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Virtual Violet 01-13-2002 02:43 AM

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Originally posted by dzsaigirl
My mom delivers babies too and the people that come in there and name their sweet innocent little babies...well, it should be called child abuse! She has personally seen people name their kid Female (Fee-mah-lay), Placenta, Vagina (Va-gee-nah), Clamidia (pronounced like Chlamydia), she had a family name their kid Sir so that every time they said his name, they had to say "sir"...oh and also Nosmo King (No Smoking). I had heard of the Oranjello and Lemonjello before! That's just crazy!
I've heard of the name "Female" (Fee-mah-lay) in a movie before. The rest are just plain crazy. Can you imagine naming your baby girl VAGINA!!! I don't care how you pronounce it, its still terrible!

PrettyKitty 01-15-2002 05:25 PM

Re: definitely interesting...
 
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Originally posted by SigmaRhoyalty2K1
[COLOR=royal blue]This one may not be as unusual as all of yours but, I have a friend that dated a guy named Highly Gorgeous! She just knew he was making it up until she asked for ID! Too crazy...

Y'all are killing me, especially that ghetto name list! :D

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now that is comedy...lol

Peaches-n-Cream 01-15-2002 06:34 PM

one of my sisters was dating a guy whose last name is Case. She said that if she married him she would name their son Justin... Justin Case.:D

Rachel0497 01-16-2002 07:39 PM

OOO CHILE!!!
 
Lawd, y'all got me cryin up in heah....my roommate pointed a name she saw on an e-mail she was forwarded...it was WauKesha...just makes you wonder what people are thinking sometimes!!!



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SapphireSensation 01-18-2002 01:40 PM

Interesting Names
 
My cousin used to date a girl named Tenderlee (Tender-ly). I think her sister's name was Lovelee (Lovely) or something like that.

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SoTrue1920 01-18-2002 02:42 PM

Re: OOO CHILE!!!
 
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Originally posted by Rachel0497
Lawd, y'all got me cryin up in heah....my roommate pointed a name she saw on an e-mail she was forwarded...it was WauKesha...just makes you wonder what people are thinking sometimes!!!

Maybe her parents were from Waukesha, Wisconsin :D

SoTrue1920 01-18-2002 02:47 PM

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Originally posted by Virtual Violet

Ok, who noticed that TyQuan's middle name is Jason spelled backwards?

Now if people would put that much thought into other aspects or their lives instead of saddling their kids with unpronounceable names, that the poor child needs a MBA to spell.

Now that you mention it, Virtual Violet.... *shaking head*

I remember reading a study done by a sociologist who came to the conclusion that the reason we (and more often than not, it's US) give our children these kinds of names is because we want our children to know that they're "special" and "different" in a world that will show them every day that they're not valued because of the colour of their skin. The same sociologist also believed that it had something to do with the fact of the death rates in African American communities, especially among young Black men - since your child most likely wouldn't grow up to be a doctor, lawyer, professor, or head of a major corporation, his or her distinction should come from the name you gave them. :(

I wish I could remember the scholar who did the study, but it was a long time ago that I read it.

Steeltrap 01-18-2002 03:09 PM

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Originally posted by SoTrue1920


Now that you mention it, Virtual Violet.... *shaking head*

I remember reading a study done by a sociologist who came to the conclusion that the reason we (and more often than not, it's US) give our children these kinds of names is because we want our children to know that they're "special" and "different" in a world that will show them every day that they're not valued because of the colour of their skin. The same sociologist also believed that it had something to do with the fact of the death rates in African American communities, especially among young Black men - since your child most likely wouldn't grow up to be a doctor, lawyer, professor, or head of a major corporation, his or her distinction should come from the name you gave them. :(

I wish I could remember the scholar who did the study, but it was a long time ago that I read it.

Damn. That's all I can say. Oh, when will some of us stop hurting our children with those names?

If I'm blessed with kids (yeah, gotta find a husband first ;) :p ), they will not have a made-up name. And I don't care if they get clowned on the playground.

