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One fellow named his son Sue to toughen him up. It worked. Every time some guy laughed at his name, Sue would bust his head. I tell ya, life ain't easy for a boy named "Sue."
One fellow named his son Sue to toughen him up. It worked. Every time some guy laughed at his name, Sue would bust his head. I tell ya, life ain't easy for a boy named "Sue."
I recently learned a neat name that I woudl like to name a son "Enli" It is a nice unique name, but the meaning is classic. It means "That dog over there" I do not recall what language it comes from. I am done having children, but if you ever meet an Enli, you will know that he is probably my grandson.
LOL. It doesn't just happen in Mexican culture. In my family we have:
1. Nephew John
2. Son in law John
3. Niece's husband John
My sister calls them First and Second, Third of John. (Bible readers will catch that)
Then we have grandson Josh and granddaughter's husband Jos
And of course there is son Jack and son-in-law's dad Jack.
It seems we can never have a coversation without clarifying who it is we are discussing.
Heh. I remember coming home one day when I was in college and my mother said "Bob called - you need to call him back he said it is important" I asked "Bob who?" "He did not say"
I thought about it and realized that I knew 14 Bobs who might have called me. I started calling them all and by the time I got to number 11 and learned that he had an extra concert ticket, it was too late to go.
My kids all have uncommon but not wierd names, so we do not have that problem (except Donnie, but that is not a super commony name).
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One fellow named his son Sue to toughen him up. It worked. Every time some guy laughed at his name, Sue would bust his head. I tell ya, life ain't easy for a boy named "Sue."
Let's debate one of my pet peeves: Why do so many US parents give their children unconventional names? I've actually known of kids named Honey (who does NOT live up to the name BTW), Beautiful, Love and Messiah! I know parents want to give their child a special, cutesy name but don't these parents realize that these names could hinder their child when they try to locate a job as an adult (not to mention the teasing and taunting that's likely to occur in school)? Just picture Beautiful as an adult introducing herself to a recruiter: "Hi, I'm Beautiful." Do you think that she will be taken seriously when she is out looking for work? Couldn't the parents just give their children nicknames instead of making these names unconventional names official?
Please let's just focus on unconventional names and not make this about ethnic names as I do not want this to be another thread about race issues. Thank you.
Because they don't think that deeply about it.
I'd say more but I know I'll insult some people on here.
My DD has a common name with a 'weird' spelling. Other than not being able to find novelties (like name mugs and bike license plates), I doubt she will have difficulty with it growing up or as an adult.
The story:
I have wanted to name my daughter Elizabeth for as long as I can remember. When my DH and I decided to try to have children, I told him that if it is a girl, her name will be Elizabeth. He said. "No." I was quite upset that he would veto the name I loved so much. He explained that he does not agree with naming children 'after' other people. And that is his mother's name. (This had never occurred to me because she goes by Betty.) After three months of disagreeing on this issue, we settled on our DD's name. Eight years later, when we were finally able to conceive and have a child, we named her: Elissa Bethany. We both win.
(And, for the record, MIL thinks DD is named after her. )
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