Wow, that building right beside the light standard is really funky.
Also: You can do such nice sidewalk paving in winter-free climes. I mean, you can do them in temperate zones, as well, but it's rather quixotic.
This is a post about the built environment, right?
What's with the tiny little bollards? Is this area at risk from Tonka Truck bombs?
That sidewalk rules. Palm trees! I miss that about L.A.
Oh, that is awesome. I thought it was LA at first, and was like, uh, so?
JRoth, Tel Aviv has a neighborhood that is positively Brasilia-esque, architecture wise.
Hey, I like that guy. T-shirt wearing guy.
Wearing a "I heart Tel Aviv" t shirt in Tehran might be more interesting, or at least provoke morre of a reaction.
That heart icon is not t-shirt standard, is it? It's curvier than the usual heart icon, I think, and the cleft at the top is shallower. Also, it's bigger than the other characters on the shirt.
I bet on the back it says something like "but not the Tehranians."
Wearing a "I heart Tel Aviv" t shirt in Tehran might be more interesting, or at least provoke morre of a reaction.
At least back in 2002, when I was there, nobody really cared about Israel, except to wonder why the Iranian government was giving money to the Palestinians when the Iranian economy was so bad.
8: D/n Sier/dski over at Orthod/x Anarch/st took a pic of himself praying at the security wall as if it were the Wailing Wall wearing tsitsis he made himself from a kaffiya. That sure was something.
Oud-
I came to the dinner table to hear Iris asking, "So, do you think King Acrisius liked being turned to stone?"
AB found these educational vids at the library - a series of 10 incredibly-poorly animated stories of the Greek myths. Low production values, but decent retellings (as far as 23 min., low budget vids go).
OMG, she will love my present which was just mailed! Auntie Oudemia is TARDY!
I thought you were going to put up a post I'd *argue* with.
Okay, here goes.
12: YOU'RE LYING, LIKE ALL THE ARABS.
16: I was two months tardy with my niece's "big" 13th bday present. But she loved it (ipod nano), so all was forgiven.
16: Aw, you're too sweet.
Last night at dinner, she insisted on having the DVD cases beside her so she could gaze at them - this is before she'd seen either, but of course they were "so special to [her]."
She may like Disney princesses, but by god, I did something right.
17: Opinionated BPHD seems awfully redundant.
19: So adorable. I may steal her. Or her name, at least (which we have long eyed, both for messenger goddesses and philosopher novelists).
21: It was on our short list of names from the very first time we talked about the subject, when we'd known each other scarcely 6 months. We always get complimented on it.
One of her best friends is named Millie; we always joke about them needing an Elmer and a Morris for bridge.
Shit, I didn't see 4 before. Excellent.
God, Tel Aviv looks ugly. I sure won't miss it when the Iranians nuke it.
that's a flattering photo of you, Walt.
That is a nice name, JRoth. It manages to be an old-fashioned name trend without being trendy.
What's with the tiny little bollards? Is this area at risk from Tonka Truck bombs?
That would be to prevent people from parking on the curb. The rule of thumb in that part of the world seems to be "if I can physically station my vehicle in a particular place, I can park there." The tiny bollards prevent that.
25: Why thank you, Peter. That's the head shot I use to get all of my modeling gigs.
The only Iris I know is extremely attractive; thus, I conclude that JRoth's daughter will also be extremely attractive.
Thanks, Blume.
Umm, Sifu seems like a nice name, too.
???
Hands off, w-lfs-n.
Yeah, you perv. Piss off over to the child ass fondling thread.
I conclude that JRoth's daughter will also be extremely attractive.
or will change her surname to a synonym for "drive insane" and become an alt-country singer.
I have two cousins (both older than me, but on different sides of the family) named Iris. It's long been a favorite of mine as well.
You impugn my motives most unfairly, JRoth.
I like flower names. Almost all have taken off in popularity recently.
36:
Violet
Daphne
Iris
Rose? Have not seen any babies named Rose.
Petunia has not come back yet. maybe the Red Sox second baseman will inspire this name to be more popular in New England.
Dahlia would be a nice one.
