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07-12-2006, 09:56 AM
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And Apple Martin and Coco Cox Arquette.
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07-12-2006, 10:09 AM
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And Apple Martin and Coco Cox Arquette.
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Don't forget little brother Moses Martin. And of course Sean Preston Federline, who doesn't need a stupid name to have a target on his forehead.
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07-12-2006, 10:38 AM
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And, while I find no fault with this name due to the ethnic heritage of its bearer, there's Dakota Starblanket Wolfchild the child of Buffy St. Marie and Sheldon Wolfchild.
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07-12-2006, 10:51 AM
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And, while I find no fault with this name due to the ethnic heritage of its bearer, there's Dakota Starblanket Wolfchild the child of Buffy St. Marie and Sheldon Wolfchild.
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The funny thing is how normal that sounds now. LOL. I love Buffy, she's so pretty. I remember her being on Sesame Street.
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07-12-2006, 10:57 AM
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And, while I find no fault with this name due to the ethnic heritage of its bearer, there's Dakota Starblanket Wolfchild the child of Buffy St. Marie and Sheldon Wolfchild.
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Ethic is one thing (I actually like the name Dakota), my daughter doesn't have the looks to be a Jennifer or Susie, which is why we picked a Hispanic name...insane is another (Moxie Crimefighter  ).
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07-12-2006, 02:31 PM
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my daughter doesn't have the looks to be a Jennifer or Susie, which is why we picked a Hispanic name...
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Jennifer is THE name for Latin girls in the Bronx!! (and no, not just stupid azz J-Lo - REAL girls "from the Bronx").
My children, who also will not probably look too Anglo, might have Spanish name - but ones that can be Anglicized (Alejandro = Alex). That way both sides of the family can pronounce it right. 
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07-12-2006, 02:33 PM
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Jennifer is THE name for Latin girls in the Bronx!! (and no, not just stupid azz J-Lo - REAL girls "from the Bronx").
My children, who also will not probably look too Anglo, might have Spanish name - but ones that can be Anglicized (Alejandro = Alex). That way both sides of the family can pronounce it right. |
Agree with Kathy on this one. 6 years of going to school in Bronx taught me that Jennifer and Jessica are quite popular there. (Or Yennifer and Yessica if you prefer.) We actually had a girl in my HS who's legal name was Yennifer.
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07-12-2006, 04:41 PM
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Agree with Kathy on this one. 6 years of going to school in Bronx taught me that Jennifer and Jessica are quite popular there. (Or Yennifer and Yessica if you prefer.) We actually had a girl in my HS who's legal name was Yennifer.
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I have asked dear husband about this - why do your people love an English name so much that is so difficult for them to pronounce? He thinks this is an excellent question but, alas, has no answer. 
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07-12-2006, 11:13 PM
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Ethic is one thing (I actually like the name Dakota), my daughter doesn't have the looks to be a Jennifer or Susie, which is why we picked a Hispanic name...insane is another (Moxie Crimefighter ). |
I don't "have the looks" to be a Cynthia, yet I'm Cynthia. I actually only have ONE cousin who doesn't have an "English" (Anglo-sounding) name.
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07-13-2006, 07:37 AM
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I don't "have the looks" to be a Cynthia, yet I'm Cynthia. I actually only have ONE cousin who doesn't have an "English" (Anglo-sounding) name.
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Maybe that wasn't important to your family. It was for ours. We decided on Mariana, but if she didn't come out looking like a Mariana, we would have found a different name.
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07-13-2006, 09:12 AM
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Maybe that wasn't important to your family. It was for ours. We decided on Mariana, but if she didn't come out looking like a Mariana, we would have found a different name.
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Actually, it isn't just my family, but Chinese immigrants in general. Most don't think it's important to have only a Chinese name. Most have both, with the Chinese name only used by older family members.
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