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Re: Rivka Rebecca? Really?
Post by runsforcelery   » Thu Jul 17, 2014 10:06 am

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Imaginos1892 wrote:
runsforcelery wrote:Oh, I almost forgot. Sharon and I carried on the practice of cruel and unusual names. The kids are:

Megan Elizabeth Monira Rice-Weber;
Morgan Emily Monirath Rice-Weber;
and
Michael Paul Alexander Rice-Weber.

So when I hang all these multi-barreled names on characters, I'm only doing what comes natural! :twisted: :lol:

There should be a big sign in every maternity waiting room:

Your kid is going to have to go through high school with that name!

Might not help, but then again it might. Sometimes I just have to wonder, "How could your parents have hated you that much the day you were born?"
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Re: Rivka Rebecca? Really?
Post by MaxxQ   » Thu Jul 17, 2014 10:25 am

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roseandheather wrote:I, meanwhile, decided quite some time ago that any potential baby name had to pass the "President Test": that is, when "President of the United States" is appended to it, it must not look or sound ridiculous.


I think there *was* a sign like that at the hospital where I was born, because my parents named me John Fitzgerald O'Donnell (I was born September 1964). I guess they had high expectations for me. Sorry to disappoint, mom. :mrgreen:
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Re: Rivka Rebecca? Really?
Post by Lazalarlives   » Thu Jul 17, 2014 12:18 pm

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I guess my family tradition is a bit normal compared to these. The new arrival's middle name was given in honor of a relative while their first name was their own. Thus my son - middle name Patrick for my wife's mother Patricia- and my daughter - middle name Marguerite for my grandmother - have their own names while still honoring their elders.

BTW, my middle name, William, for my father's father, hacked my father's mother (who had divorced him) off so badly she didn't talk to my parents for almost seven years.

Just my 2 centicreds,
Dave
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Re: Rivka Rebecca? Really?
Post by saber964   » Thu Jul 17, 2014 6:47 pm

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When I was in the navy I went through a training school with a guy (I kid you not) Seaman James Commander. I also have a friend of the family who went to USNA whose last name was Sarjent. I also served with a guy who gloried in the last name of Stane, yes, you guessed it he was Seaman Stane. Passing his name over the 1MC always resulted in double takes and super tanker full of giggles.
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Re: Rivka Rebecca? Really?
Post by wholf359   » Thu Jul 17, 2014 7:49 pm

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While in the USN I was roommates with a Seaman James T. Kirk. We always joked he should of gone to the Enterprise instead of the submarine fleet.
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Re: Rivka Rebecca? Really?
Post by saber964   » Thu Jul 17, 2014 9:40 pm

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wholf359 wrote:While in the USN I was roommates with a Seaman James T. Kirk. We always joked he should of gone to the Enterprise instead of the submarine fleet.


IIRC the current CO of the USS Zumwalt is James A Kirk
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Re: Rivka Rebecca? Really?
Post by Bill Woods   » Fri Jul 18, 2014 1:51 pm

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roseandheather wrote:My brother always asks, when he hears a particular name, "Why do parents hate their children?"

I, meanwhile, decided quite some time ago that any potential baby name had to pass the "President Test": that is, when "President of the United States" is appended to it, it must not look or sound ridiculous.

So even if you've got your heart set on calling your daughter 'Barbie', you really ought to put 'Barbara' on the birth certificate. :mrgreen:

Barbie's name is in fact Barbara -- in full, Barbara Millicent Roberts.
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Re: Rivka Rebecca? Really?
Post by cthia   » Fri Jul 18, 2014 2:19 pm

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runsforcelery wrote:Oh, I almost forgot. Sharon and I carried on the practice of cruel and unusual names. The kids are:

Megan Elizabeth Monira Rice-Weber;
Morgan Emily Monirath Rice-Weber;
and
Michael Paul Alexander Rice-Weber.

So when I hand all these multi-barreled names on characters, I'm only doing what comes natural! :twisted: :lol:

Sorry, but I just don't get it. These are all nice respectable names. Classy names even. I know a couple whose last name is White. They had a daughter. Her name ... wait for it ...

wait for it ...

Princess Snow White.

I met a girl years ago. I asked her name and I thought she was joking ... Bambi Disney.

Searching the internet, I find many girls named Bambi Disney. :o

Okay, what ... the ... buck is going on!

My sister's name is Katyanna. Traditionally named after family members. My grandmother Katie, my Great Grandmother Anna. My mom put them together and Katyanna. Pronounced KottyOnna. Everyone loves her name. She loves her name. If your name will make you the target of ridicule in grade school, kids should sue their parents!

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Re: Rivka Rebecca? Really?
Post by SWM   » Fri Jul 18, 2014 3:57 pm

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Then of course, there is the "boy named Sue." :lol:
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Re: Rivka Rebecca? Really?
Post by dreamrider   » Sat Jul 19, 2014 12:22 am

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runsforcelery wrote:Oh, I almost forgot. Sharon and I carried on the practice of cruel and unusual names. The kids are:

Megan Elizabeth Monira Rice-Weber;
Morgan Emily Monirath Rice-Weber;
and
Michael Paul Alexander Rice-Weber.

So when I hand all these multi-barreled names on characters, I'm only doing what comes natural! :twisted: :lol:


Ok, I guess I will jump in here.

I am Robert.
My wife and I named our son Robert Miles Walton Lewis.
We were in agreement from before his birth that we would call him "Robin", and we do.

I have been at pains many times in my life to explain two things.

Item 1) My son is not named after me!

His first name (my pick, with endorsement) is for:
36% - My best friend from boyhood, who happens to share the only really acceptable name besides Earnest.
34% - RAH. If you are reading here, you damned well better know who that is.
15% - Robert of Locksley.
14% - Puck of Pook's Hill. (For obvious reasons I favored "Robin" and "Rob" over "Puck")
1% - A war hero from my childhood church, a year or two my senior. To this day I don't know for sure what his recorded given name is, but his name to all and sundry is Robin Titus.

His second name (my wife's pick, with endorsement) is for:
Miles Vorkosigan.

His third name is for:
5+ generations of my wife's family, in the primary line. She has no brothers, she's the oldest girl. Without the name we would have been only tolerated down home. My mother-in-law bakes a mean pie. We had no choice.

His last name:
Well, OK I guess that one is for me.

Item 2) "Robin" is not a girl's name. I could refer doubters to English history on this, or perhaps to the above mentioned Mr Titus. However, since Robin is now 16, 6'+, over 200lbs, and still growing, I think the issue is pretty well resolved.

:D :roll:

dreamrider

PS - I'm quite sure that David and Sharon have equally good reasons for the burdens that they have inflicted upon their most beloved. :twisted: dr
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