Yes, I had a Vietnamese Phuc. On the seating chart I wrote Fook so no substitute would embarrass him. And I've had plenty where I felt bad for the kid whose parents thought they were being cute. Poor kid had to walk through life like that! No wonder some governments step in because some parents have no common sense!
Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada On Fri, Sep 16, 2016 at 8:01 PM, 'Gayle Machado' via Azores Genealogy < azores@googlegroups.com> wrote: > Cheri, > > Thank you for the clarification, but as teachers you and I have probably > seen names that have never before been seen (or will ever be again.) I've a > mental notebook of some that fall under the heading of "What were his/her > parents thinking ?" as well as some where "Clearly, the parents were either > illiterate or had no understanding of masculine/feminine spellings." And, > then there are perfectly good names in other countries that don't sound > great here. One, of my students' name was Phuc and I'll leave it to you to > say it aloud. I had to for an entire year. 😳 > > I have had a "Gertie" in class, short for Gertrude, but don't know if she > was Portuguese or not. > > Gayle > > > > On Sep 16, 2016, at 6:54 PM, Cheri Mello <gfsche...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Gayle, > > Modern as in names you can name your baby today. > > Cheri Mello > Listowner, Azores-Gen > Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das > Tainhas, Achada > > On Fri, Sep 16, 2016 at 6:13 PM, 'Gayle Machado' via Azores Genealogy < > azores@googlegroups.com> wrote: > >> I've apparently missed the beginning of this conversation, so I'm curious >> as to your interpretation of "modern." I have in my database a woman whose >> name was Gertrudes born in 1727 in Candelaria, Pico. >> >> Gayle >> >> >> >> On Sep 16, 2016, at 4:52 PM, linda <menesesli...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> ...but "Gertrudes" is not. >> >> :D >> >> Linda >> >> On Friday, September 16, 2016 at 4:11:57 PM UTC-7, linda wrote: >>> >>> "Jorge" is OK >>> >>> L. >>> >>> On Friday, September 16, 2016 at 9:53:46 AM UTC-7, George Sousa wrote: >>>> >>>> ... and George is not... In fact (if I read this correctly) many of our >>>> ancestors names are not on the list. I find this practice extremely odd. >>>> >>>> On Fri, Sep 16, 2016 at 8:41 AM, 'Doris Mello' via Azores Genealogy < >>>> azo...@googlegroups.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Doris is OK. >>>>> >>>>> *Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE DROID* >>>>> On Sep 15, 2016 10:29 PM, 'j Bc' via Azores Genealogy < >>>>> azo...@googlegroups.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Oh this IS cool! Thanks for posting it Cheri! I downloaded the pdf of >>>>> names - it will be a useful tool. Love the article, >>>>> >>>>> On Thursday, September 15, 2016 at 10:24:45 PM UTC-7, Cheri Mello >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> This came up once before and Eliseu shared the list of acceptable >>>>> names for children today in Portugal. Here is a little write up in the >>>>> "Portuguese American Journal" about names today. It also contains a link >>>>> to >>>>> the list that Eliseu previously provided. https://goo.gl/OwuQCF >>>>> Cheri Mello >>>>> Listowner, Azores-Gen >>>>> Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das >>>>> Tainhas, Achada >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail >>>>> (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at >>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. 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