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[AKA_Monet]

Originally Posted by macallan25

1. Cadillac is a nickname......his real name is Carnell.

2. He's a football player. Is that really the best example you could have used? Brian Bosworth was a great football player.......don't think many people took "The Boz" very seriously.

Okey, how about "Dick Butkus"...

Dude couldn't help folks during his time would call Richard, a Dick... And folks cannot help what their last name they were born into. But, I do find his name funny and sounds inappropriate by your definition. However, as you are well aware, he proved the kind of person he was on the field and is a Hall of Famer...

And then let's not go into "The Goat" in B-ball...

[macallan25]

Originally Posted by AKA_Monet

Okey, how about "Dick Butkus"...

Dude couldn't help folks during his time would call Richard, a Dick... And folks cannot help what their last name they were born into. But, I do find his name funny and sounds inappropriate by your definition. However, as you are well aware, he proved the kind of person he was on the field and is a Hall of Famer...

And then let's not go into "The Goat" in B-ball...

Naming your kid something like LaQuandra/Lavernius/Shaquita is completely different, in my opinion, than naming your kid Richard. Yeah, his name does sound funny when you are calling him by his nickname.......but it's just that.....a nickname.

[James]

Just to keep it fair, we also mock celebrities that come up with odd and unusal names for their offspring.

[AKA_Monet]

Originally Posted by macallan25

Naming your kid something like LaQuandra/Lavernius/Shaquita is completely different, in my opinion, than naming your kid Richard. Yeah, his name does sound funny when you are calling him by his nickname.......but it's just that.....a nickname.

Wait, what about "Laveranues Coles"? He is still in the NFL...

And LaDainian Tomlinson?

There are reasons why we may name our children "funky" names that eventually become common place: such as JaLisa, Tomika, or Kenya...

But hey, it is America last I checked. And the Constitution and Bill of Rights says I can name my kid a name whenever and whatever I want. It can be a jacked up name or a more "appropriate" name that lacks creativity.

My mother's name could be viewed a "ghetto" because her mother could not spell...

[macallan25]

I don't know why you keep throwing out the names of football players.

....and I am perferctly well aware that you can name your kid whatever you want. That is totally besides the point.

[shinerbock]

You can obviously name your kid whatever you want. The point is that you're usually not doing them any favors if you name them something off the wall.

[AKA_Monet]

Originally Posted by shinerbock

You can obviously name your kid whatever you want. The point is that you're usually not doing them any favors if you name them something off the wall.

Oh so like "Moon Unit and Dwezil Zappa" don't have any favors? Or Angelina Jolie?

[shinerbock]

Originally Posted by AKA_Monet

Oh so like "Moon Unit and Dwezil Zappa" don't have any favors? Or Angelina Jolie?

Once again, you're referencing abnormal circumstances.

If a person of normal means did that then no, thats not doing them any favors. What is interesting or appealing in the entertainment or sports world very likely might not work in most other contexts. Take away the celebrity status and you've just got a weird name.

On a side note, I think its stupid even for Hollywood kids to be named weird things. Its setting them even more apart from the general public. Hollywood is messed up and stupid enough as it is, I wouldn't want my kid to have a dumb name to boot. It seems like parents are sometimes setting their kids up to follow in their celebrity footsteps, which is the complete opposite of what I'd want. I'd want my kid as far away from that scene is possible, hoping that maybe they could grow up to be a respectable and minimally scarred individual who may make it through life without 3 divorces, a drug problem and criminal convictions.

[macallan25]

Originally Posted by AKA_Monet

Oh so like "Moon Unit and Dwezil Zappa" don't have any favors? Or Angelina Jolie?

Their dad was Frank Zappa......one of the 100 greatest music artists of all time. I'm pretty sure they don't have to worry about anything financially, work related, etc. Now if they were normal, run of the mill kids....then no, their parents naming them that wouldn't be doing them any favors.

...and Angelina Jolie? Once again, her dad is Jon Voight. C'mon, sure you realize how referencing these types of names are not doing anything for whatever argument you are trying to make.