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LOL! I thought this was controversial! Sheesh! Oh well ... We can now get some input from other parents here ...
Controversial or not, I have enjoyed this "conversation" more than I have any on the forum in a long time. Felt like a bunch of friends sitting around chatting and that is something I don't feel on this forum very often.
I knew a single mom who told me she had named her daughter "Chivon". At least I thought it would be spelled that way, from the way she said it. Different, and sort of pretty.
Found out later she spelled it "Shavawn". Felt very sorry for the kid after that.
I can't help but wonder if some kids' names simply reflect the ignorance and illiteracy of the parents.
This is actually not an uncommon Irish name, though "Shavawn" isn't much closer to the traditional spelling than "Chivon" is. The traditional spelling is Siobhan. I don't feel sorry for her on account of the name so much as for the clunky Anglicized spelling.
If you Google the traditional spelling, it comes back with over 4 million hits. So I wouldn't say it's such an unconventional name, it just has an unconventional spelling in her case.
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.
My cousin is John, his son is also John. My cousin is 6'4", so for 18 years they were Big John and Little John. Then Little John grew to be 6'6". Now he's just John and his dad is Fat John.
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It goes on in Italian families, too. Call out Paulie or Joey and 10 guys look.
For crying out loud, be original (but not weird).
Exactly! I just pray that when I have my first child, my husband will not demand that the child is named after him. If he is insistent, maybe we can do a variation of his name or use his name as the child's middle name.
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Controversial or not, I have enjoyed this "conversation" more than I have any on the forum in a long time. Felt like a bunch of friends sitting around chatting and that is something I don't feel on this forum very often.
I totally hear ya LML. The Politics and Other Controversies Forum was getting a bit ugly and it's nice to have a pleasant chat for a change.
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My cousin is John, his son is also John. My cousin is 6'4", so for 18 years they were Big John and Little John. Then Little John grew to be 6'6". Now he's just John and his dad is Fat John.
LOL! Maybe it should be Big John and Bigger John LOL!
It goes on in Italian families, too. Call out Paulie or Joey and 10 guys look.
For crying out loud, be original (but not weird).
For some reason my mother named all the boys in my family 'J' names - plus my dads name is a 'J' names as well. She says it was the biggest regret in her life as it is hard to keep it all straight.
Now for the odd part - both my sister and I (non J named) married men with 'J' names.
Six men with names starting with J - not cute
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