Pet Peeve: Why do many US parents give their children unconventional names? (son, 6 years old)
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The stars won't come out
If they know that you're about
Cause they couldn't match the glow of your eyes
And, oh, who am I?
Just an ordinary guy
Trying hard to win me first prize
Oh my Candida
We could make it together
The further from here girl the better
Where the air is fresh and clean
Oh my Candida
Just take my hand and I'll lead ya
I promise that life will be sweeter
'Cause it said so in my dreams
The future looks bright
The gypsy told me so last night
Said she saw our children playing in the sunshine
And there were you and I
In a house, Baby
No lie
And all these things were yours
And they were mine
Oh my Candida
We could make it together
The further from here girl the better
Where the air is fresh and clean
Oh my Candida
Just take my hand and I'll lead ya
I promise that life will be sweeter
'Cause it said so in my dreams
Oh my Candida
We could make it together
The further from here girl the better
Where the air is fresh and clean
Oh my Candida
Just take my hand and I'll lead ya
I promise that life will be sweeter
'Cause it said so in my dreams
Location: The Chatterdome in La La Land, CaliFUNia
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Originally Posted by LML
LOL. With each and every one of my children I had a name picked out for them during my pregnancy and didn't give a single one of them the name I had picked out. Hormones ....best explanation I have heard. On the other hand, my oldest daughter said what she would name her little boy some day when she was 6 years old (when I was having what turned out to be her little sister) and by golly that is just exactly what she named her son when she had him 20 years later.
Oh ... That reminds me. When I was 6 years old, my oldest sister was pregnant with her oldest daughter. I gave her a name suggestion that she wisely discarded - Pebbles (Flintstones was a favorite cartoon).
I got an email yesterday asking me how I would pronounce Le-a. Lot's of different answers, all wrong. The name was pronounced
'Le Dash a' because the 'dash' was not silent!!
I hope it was a joke.
Okay, this must be a new urban legend like the lemonjello and ornajello twins floating around, because I was just about to post this. Sunday night we went for a walk with our neighbors and she told us a bout a new student (her friend is a teacher) who's name was La-A and asked me how i would pronounce it and I said, "La Ah" and she said, "Nope, La-Dash-A."
i appreciate different names. with moderation of course.
i dont think it hinders growth. kids find anything to make fun of. and employers look at experience.
maybe in narrow minded communities kids are made fun for having names like candelario, perpetua, sunil, prithy, mai or bai, but in LA, and most open minded, diverse places, these things dont matter.
who cares what someone names their kid. is everyone so judgemental that they automatically shun people with different names?
my name is pretty standard, except for the spelling. my kids names are more old fashioned. some people get tongue twisted, but i didnt name my kids for anyone esle. they are for them and each name has a meaning and a personal family history.
Location: The Chatterdome in La La Land, CaliFUNia
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Originally Posted by msina
I know families that name all of their daughters Maria with differant middle names that they use as their "daily" names.
Maria is a very pretty name but it is so overused. I guess this is the extreme conventional name along with Mary.
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