I was about to say that Rose is a hipster baby name, but then I realized I was thinking of Ruby. In the closely related 'precious stones' category of names.
My sainted grandmother is named Rose.
Ivy? Laurel? Olive? There are olive flowers.
And there's the generic "Blossom".
Lily and Violet are rocketing up the charts. Olivia's in the top five.
The Myrtle and Ivy of sweet two-and-twenty are worth all your Laurels, though ever so plenty.
Sure, Olivia. No one wants to go for Olive. Or Oliver.
How about "Aster"? Is it a flower name? A gemological name? an astronomical name? No one knows!
I know a two-year-old Oliver. Maybe he's three. They call him Ollie.
Baby Name Wizard doesn't even have Pearl on the charts any more. Emerald, strangely enough, doesn't show up until the 19902, has a giant spike in 2003, and then falls off the chart again. Did I miss something involving a famous Emerald around that time?
Olive hasn't been helped by Little Miss Sunsine?
maybe not. Bill Simmons was making an LMS reference last week and for some reason thought the titular protagonist's name was "Violet".
I don't know anyone young named Pearl. All of the Diamonds I know are black. No Garnets, either.
From an earlier thread about that name-tracker thingie, I seem to remember that Diamond had become unaccountably popular (relatively speaking). Among children of my acquaintance there are a Pearl, two Rubies and several little Lilies.
Baby Name Wizard doesn't even have Pearl on the charts any more. Emerald, strangely enough, doesn't show up until the 19902, has a giant spike in 2003, and then falls off the chart again. Did I miss something involving a famous Emerald around that time?
Um.....Essence of Emeril?
Did I miss something involving a famous Emerald around that time?
Inspector Clouseau stole one for his wife.
Having been in the pit in that musical in high school eliminates Oliver from consideration. It would also be a cruel name to inflict on any child of mine, since I think one would need to be non-nerdy to pull it off and I don't think genetics are in the kids' favor.
Pearl is not in the top 1000 according to the baby name voyager.
The old-time names trend is big in Germany, too. I know a baby Agnes and a Mathilda there.
Yeah, Baby Name Wizard, that's it. That thing is Baby Name Wizard Cocksucker.
Neither is the placement of apostrophes.
I think insect names are going to be the next hip area for baby names; Drosophilia, Pterophylla, Achaearanea.
There was someone in my junior high named Camelia.
I think it's unlikely, but it sure will be weird if my own old-fashioned name ever becomes popular.
The Wizard thing is great, except that when a name barely breaks into the top 1000 and then slips back, it looks like a huge spike. I bet that's what happened with Emerald.
I think insect names are going to be the next hip area for baby names; Drosophilia, Pterophylla, Achaearanea.
No way. Fossils.
59 is amusingly plausible.
My parents' alternate name for me was Belinda. I kind of like it, although in later years the whole family professed horror. Nicknames of "Belly," etc.
Lottie is a nice old name that doesn't seem to have made a comeback.
The babies with which I have been most recently presented were named Dominic, Olivia, Dakota, and Wei Di. Draw what conclusions you will about the milieu in which I exist.
Isn't it a nickname for Charlotte? (Surely pwned.)
If Lottie comes back, I hope Werther becomes popular.
Lottie is for me permanently associated with the Charlotte (Lottie)/Latitia (Lettie) plot of an Agatha Christie novel.
Is Lottie short for Charlotte? That's almost in the top 100.
Most recent new baby among my friends and acquaintances was named Alyosha. Second most recent is named Blackstone.
Isn't it a nickname for Charlotte?
Not always. I know one (middle name) Lottie.
Most recent new baby among my friends and acquaintances was named Alyosha. Second most recent is named Blackstone.
Further to 68: It's interesting to see how nicknames change, though. I know many Elizabeths and some Liz/Lizzies, but absolutely no Bettys under the age of 70.
Lottie is for me permanently associated with the Charlotte (Lottie)/Latitia (Lettie) plot of an Agatha Christie novel.
Me too!
How about retro disease names? Aphtha, Rubeola, Anasarca, Quinsy...
Beth - age 20-40.
Liz - age 30-50.
Libby - age 40-60.
Betty - age 60-80.
