I know, I know...I just can't stop criticizing people who name their children stupid/humiliating names. I don't know why prospective parents don't think of all the possible ways their kids will be made fun of (including making sure you know all the things that rhyme with the name you've chosen...Like Lester. The only thing that rhymes with "Lester" is "molester". I don't care how nice the man is, if his name is Lester, the only thing I think whenever I see him is, "Oh look! There's Lester the Molester!!").
Anyway, this past week as I was searching through medical records for one of our patients on the hospital website, I found a girl, whose LEGAL name is Baby Girl Brown. That's right. First name Baby, middle name Girl. Now, it's one thing to have a pet name of "Baby Girl", but to have that written on your driver license? To have to write that on any paperwork you will ever have to do in your entire life? NAAA UHHH.
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I think people are idiots who won't share their baby name with anyone first...I think you need as many different people to try and think of ways it could be made fun of to make sure (before the offspring arrives) that it is a decent name. Just my opinion. But I am right.
I've never thought of it that way. I will now start sharing the names that I plan to use - not like it matters - EVERYONE in Texas has a daughter named Madilyn. That's MY name. I've been planning on naming my daughter that for fifteen years. Stupid Texas.
that's because in texas (especially south texas) everyone is known by both their first and middle names, so Maddy Lynn, Bubba Joe, Bobby John, and so forth all work, even if they are combined in just the first name form. Also, nicknames are always included on birth certificates. For instance, Maddie "Bow" Lynn. (Makes the middle name sound like you're going bowling...ha ha ha.) Makes geneology hard, though, when the people you are searching for are only known by their nicknames and not their real names...maybe this could be the subject of your next book. Culture shock in Texas. (Wait until you're listening to the radio one day and a southern spelling bee comes on. "Spell Dog" "Dawg, D-A-W-G, Dawg." "That is correct. Spell tornado." "Tornader, T-O-R-N-A-D-E-R, Tornader." "Correct again." If you need any material, just feel free to use my childhood...
I am having culture shock in Texas. Most of the culture shock comes from radio commercials. There is one that has been playing nearly every 30 seconds for the last year where the guy who is selling cars says, "Ewe don't have ta pay fer nothin'!" in the deepest Texas accent I have ever heard. And just in case you're wondering, his name is "Bucky Joe". I'm not sure if that's his real name or if his friends hated him enough to nickname him that.
Parents should DEFINITELY consider more carefully the names they pick, like, Dorcus Buckfarkwar. Yes. It really is someone's name. WHAT were those parents THINKING???
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