tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7861447409543225070.post851579524786292102..comments2024-03-05T03:05:52.336-06:00Comments on To The Manner Born: Baby NamesToadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17320342028348619490noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7861447409543225070.post-57952899296172955552013-12-16T14:54:03.427-06:002013-12-16T14:54:03.427-06:00Funny, Flo - my husband's name is Ron, not sho...Funny, Flo - my husband's name is Ron, not short for Ronald (it's short for Byron).Patsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02840629057159581688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7861447409543225070.post-67303100912130060692013-12-15T12:48:08.947-06:002013-12-15T12:48:08.947-06:00Names are now brands. Wishing someone as articulat...Names are now brands. Wishing someone as articulate as "Hitch" (move evidence of his branding) had something to say about Newtown -- or something more than "Tweet,""Follow," and "Join" the memorials -- which somehow feel like the kids were victims of an act of nature, e.g., a mudslide, more than the result of an untreated mentally ill person with an assault weapon.LLPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17214604260185615821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7861447409543225070.post-17867368789435374392013-12-15T11:03:15.761-06:002013-12-15T11:03:15.761-06:00And there are those old families who don't hav...And there are those old families who don't have ten first names among them, but trade off, e.g. Jones Smith Butts IV is cousin to Smith Jones Butts III who's cousin to Jones Butts Smith III etc. To avoid confusion, they all go by their prep school nicknamesNCJackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09470806260261312171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7861447409543225070.post-45039776745934518202013-12-15T10:08:26.318-06:002013-12-15T10:08:26.318-06:00A neighbor was at war with her sister. Each was p...A neighbor was at war with her sister. Each was pregnant at the same time and wanted the same name for their child.<br /><br />One named her son Sean, the other Sien, what ever a Sien is Toadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17320342028348619490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7861447409543225070.post-30555085410218069822013-12-15T06:57:43.354-06:002013-12-15T06:57:43.354-06:00I trust you, Jack, as I'm married to a man nam...I trust you, Jack, as I'm married to a man named Don and the entire universe wants his name to be a nickname for Donald, it isn't.<br /><br />As for names, most of my clan carries names of our ancestors [I was named for my mother, and her mother]. Pulling names from a book seems alien coming from such a tradition.<br /><br />-FloAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7861447409543225070.post-50896696843600019692013-12-15T00:54:42.828-06:002013-12-15T00:54:42.828-06:00For quite a long time, first grade teachers could ...For quite a long time, first grade teachers could nail the name of Miss America six years earlier: at least five little girls in a class of 25 had that name<br /><br />I recall reading about a "Baby Naming Consultant" service, probably in NYC or SoCal, charged big $$$ to advise on "power names"<br /><br />When you are named Jack, people assume your "real" name is John, even with your birth certificate in front of them. Trust me on this one. NCJackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09470806260261312171noreply@blogger.com