Naming your child.

I think the parents should get an all expense paid trip to Auschwitz, where they can have the heads shaved and the fillings from their teeth removed and then spend a few nights locked in one of the gas chambers. Deluxe accomodations. 

Epignosis wrote: I honestly think it's awful when parents give their child a perfectly normal name with an ridiculous spelling.  That individual will have to spell out his or her name every time. Also, one of my students is named Garnea.  It is pronounced "Zhuh-nay."

I can actually see that.  The soft "G" is pronounced almost like a harder "zh", so dropping the harder part of that sound leaves you with "Zh" and "nea" could be pronounced "nay" and probably is in several words.  That just leaves the silent "r" - nothing wrong with silent letters.  And "zhuh-nay" sounds much prettier than say "Gar (with a hard G)-nee-ah".

How about Orangejello pronounced "Uh-rahn-zhuh-lo" with stress on the second and fourth syllables instead of the usual 1st and 3rd.  Don't worry, Rob, the name is yours to use for your next child.  I stake no claim to it. 

Or then there's my name.  Spelled "Chester" but pronounced "Mister Love". 


Edited by The Doctor - October 29 2011 at 16:21

aginor wrote: sounds french ^

No, it doesn't.

The Doctor wrote: Epignosis wrote: I honestly think it's awful when parents give their child a perfectly normal name with an ridiculous spelling.  That individual will have to spell out his or her name every time. Also, one of my students is named Garnea.  It is pronounced "Zhuh-nay."  I can actually see that.  The soft "G" is pronounced almost like a harder "zh", so dropping the harder part of that sound leaves you with "Zh" and "nea" could be pronounced "nay" and probably is in several words.  That just leaves the silent "r" - nothing wrong with silent letters.  And "zhuh-nay" sounds much prettier than say "Gar (with a hard G)-nee-ah". How about Orangejello pronounced "Uh-rahn-zhuh-lo" with stress on the second and fourth syllables instead of the usual 1st and 3rd.  Don't worry, Rob, the name is yours to use for your next child.  I stake no claim to it.  Or then there's my name.  Spelled "Chester" but pronounced "Mister Love".

My friends attended school with twins named Orangelo and Lemongelo (or some such spelling).

criminal parenting

Yes it is an abuse , there are many others good names .

JJLehto wrote: Vompatti wrote: I don't see what the problem is. Adolf is a very nice name and it's highly unlikely that anyone would confuse him with the famous (deceased!) politician. Adolf was, and technically still is, just a name.

The problem isn't that they named him Adolf. The problem is that they named him Adolf Hitler, "Hitler" being the middle name.

HolyMoly wrote: There's a family that just moved in down the street that has the surname "Good".  They have a daughter's whose first name is "Heaven", and her middle name is "Lee".  I am not kidding.

"Heaven Lee" or "Heaven Leigh" is a lot more common than you think.  I dated a girl who wanted to name her first daughter that.

I pushed for "Homeboy".......but my wife did not get it, epic failure on her part I believe.

Epignosis wrote: HolyMoly wrote: There's a family that just moved in down the street that has the surname "Good".  They have a daughter's whose first name is "Heaven", and her middle name is "Lee".  I am not kidding. "Heaven Lee" or "Heaven Leigh" is a lot more common than you think.  I dated a girl who wanted to name her first daughter that.

Interesting.  I haven't come across it before myself.  I guess there are weirder names floating around these days.