Lib - age 80+.
You could make a similar progression for "Trish", "Patty", "Pat", "Tish".
The most recent baby name with which I am acquainted is Naima Josephine [family name]. Presumably named after the Coltrane tune.
"Josephine" is another great name.
A not so great name: Eugenia.
I do like rfts' old-fashioned name.
Meet my twins, Impetigo and Lumbago.
it was my understanding that "Tish" has not been used as a nickname for Patricia since about 1900. But I met one recently who was born in 1982. she does seem strikingly old-fashioned.
Quinsy's a decent name. Kinda like Quincy, though. You could have twins named Aphtha and Aphra.
Second most recent is named Blackstone.
I thought you were oudemia and that's where the kid was conceived.
I had an aunt, named Elizabeth, who went by "Zev". Always liked that nickname.
Hey, anecdata to contribute! Our 6-mo old daughter is named Charlotte but we've been calling her Lottie, or, better, "Lots," which is a great baby name.
Anybody have a good hypothesis for why parents in our society seem to be so much more willing to be adventurous with girls' names than with boys?
Also, what happened to political names? I know Lincolns and Roosevelts, but they're all 40+. (No fair claiming this is related to a decline in quality of said public figures.)
Sifu's aunt has a wikipedia entry.
I know a little boy named Zev.
I had an aunt, named Elizabeth, who went by "Zev". Always liked that nickname.
Zev Love X gave it up in favor of "MF DOOM", though.
AND a little boy named Lincoln.
Friends of ours named their boy "Dashiell," so his nickname is "Dash," which I think is pretty great.
I'm going to have male triplets and name them Rip, Rig, and Panic.
Rip w-lfs-n would be up there with Bolt Vanderhuge.
Also, what happened to political names?
For that matter, I know someone who named his baby Woodrow. Not a good idea, in my opinion, but they didn't ask me.
Iris has an aunt (by friendship) called Beth who calls herself "Crazy Aunt Betty." Not clear to me whether she wants anyone else to call her Betty.
The only Pearl I know is a basset/beagle.
Baby Name Voyager is, indeed, awesome. AB took the book out of the library. Still no help on boys' names.
FWIW, to 36, Iris is actually still pretty rare. I mean, bigger than in our various childhoods, but less common than a lot of names that don't seem very common. We're relieved that, 4 years on, it hasn't skyrocketed; we were worried that there would be a big wave, and that Iris would become the Lily of the mid-aughts.
Supposedly, my own parents were unaware than my own, stereotypically common, name was cresting in popularity. Thanks for doing the research, folks.
I once heard of someone who named a baby after Harold Ickes. The New Deal guy, not his son.
I think there is a Pearl S. Buck character named Peony. Other than that, never heard of one.
95: we know one of those. Maybe secondhand, but still.
94: Yes! But AB hates it. Specifically, she doesn't like "the sneaky silent L," nor does she like Linc as a nickname.
It's an awesome nickname!
It's going to end up Baby Boy Roth-Wife'sGermaniclastname
"Ebola" would be such a cute girl's name.
Two Germanic last names?
The first name should be Helmut, obviously.
I think "Blaow" would make a swell boy's name.
103: reminds me too much of Linc Chafee, I must say.
Anybody have a good hypothesis for why parents in our society seem to be so much more willing to be adventurous with girls' names than with boys?
One ornaments the objects one doesn't consider to be useful.
"Gaor" is a very ancient Breton / Alan name.
"Delano" would be a neat, non-traditional political name.
There's a Delano around here. Also two or three Darwins, which I think is a relic of country freethinkers 2 to 4 generations back.
I think a good name for a boy would be "Broderbund".
Delano is good. Fabian seems to be having a moment. As does Hamza (muslim names are showing up in the last twenty years or so).
Amber doesn't show up? I like that name.
83: That's my cat's name, and don't even think about stealing it.
Also, what happened to political names?
Cough, cough.
105: Helmut is the name of our theoretical German shepherd, the one who would be disappointed in our lack of seriousness, defending the homestead despite his conviction that we're not really worthy of him
Wife thinks that Georg, which is a family name, might have pronunciation problems (that's GAY-org for those of you with poor German pronunciation).
