFE. even if they legally change it, they can't completely escape it. but the parents don't think about the child and how the name will affect their child. they only think about themselves and their g*ddamn egos.
unique names should be for an individual to choose for *themselves*.
ok, any day now i bet some gansta is gonna wanna name his child: big$, $boss, mo$, or just plain: $.
*******************************
photo captions from aol.com:
New Zealand blocked a couple's bid to officially name their infant son 4Real, saying numerals are not allowed in names. Now his parents plan to name him Superman. Sheena and Pat Wheaton said that although their son's official name will be Superman, they plan to call him 4Real anyway. "No matter what it's going to stay 4Real. I'm certainly not a quitter," the baby's father said. (mel note: these are the idiotic parents i blogged about before. omg i pity the child.)
Sweden refused to allow a couple to name their daughter Metallica, after the rock group, in April.
Germany has laws against naming children Adolf Hitler and Osama bin Laden.
French parents must choose baby names from an approved list. The laws are designed to prevent teasing.
One Michigan boy and one Texas boy have been named ESPN after the sports network based in Bristol, Conn. (mel note: WHAAAT?!?!)
Singer Sonny Sandoval of P.O.D. named his daughter Nevaeh -- that's "heaven" spelled backward -- in 2001. Its popularity grew faster in the United States than any other name in the past century.
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article from aol.com
Couple Tries to Name Baby '@'
AP
Posted: 2007-08-16 13:30:44
Filed Under: World News
BEIJING (Aug. 16) - A Chinese couple seeking a distinctive and modern name for their child chose the commonly used Internet 'at' symbol, much to the consternation of Chinese officials.
The unidentified couple and the attempted naming were cited Thursday by a Chinese government official as an example of bizarre names creeping into the Chinese language.
The father "said 'the whole world uses it to write e-mails and translated into Chinese it means 'love him,'"' Li Yuming, the vice director of the State Language Commission, said at a news conference.
The symbol pronounced in English as 'at' sounds like the Chinese phrase "love him."
Written Chinese does not use an alphabet but is comprised of characters, sometimes making it difficult to develop new words for new or foreign things and ideas.
In their quest for a different name, Li said that the parents of baby '@' were not alone. As of last year, only 129 surnames accounted for 87 percent of all surnames in China, Li said, suggesting that the uniformity drove people to find more individual given names.