"I couldn't possibly fail to disagree with you less."
4 April 2007How do you do?Shel Silverstein wrote, and Johnny Cash sang, a ballad about a boy who grew up with the name "Sue," and you'll remember that Sue grew up bitter and resentful — eventually, weapons were involved — as a result. I have no idea whether this sort of thing will happen to a girl named Metallica or a boy named Jihad, but I don't think it's really useful to have laws against such names: "Earning the lifelong resentment of their ill-named progeny should be punishment enough." Keep in mind that my daughter came this close to being named for a Beatles song — one by McCartney, at that — and I have a grandchild named "Gunner." Posted at 12:22 PM to Next GenerationI kinda like Pilot Inspektor (Jason Lee's son) and Moxie CrimeFighter (Penn Jillete's daughter). Now those are some names. Much better than Apple. Posted by: Dwight at 1:21 PM on 4 April 2007I guess it's a parents prerogative to mentally scar their offspring with unusual names(I've spent a lifetime shortening mine). I do remember a particularly posh TV personality in the UK (many years ago)explaining the outrageously pretentious and unusual names he and his wife had given their children based on the assumption that as they were his kids they had an unequal advantage in life and thus the names were his way of balancing that (smug devil!). Posted by: Emalyse at 1:32 PM on 4 April 2007First names? Who needs 'em? Posted by: McGehee at 3:41 PM on 4 April 2007My Uncle Adolph agrees with you, but his son Judas is not so sure. Posted by: Mister Snitch! at 3:45 PM on 4 April 2007Maybe my grandson, Hunter, can get together with yours sometime. Posted by: MikeH at 7:03 PM on 4 April 2007Aeronica. Named after the Aeronca Champ. Parents added the i to make it a feminine name. This will be the 105,346th time I have relayed this story. Had I been a boy, my name would have been Roger. Over and out. Posted by: Aero at 7:47 PM on 4 April 2007 |