107 is all too true. Although, to be fair, if you're willing to admit of Owen, Declan, Jayden, et al, you get quite a few options that aren't much-loved among the hipster class but are damn popular.
Our problem is that most of the Iris-analogue names have become all too popular. Ten years ago, Charlie and Henry were still pretty rare, if venerable; now they're like Jason and Mike. We're left with Mortimer and the like. Elmer was my GF, plus it's Iris Dement's hubbie, but that's not winning over AB.
The only Darwin I know is from Latin America. Georg makes me think of the Sound of Music.
85: My mother's a Patricia, and was Teesha as a girl in the 50's. Not Tish, but close.
Fabian seems to be having a moment
I don't understand this. All I can think of is Laverne & Shirley shrieking FABIAN!!!
Julius?
Amber doesn't show up? I like that name.
I thought Ogged didn't go to strip clubs.
AB proposed Ambrose, which I liked, but there are serious associated issues (it's embedded in her Germaniclastname, and it's very close to our street name, which , seriously, will always be our address, so it's not like that'll change).
Fabian seems to be having a moment
Fuck that. Cunctator.
i knew someone who once told me that b/c he can't pronounce my name he'll call me Ursula
i insisted on being called by my name of course
That was very tactful of you, read. I would have been much ruder.
When I was a kid there were still Emils and Brunos Rudolfs and Svens and Oles around. And one Alcuin.
That was very tactful of you, read
She didn't say how she insisted.
125: Given how she held her temper when she was accused of being a troll here, you need to ask?
I once almost left a beauty salon mid-haircut because the owner admitted to telling his employees to use "normal" names. Like Tiffany.
i did not behead him of course, and my request to be called me was rather polite
but further acquaintance sure became like impossible after that and that was it
i did not behead him of course
Well, of course. That's to be saved for very special occasions.
125: Given how she held her temper when she was accused of being a troll here
If I recall, she was accused of being a spambot. The troll thing might have been a different time?
If you wanted to name your son after multiple malefactors, "Danilo" would work. I hope for her sake that I never have a daughter, because she'd be "Theodora" in a heartbeat.
She was accused of both. The troll thing was uglier.
Well, to be fair to the accusers, read at first usually just piped up with links to irrelevant youtube videos, and then moved on to irrelevant personal asides.
When I was a kid there were still Emils and Brunos Rudolfs and Svens and Oles around. And one Alcuin.
A lot of them are in Florida now. Like my great-uncle-and-aunt-in-law, Ragnar and Kristin. (pronounced Christine)
Well, to be fair to the accusers, read at first usually just piped up with links to irrelevant youtube videos, and then moved on to irrelevant personal asides.
And sometimes five or six posts within a minute, containing about three characters each.
ok, accusers, but i remember receiving a fruit basket better
so, good night
name your son after multiple malefactors, "Danilo" would work
The winner of last year's Giro d'Italia? I mean, sure, I heard he could be a little rough in a mass sprint, but that's just part of the sport.
As I remember it, she was accused of trolling because of our rudeness in political discussion—lack of respect for the executive, or something like that. Now, of course, she's beloved.
hmmm. my grandma is named iris. she goes by her middle name, which is even more old-fashioned, though.
i think i steered someone away from the baby name 'sophie' (for popularity reasons) - she ended up being clara. other babies i know: mathilda, michael, madeline camelia, leo, anthony (who is called tony), and kurt.
140: Oh dear. I know someone with that name (different spelling). I always found it quite pretty. You've ruined that.
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muslim names are showing up in the last twenty years or so
BTW, how did Omar Bradley come by such a name in the 1890s?
I once heard of someone who named a baby after Harold Ickes. The New Deal guy, not his son.
the President of the BundesbankReichsbank you idiot while Hitler was in power was called Hjalmar Horace Greely Schacht.
For old disease names, Dropsy would be a good kitten, or maybe a kid.
I want to bring back Isadore. I've got a great-grandfather of that name, and who wouldn't want to hang out with an Izzy?
You could even call him 'Za.
