Do parents think when they name their children?

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Re: Do parents think when they name their children

Postby MWISimmer » Thu Oct 27, 2005 12:36 pm

Well, years ago i went out with a girl who had a brother called Nicholas.
Their surname?.......
Crotch.
I kid you not.
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Re: Do parents think when they name their children

Postby beaky » Thu Oct 27, 2005 1:06 pm

They probably weren't thinking when they conceived the poor little nipper- why start now?
 
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Re: Do parents think when they name their children

Postby Souichiro » Thu Oct 27, 2005 1:30 pm

Bobcorn......


(not me)

I rest my case!

And one of my teachers was called


Harry Kok

ahem....
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Re: Do parents think when they name their children

Postby TacitBlue » Thu Oct 27, 2005 1:46 pm

Theres a man in the Kansas City phone book by the name of Richard Shaver. I really want to call him and say "Is this Dick Shaver? yeah I'de like to make an appointment"
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Re: Do parents think when they name their children

Postby Triple_7 » Thu Oct 27, 2005 3:38 pm

I would guess eventualy there will be a name change...Or there will be a follow up artical in 15 years with the headline of "Drew Peacock ...... murders parents over name" ::)

O well...Once had a substitute gym teacher and baseball coach named Jack Offard :o :-X
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Re: Do parents think when they name their children

Postby H » Thu Oct 27, 2005 11:29 pm

I knew a Dr. Gore and a Dr. Achey.
Using game names like Haught Schott or Blayze N. Komett is one thing -- actually naming a daughter Mary Juana is another  ::).
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Re: Do parents think when they name their children

Postby Rifleman » Fri Oct 28, 2005 2:52 am

I thought very carefully when I gave my son a name and told him it was his, and his only......
.........as far as I know he hasn't come in contact with another person with the same one..........far from a Bob, Frank, or John, not that they are bad names, but they are quite common..........his name ?.....

  KALON, .........pronounced like the claw on a bird of prey,... talon.

He is very proud of HIS name ........ 8)
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Re: Do parents think when they name their children

Postby spiritflyer » Sat Oct 29, 2005 1:01 pm

there is a lady off of a forum I go to that named her two kids: Boy 1 for the girl and girl 2 for the boy  ;D
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Re: Do parents think when they name their children

Postby Ecko » Sat Oct 29, 2005 2:37 pm

Lets hope they think for more than 2 seconds, if they rename him.. Or he will end up with something like Chris Peacock.. ::)
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Re: Do parents think when they name their children

Postby igs942 » Sat Oct 29, 2005 3:57 pm

Lets hope they think for more than 2 seconds, if they rename him.. Or he will end up with something like Chris Peacock.. ::)



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Re: Do parents think when they name their children

Postby flyboy 28 » Sun Oct 30, 2005 9:56 pm

..Forty years later..

"Hi, I'm Drew Peacock, here to talk to you about Viagra."



;D Classic.

Hopefully they change his name before he gets to 6th grade. ;D ;D
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