Lone Dog 01-24-2002 10:08 AM

Ok, I used to work with this girl and her name was Dorcas (pronounced kinda like it looks...Dork-us). I used to call people that name in elementary!

I know a girl named Precious Pearl. And my great-aunts have some old names...Orrie and Azzie

Roooo

ClassyLady 01-26-2002 09:54 PM

My mother is a teacher. And, about five to ten years ago she had a boy whose name was JPXXXVASRE. :eek: There is no way to pronounce it. His whole name is actually J-P-X-X-X-V-A-S-R-E. He had no last name. The teachers at the schools just ended up calling him JP Johnson because his mother's last name was Johnson.

When one of teachers asked his mother why she had given him such an "unusual" name, she said that she gave him the first initial of each of her close friends' names. Now, couldn't she have arranged them in some order that was pronounceable.

Shamefully, JP was in middle school reading at a second grade level. We all speculated that his name had something to do with it since that is normally the first thing children learn how to read and spell.

CkretCrush8 01-26-2002 09:54 PM

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Originally posted by MSTISHA25
I think my name is unusual...it's Artisha and I've never heard it outside my family. I also have a cousin named Argentina....crazy, man!
There is a young girl at my old church with the same name; however, she spells it Arteisha.

This thread is a trip! I can't believe people can be so ignorant about naming their children.

I know someone who named their daughter: Edlicia (Ed-lis-cia)

DOVE1920 01-27-2002 04:18 PM

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Originally posted by ClassyLady
My mother is a teacher. And, about five to ten years ago she had a boy whose name was JPXXXVASRE. :eek: There is no way to pronounce it. His whole name is actually J-P-X-X-X-V-A-S-R-E. He had no last name. The teachers at the schools just ended up calling him JP Johnson because his mother's last name was Johnson.

When one of teachers asked his mother why she had given him such an "unusual" name, she said that she gave him the first initial of each of her close friends' names. Now, couldn't she have arranged them in some order that was pronounceable.

Shamefully, JP was in middle school reading at a second grade level. We all speculated that his name had something to do with it since that is normally the first thing children learn how to read and spell.

Okay that is sooooooo not funny! Oh the inhumanity!:eek:

legacypbs 02-01-2002 07:35 PM

Mine is kinda origional
 
My first name is Occasio (O-Cause-E-O) and my last name is Gee(G). Occasio is actually a boriqua name. I love them both. My first name is different & I've never met another with that first name. & my last name is cool especially back in the day w/ snoop & dre & the whole west coast thing. The initials OG aren't too bad either.

SweetestDiva 02-03-2002 04:09 PM

I found this post on BET.com... unDAYUMbelievable.

My childrens names are De'Keybreeon Sarasia Deshani, De'Kuaneeque Brizae Zhanise Tom'mi,&
De'Pasheonee' Zhardayli Faith all queens. I named DeKeybreeon after myself De'is from De'Tajalica Key is because she was my first born and the key to opening a whole new experience for me.Breeon is from my lil cousin who was born in Germany and who is the son of my favorit uncle.Sarasia is her aunt Sara and Asia's names together.they played important roles in my life during my pregnacy.DaShani is from my lil cousin Damisha my, lil sister NaShayla and my baby sister Gronisha.De'Kuaneeque is from me and her Godfather who's name is Kuan.Neeque is because her face was so unique at birth.She looked like noone in my family or her fathers family for the first month of her life.Brizae is because I knew her life would be a new bridge to cross,Zhanise is my favorit cousins middle name who use to beat me up as a child and whom I look up to still to this day.Tom'mi is after her father who name is Thomas Jr. who she looks exactly like. De'Pasheonee' is from me again.I've made it my Passion{Paseon} to be a goob mother and protect her who was the smallest of my children. Who was sick as a baby alot.Zhardayli Faith if you say it fast enough it holds a secret. Zhar{My}Daily Faith.Which I need alot of to raise Three girls.

Now who in the world is this thoughtless???? :mad:

Tru Blue Lady 02-04-2002 03:55 AM

When I was in high school one of my classmates was named Mario Camario


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