146: I. F. Stone was an Izzy. There's also Isidore Isou. Little Izzy Wrongshore could grow up to be a leftist intellectual newspaper man who detournes his own funny pages.
I have one flower, Poppy, one old-fashioned, Matilda, and one whimsical, Tallulah. (Fortunately her middle name is Rose, so she has something sensible if she needs it.) For boys I could have had several out of the Bible. Our actual son is Elijah, but I love Isaiah, Micah, Josiah, Amos, ...
I love Lottie too, and I would have just used it as a stand-alone name, not short for Charlotte.
148. According to wikipedia, Tallulah Bankhead's last words were: "Codeine... Bourbon", which would be lovely names for a girl and a boy.
147: I love him so much already!
(The comics editor may think he's a butt, but I don't care.)
#8: Wearing a "I heart Tel Aviv" t shirt in Tehran might be more interesting, or at least provoke morre of a reaction.
#12: At least back in 2002, when I was there, nobody really cared about Israel, except to wonder why the Iranian government was giving money to the Palestinians when the Iranian economy was so bad.
Well, Ahmadinejad started his anti-Israel crazy talk in 2005, so maybe public sentiment has shifted since then.
The real political statement would be to just wear any old T-shirt in Tehran, as long as you're a woman.
I remember reading the thread where read was accused of being Borat. Could someone point me to the thread where it was concluded that she was for real? I always thought so but I missed the shift.
149 - Ha! She's actually named after Talulah Gosh, but spelt correctly.
I like Bourbon - I bet there are actually boys called that. I know a Candida - would be great if she had a twin sister Chlamydia.
If you name a girl Brandy she has to change her name at age 7.
Talulah Gosh is a better namesake than the Butthole Surfers. I knew a Tallulah once, a black lady from Tallulah Alabama. T. Bankhead was from Alabama but not from Tallulah; ultimately her name traces back through her family to a town in Georgia. The first mall in Almerica was built in Tallulah; it's been preserved as a historical treasure.
The first mall in Almerica was built in Tallulah; it's been preserved as a historical treasure.
And presumably like so many other historical treasures, eventually it'll be knocked down to build a mall. and the circle of life goes on.
woohoo, i'm beloved! how nice
i thought that i'm mostly ignored or how, i learned, people say, marginalized
nice, JMcQ, you made my day from the beginning
If possible, malls eat their young.
Scratch that. They eat their ancestors, like New Guinea highlanders, thus contracting mad mall disease.
The first mall in Almerica was built in Tallulah; it's been preserved as a historical treasure.
We'll have to go there one day.
Speaking of the girl, she made a good (for a change - she's only 5) joke yesterday. They were watching Vacation, and the scene with the dog peeing on the sandwiches came on. Lulah piped up, "I guess he thought it was a piss-nic!" And was then completely offended when everybody laughed.
My grandma's joke was one rabbit saying to the other "These radishes are pithy. Did you pith on them?
BTW, how did Omar Bradley come by such a name in the 1890s?
He was born during the Great American Rubaiyat Craze, sparked by the publication of the Fitzgerald translation of Omar Khayyam.
No, really.
Flower/plant names: Daisy? Rosemary? Basil? (Basil is cheating since it's presumably from basileos=emperor rather than from the herb...)
161(1). Makes perfect sense.
Is May for the month or the blossom? Which reminds me that, against all the odds, Blossom Dearie is her real name. Didn't get much shit in school, I'd guess.
Also, what happened to political names?
I knew a girl named Reagan, who was named after a relative before the eponymous B-Movie actor became governor of California. She was frequently at pains to point out that her family were all good liberal democrats.
Come to think of it, I think the girl must have been a college classmate of BG.
Our actual son is Elijah, but I love Isaiah, Micah, Josiah, Amos, ...
I find that a lot of them are too popular now, and the remainder tend to sound like old prospector names - ol' Ezekiel, comin' down from the mountains....
I know someone who gave his son the middle name Walker. That seems unfortunate.
I know a Candida - would be great if she had a twin sister Chlamydia.
No, Candida and Tenebrosa.
Or maybe Candida and Obscura.
C'mon, he's already going to be toothless, just draw a beard on him, dress him in dungarees, and Zeke will really suit him!
