Parents also do unintentionally cruel things. We named my daughter "Clarke" which is her maternal grandmother's surname. My daughter was rendered near mute because as a child, she could not pronounce the "K" sound and her name had two of them.
On the other hand, she is such a "Clarke," which means "learned woman" that it would be impossible to think of her as anything else. ~rave! --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Tracy Curtis <tlcurti...@...> wrote: > > Yep. People have to think of those things when they name their kids. But I > guess kids will find something to target anyway. > > On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 3:48 PM, Keith Johnson <keithbjohn...@...>wrote: > > > > > > > Thanks I spelled it wrong. I remember his sister saying kids at school used > > to call him "Ahmet vomit". > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Tracy Curtis" <tlcurti...@...> > > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > > Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 3:47:10 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > > Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] British Boy Legally Changes Name to Captain > > Fantastic Faster... > > > > > > > > That's a name that may make travel difficult, and getting and Apple Store > > app approved. > > > > I think the Zappa son's name is Ahmet. > > > > > > > > On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 2:19 PM, Keith Johnson <keithbjohn...@...>wrote: > > > >> > >> > >> I think I left out another. Wasn't there a "Moon Unit" Zappa? > >> > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "Keith Johnson" <keithbjohn...@...> > >> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > >> Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 3:15:12 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > >> Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] British Boy Legally Changes Name to Captain > >> Fantastic Faster... > >> > >> > >> > >> If Tiger Woods can call himself Caublanasian, Prince can go by (Symbol), > >> and the late Frank Zappa can name his kids Dweezel and Omit, why not? > >> > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "Kelwyn" <ravena...@...> > >> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > >> Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 3:12:40 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > >> Subject: [scifinoir2] British Boy Legally Changes Name to Captain > >> Fantastic Faster... > >> > >> > >> > >> http://www.geekologie.com/2008/11/british_boy_legally_changes_na.php > >> > >> British Boy Legally Changes Name To 'Captain Fantastic Faster Than > >> Superman Spiderman Batman Wolverine The Hulk And The Flash Combined' > >> > >> but you can call him CFFTSSBWTHATFC for short. > >> > >> ~rave! > >> > >> > > > > >
