RE: Bizarre baby names

2003-11-16 Thread Jim Sharkey
William T Goodall wrote: Children have been named after big brands as diverse as beauty company L'Oreal, car firm Chevrolet and designer clothes company Armani. There are even two little boys, one in Michigan and one in Texas, called ESPN after the sports channel. Dear Lord, why don't they

Re: Bizarre baby names

2003-11-16 Thread William T Goodall
On 16 Nov 2003, at 2:45 pm, Jim Sharkey wrote: William T Goodall wrote: Children have been named after big brands as diverse as beauty company L'Oreal, car firm Chevrolet and designer clothes company Armani. There are even two little boys, one in Michigan and one in Texas, called ESPN after the

RE: Bizarre baby names

2003-11-16 Thread Jon Gabriel
From: Jim Sharkey [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Bizarre baby names Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2003 09:45:38 -0500 (EST) William T Goodall wrote: Children have been named after big brands as diverse as beauty company L'Oreal, car firm

Bizarre baby names

2003-11-14 Thread William T Goodall
Armani. There are even two little boys, one in Michigan and one in Texas, called ESPN after the sports channel. Psychology professor Cleveland Evans discovered the trend after surveying US social security records for 2000. Mr Evans, a professor at Bellevue University, Nebraska, has studied baby

Re: Bizarre baby names

2003-11-14 Thread Erik Reuter
On Fri, Nov 14, 2003 at 01:43:15PM +, William T Goodall wrote: Seven boys were found to have the name Del Monte - after the food company - and no less than 49 boys were called Canon, after the camera. Ummm, there is another usage of canon that might be more likely than the camera brand for

RE: Baby names

2002-09-24 Thread Baardwijk, J. van DTO/SLWPD/RZO/BOZO
-Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: Gary Nunn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Verzonden: dinsdag 24 september 2002 02:27 Aan: Brin Mail List Onderwerp: Baby names WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand's main advocate for children has branded as psychological abuse the naming of a child after

RE: Baby names

2002-09-24 Thread Baardwijk, J. van DTO/SLWPD/RZO/BOZO
-Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: Adam C. Lipscomb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Verzonden: dinsdag 24 september 2002 03:06 Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Onderwerp: Re: Baby names Both times my wife was pregnant, I dealt with the unending series of questions regarding potential baby names

Re: Baby names

2002-09-24 Thread Alberto Monteiro
Jeroen wrote: Aha, so the US is not the only country where you can give your child pretty much any name you like. Poor kids. Yes, here in Brazil we can also give any name. I think all democratic countries in the world allow that :-P Alberto Monteiro

RE: Baby names

2002-09-24 Thread Baardwijk, J. van DTO/SLWPD/RZO/BOZO
-Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: Alberto Monteiro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Verzonden: Geen Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Onderwerp: Re: Baby names Aha, so the US is not the only country where you can give your child pretty much any name you like. Poor kids. Yes, here in Brazil we

Re: Baby names

2002-09-24 Thread Alberto Monteiro
Jeroen wrote: Aha, so the US is not the only country where you can give your child pretty much any name you like. Poor kids. Yes, here in Brazil we can also give any name. I think all democratic countries in the world allow that :-P Not the democratic country I live in. It

RE: Baby names

2002-09-24 Thread Baardwijk, J. van DTO/SLWPD/RZO/BOZO
Aha, so the US is not the only country where you can give your child pretty much any name you like. Poor kids. Yes, here in Brazil we can also give any name. I think all democratic countries in the world allow that :-P Not the democratic country I live in. It ain't democratic if

Re: Baby names

2002-09-24 Thread Julia Thompson
Baardwijk, J. van DTO/SLWPD/RZO/BOZO wrote: -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: Adam C. Lipscomb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Verzonden: dinsdag 24 september 2002 03:06 Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Onderwerp: Re: Baby names Both times my wife was pregnant, I dealt with the unending

Name-dropping Re: Baby names

2002-09-24 Thread Julia Thompson
Nick Arnett wrote: Todd Rundgren, nerd/rocker, named one of his kids Rebop -- Rebop Rundgren. I was kidding Michelle Gray, Todd's significant other, that Rebop must get teased at school a lot (Rebop was in pre-school at that point). Oh, no, she said, he was going to a private school in San

RE: Baby names

2002-09-24 Thread Horn, John
From: John D. Giorgis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] A woman in a Cleveland hospital, accorded to a nurse who works there, heard doctors talking about something rather nice-sounding and decided to name her child after it. The young girl was named Placenta. This is probably an urban

Re: Baby names

2002-09-24 Thread Reggie Bautista
baby shower game is to get people to write down *ridiculous* suggestions for baby names and give a prize for the one the mother-to-be thinks is the best. We did that, and not one, but two guys came up with names that included Ignatius.) Hey, what's wrong with the name Ignatius? My father's name

Re: Baby names

2002-09-24 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
Jim Sharkey wrote: Baardwijk, J. wrote: Van: Alberto Monteiro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Aha, so the US is not the only country where you can give your child pretty much any name you like. Poor kids. Yes, here in Brazil we can also give any name. I think all democratic countries in the

Baby names

2002-09-23 Thread Gary Nunn
Mob, Rogue Chapter. read complete article for some more interesting baby names http://news.excite.com/odd/article/id/51400|oddlyenough|09-20-2002::09:22|re uters.html Gary L. Nunn Delaware Ohio The hardest thing in life to learn is which

Re: Baby names

2002-09-23 Thread Adam C. Lipscomb
for Mighty Mongrel Mob, Rogue Chapter. read complete article for some more interesting baby names http://news.excite.com/odd/article/id/51400|oddlyenough|09-20-2002::09 :22|re uters.html Both times my wife was pregnant, I dealt with the unending series of questions regarding potential baby

Re: Baby names

2002-09-23 Thread Deborah Harrell
named Triple M Rogue, which is short for Mighty Mongrel Mob, Rogue Chapter. http://news.excite.com/odd/article/id/51400|oddlyenough|09-20-2002::09:22|reuters.html Both times my wife was pregnant, I dealt with the unending series of questions regarding potential baby names by informing