Ezra, that's another good one. Welsh names are good too - Ianto, Ieuan, Gethin. And Dylan of course, but that's way too popular (though fine for dogs!) and I hear it's turning into a girl's name over there?
163: She was totally named for Linda Blair in the Exorcist.
The only acceptable names for dogs are Prime Rib (big dog) and Short Rib (small dog).
But Ben, I have a medium-sized dog!
That's what they all say.
OK, funny story on the dog name (and prospectors). AB always liked the name Jasper for a boy. I never did - too prospector-ey. So when we got a new dog last fall, I sort of forced the name Jasper on him, thereby preempting it as a possible boy name. But now that we're pretty much hating all the boy names, and I've lived with a Jasper for 8 months, I'm kind of OK with the name.
My proposal is that we can name the boy Jasper if we rename the dog Argos (which name she rejected when the dog was new).
I believe that Iris is on board with this plan, but it might be a bit traumatic for the dog, who's already a bit insecure.
I totally would have been up for naming one of my daughters "Eleanor Roosevelt [KR's surname]". Maybe if we have another I will insist on it.
we can name the boy Jasper if we rename the dog Argos
Just name the kid Argos, then. Or Apo.
If I had a kid named Jasper, I would call him Jazz.
Wait, is your surname really Roth? Then you should name your kid Gorgo.
Is there really an old name trend? Haven't babies always gotten names different from their parents?
My best friends have a Jasper, it's a good name. I also know a teenager called Jaz. That's his actual name. His sister is called Ziggy.
Call him Jesse after Emerson's son (yup, I'm sticking with the prospectors). In fact there's a prize if you can manage to name him after an Unfogged commenter.
(Do you know it's a boy? Or are you just trying to be prepared?)
177 - no, in the olden days, there were only 4 names allowed per family, and they had to keep using them and reusing them. (Or so it looks from my mum's family tree research.)
140: Oh dear. I know someone with that name (different spelling). I always found it quite pretty. You've ruined that. [Melina/Melena]
Again we see the pernicious effects of crazy english spelling.
in the olden days, there were only 4 names allowed per family
In my dad's family, these were Robert, Joseph, Stephen, and Andrew. Until you get back to the mid-1800s, that is, when it was all Richards and Abrahams.
Damn tags. That was supposed to be:
In fact there's a prize if you can manage to name him after an Unfogged commenter.
Hello.
On topic: Some old Kinsley article I came across that's pretty astonishing. Why do people have any respect for Michael Kinsley?
I used our blog software to form that link. I knew it would take more time but it still felt like avoiding work.
Lottie is for me permanently associated with the Charlotte (Lottie)/Latitia (Lettie) plot of an Agatha Christie novel.
Me too!
Same here. There's also a Lettice in her Murder at the Vicarage. I found that name distracting when reading the book/watching the tv movie. Before then I had no idea it was a real name so I kept thinking of a head of iceberg lettuce every time I read/heard it. Maybe someday there will be a vegetable baby name trend.
Re: Sophie: Our newest niece is expected to make her appearance in about a week and will be name Sofia. Although it's too bad that Sophie and its variations are popular now, I think the name fits in this case bc it goes well w/the last name, represents the mother's Italian background/family, and goes well w/the older sister's name, Gabriella.
Maybe someday there will be a vegetable baby name trend
Okra Winfrey!
Kinsley was very quick and ingenious, and he lived in a dark period when the left was almost destroyed. He maintained his relevance by helping pile on.
I think that the young, opportunistic conservatives and counterintuitive liberals of 1980 are probably feeling pretty sick recently. They should be, anyway. No forgiveness, no mercy!
In my family tree there are a lot of Nathaniels and more than one Hepzibah. And an Alpheus Dumbleton Hiams.
I once vowed to name my first-born son Immanuel.
Speaking of Kinsley, anybody in the LA area going to attend this event --http://www.townhall-la.org/programs/register/1171
Pie? Goat questions?
193: Were you planning on a virgin birth?
