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notcasesensitive · 10-07-2003, 05:01 PM

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Originally posted by bilmore
Boys need a name with at least a hint of testosterone in it. I am afraid that boys named Hunter end up associating with women of outrageous character as an overcompensation.

So Hunter lacks testosterone? Does that make Gatherer an unfeminine name too? Hunter to me smacks of testosterone, though empirically the one I've known was sort of namby-pamby. If I wanted a kid, I think it would be fun to name one Hunter and then raise him as a vegan. Sort of a social commentary. Except that I've already vowed to name my (never to be born) son Keg. And taking the unlikely event even further, that would become a family name, I'm sure.

ltl/fb · 10-07-2003, 05:06 PM

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Originally posted by notcasesensitive
I think it would be fun to name [a kid] Hunter and then raise him as a vegan. Sort of a social commentary.

Now there is a good reason to have children. "Giving back to the world" "greatest joy of my life" -- all of those reasons are such BS. But naming it Hunter and raising it vegan would be great. Go forth and procreate.

evenodds · 10-07-2003, 05:12 PM

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Originally posted by ltl/fb
Now there is a good reason to have children. "Giving back to the world" "greatest joy of my life" -- all of those reasons are such BS. But naming it Hunter and raising it vegan would be great. Go forth and procreate.

I look forward to saddling our children with the breadth of their ethnic heritage.

My parents considered Patrick Israel for my brother (and opted for no less obvious an ethnic match), so I hope Rashaka Mao Running Horse Reilly Smythe Jacob Man enjoys bubbling in his scantron.

purse junkie · 10-07-2003, 05:13 PM

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Originally posted by ThrashersFan
Jordan is 37th for boys and 46th for girls. That should mean that my son is okay for at least a few years. Hopefully the tide will not turn and cause him to hate me over this. Tyler is 14th on the boys list and not on the girls at all. If all else fails, we use the little fan's middle name. I believe that he can use either name in his professional career in hockey or baseball.

Stop worrying TF, he won't hate you. It's still gender-neutral and/or masculine-sounding. "Leslie" would make him hate you.

NotFromHere · 10-07-2003, 05:14 PM

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Originally posted by paigowprincess

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I'm absolutely shocked that this name is anywhere near this list. Didn't Chloe go out in the 80's? I thought that once they name you after a cologne that it would stop forever?

Bad_Rich_Chic · 10-07-2003, 05:17 PM

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Originally posted by paigowprincess
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I am proud to say that my favorite girl's name does not appear on the "top 1000" lists at all. In fact, I have never even found it in any name-meaing registry. Odd, because it is an old family name, and there are some rather famous people who have had it, but I guess it is just old-fashioned to still register. And no it is not Theodosia.

ThrashersFan · 10-07-2003, 05:17 PM

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Originally posted by purse junkie
Stop worrying TF, he won't hate you. It's still gender-neutral and/or masculine-sounding. "Leslie" would make him hate you.

Thank you, and I will stop. Like most everything else I have done in my life (from choosing schools to places to live), I just kinda went with what I liked -- I never knew that there were rankings for so many things.

bilmore · 10-07-2003, 05:19 PM

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Originally posted by notcasesensitive
So Hunter lacks testosterone? Does that make Gatherer an unfeminine name too? . . . Except that I've already vowed to name my (never to be born) son Keg.

"Hunter" brings to mind an effete young boy hanging out in his uncle's leather-and-mahogany library and reading Emily Dickensen while awaiting his parents' return from The Continent.

"Gatherer" brings to mind hippy parents using 'shrooms too close to the birth.

"Keg" brings to mind clocktowers, and rifles, and the attendant legal problems.

taxwonk · 10-07-2003, 05:21 PM

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Originally posted by dtb
Brittany, Ashley, Kayla, Amber etc.

People who name their daughters any name like these may as well buy them thongs and CFM pumps at birth. The only career that matches such names involves collecting your wages $20 a dance.

greatwhitenorthchick · 10-07-2003, 05:26 PM

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Originally posted by bilmore
"Hunter" brings to mind an effete young boy hanging out in his uncle's leather-and-mahogany library and reading Emily Dickensen while awaiting his parents' return from The Continent.

When I was growing up (small place), there was this woman Mrs. Smith (loudmouth) who had this son who was called "Hunter Wellington Smith". I'm not sure how we knew his middle name, but I remember my mother and I would run into them frequently at the grocery store and Mrs Smith would always be yelling "Hunner! Hunner! get back here!!" because "Hunner" was always causing shit in the grocery store. Always followed by much hilarity ensuing between my mother and me and several Mrs Smith imitations. So I always think of "Hunner" when I meet a Hunter.

purse junkie · 10-07-2003, 05:35 PM

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Originally posted by NotFromHere
I'm absolutely shocked that this name is anywhere near this list. Didn't Chloe go out in the 80's? I thought that once they name you after a cologne that it would stop forever?

Great, now you're telling me that the name "Canoe" is passe?

NotFromHere · 10-07-2003, 05:36 PM

Who bids on this one? Kobe or Affleck?

LONDON, Oct. 7 — One of the world’s rarest diamonds — a walnut-sized gem of the purest color — was displayed in London on Tuesday by Sotheby’s auctioneers, who will put the gem up for bid next month in Geneva. THE BRIGHT WHITE cushion-shaped stone is the largest internally flawless diamond of D-color grade — the purest color grade — to ever appear at auction, Sotheby’s said.
The diamond weighs 103.83 carats and is expected to fetch as much as $10 million during the Nov. 20 auction.
The jewel, discovered at South Africa’s Premier Mine, is only the fourth diamond of perfect color and purity weighing over 100 carats to be sold at auction, Sotheby’s said. In May 1995, the Star of the Season sold for a record $16.7 million.
It took diamond cutters 18 months to plan, design and cut the gem, and its shape is reminiscent of many famous and historic diamonds.

linkage here

Shape Shifter · 10-07-2003, 05:40 PM

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Originally posted by purse junkie
Great, now you're telling me that the name "Canoe" is passe?

And Charlie.

Atticus Grinch · 10-07-2003, 05:41 PM

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Originally posted by paigowprincess
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I heard a radio report that Madison has been in slow ascendancy for girls ever since it was the (human) name of the mermaid in "Splash" (1984). Ironic that it beat out Hannah (#3).

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WTF? A boy named "Angel" had better be immortal, 'cause he's gonna get killed in the schoolyard.

So many of the girls' names have a sort of 19th century Yankee quality to them (Emily, Hannah, Emma, Rachel, Chloe, Abigail, Grace, Faith, Amanda) while the boys have a 18th century Puritan/biblical ring (Jacob, Joshua, Joseph, Daniel, Samuel, Benjamin, Nathan, Noah, Caleb, Elijah, Aaron, Isaiah, Luke, Isaac).

I guess the 20th century is passe. Somebody alert PLF.

greatwhitenorthchick · 10-07-2003, 05:42 PM

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Originally posted by Atticus Grinch

WTF? A boy named "Angel" had better be immortal, 'cause he's gonna get killed in the schoolyard.

I know nothing about nothing, but it is my understanding that Angel is a fairly common Hispanic name.