182, 184 :)
now i'm beloved and people seem to promote their names
i agree to lend my name to, if a girl or a cat - Jewel
if a boy or a dog - Jewell, may be, for sounding a bit masculine
My tree has interesting names, but not terribly usable ones. A Cornelius, a Santo, an Augustino.
JRoth is Lileks?
Huh?
Yes, Roth is the real sur. Yes, we know it's a boy.
Apparently the reason for the many nicknames for John is that it would be given to multiple males in a single family
Calista was actually a common time at one time. One g-g-grandmother was a Calista Smith, but Googleing finds a number Calista Smiths, none of them her.
Lileks dog is named Jasper, also. The dog is mentioned about every third paragraph.
Like many Irish family trees, mine has a fractal quality because they mostly just recycled the same small stock of names from generation to generation. The upshot was that, with so many uncles, aunts and cousins with the same name, everyone had an identifying nickname based on their age, their location, their occupation, or some other identifying feature such as an amusing birth defect or whatnot.
197: Cornelius is totally usable!
202: Wish I didn't know that.
Fucking Lileks.
everyone had an identifying nickname
Flipperhand John and Wheelchair John are going to visit Scabby Joe this weekend. Want to go?
Flipperhand John and Wheelchair John are going to visit Scabby Joe this weekend
That was about the size of it, yes.
A Cornelius, a Santo, an Augustino.
I have a Cornelius who always went by Con, and then at some point decided his name was Constantine.
I guess most Corneliuses go by Neil? 'Cause the obvious nickname is Corny.
I feel like there should be a master list of all the names that once were popular but have fallen into disuse for specific reasons, like Adolph or Kermit or Whitey. So, you know, people could name their babies from it.
For JRoth: From the Experience Maximizer thread, it sounds like you write for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. True? My SIL is (I think) an evening editor there (she just started maternity leave). She has the same last name as me. Might you know each other?
212: No way, I'm not working for The Man. I'm a non-staff writer for the C/ty Paper. My day job is architect. But thanks for asking.
212 has a bit of a "why are you punching yourself?" flavor to it.
Oh well. My bro and his wife (my SIL) really enjoy Pittsburgh. And I really like visiting there. My brother enjoys coffee, and loves espresso. It seems that, wherever we are in the city when we visit, he always knows "a little place nearby" to get coffee, espresso and usually some rich dessert.
Pubs, too. Restaurants, too. It's a wonder he's not 400 lbs.
Re: names, I hated my name as a kid because it was weird and I wanted to fit in and stuff, and Billy Ray certainly didn't help. Then, since college, I've liked it since it's eye-catching and a conversation starter and an easy way to sniff out telemarketers. Now, Billy Ray's daughter Miley is in the news a lot. Fuck. Also, has anyone seen "Harold and Kumar escape from Guantanamo Bay"?
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Delano is good. Fabian seems to be having a moment. As does Hamza (muslim names are showing up in the last twenty years or so).
Interesting, but does "hamza" have any meaning other than the name of the letter? I mean, it's hard to imagine introducing someone by saying "Hi, I'm Cyrus, and this is my son, Doubleyou."
Also, has anyone seen "Harold and Kumar escape from Guantanamo Bay"?
I did. It made me suspect that being stoned was a necessary precondition for my enjoyment of White Castle.
Interesting, but does "hamza" have any meaning other than the name of the letter?
I think it literally means "pause".
I guess most Corneliuses go by Neil? 'Cause the obvious nickname is Corny.
Connie, like the baseball tycoon and his great-great-grandson the congressman.
ApoRoth: already taken.
Abazago Roth, perhaps?
I think it literally means "pause".
Heh, I guess I shouldn't be surprised. Never mind.
I hated my name as a kid because it was weird and I wanted to fit in and stuff, and Billy Ray certainly didn't help.
-- It was a great name until I was about nine years old and that no-talent assclown started winning Grammys.
-- Why don't you just go by 'mike' instead of 'michael'?
-- No way. Why should I change it? He's the one that sucks.
Interesting, but does "hamza" have any meaning other than the name of the letter? I mean, it's hard to imagine introducing someone by saying "Hi, I'm Cyrus, and this is my son, Doubleyou."
"Hi, I'm Jay, and this is my daughter Kay"
