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>I’m trying to find any newspaper articles or magazine articles >that talk about the usual names parents are giving their children >at birth.
I have an article from the Sunday Oklahoman (Oklahoma City) regarding some of the hilarious names they found on the books in Oklahoma. I won’t post it here; it’s too long. If you are interested, e-mail me Amy Mother of John (7/31/95) and Joseph (10/25/96)
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I’m trying to find any newspaper articles or magazine articles that talk about the usual names parents are giving their children at birth. I spoke with a school teacher who says it is incredible the various new names and variation of spelling that have emerged in recent years. What ever happened to Lisa, Tommy, Carol and David ???? If you have a personal story, or know of a written work … please e-mail me. Unfortunately, I don’t frequent this newsgroup. Thanks Ike
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – >I’m trying to find any newspaper articles or magazine articles >that talk about the usual names parents are giving their children >at birth. >I spoke with a school teacher who says it is incredible the various >new names and variation of spelling that have emerged in recent >years. >What ever happened to Lisa, Tommy, Carol and David ???? >If you have a personal story, or know of a written work … >please e-mail me. Unfortunately, I don’t frequent this >newsgroup. >Thanks >Ike
For some reason my server is not letting me email, but I thought I’d throw this one out here in case you do get a chance to read it. I had a friend in college who had a roommate who’s sister named her child Turquoise (sp?). They called the child "Blue" for short. My friend and I were amazed. Also -urban myth or not- The woman who thought the doctor had named her child for her, because the baby had a bracelet with a name already on it – she pronounced it Phe-Mal-eh, but was actually the word female.
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> Also -urban myth or not- The woman who thought the doctor had > named her… Phe-Mal-eh, but was actually the word female. This too may be an urban myth but I have only heard it from one person (usually I hear urban myths from everybody I know) but in a similar story a couple not familiar with English were so moved by their birth experience and the doctors and nurses in this country, they decided to name their new daughter a word they saw in their hospital room, to remind them of everyone, that would be pronounced Yur-ee-nee but is spelled urine. Go figure…
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> > Also -urban myth or not- The woman who thought the doctor had > > named her… Phe-Mal-eh, but was actually the word female. > a couple not familiar with English were so moved by their birth experience > and the doctors and nurses in this country, they decided to name their new > daughter a word they saw in their hospital room, to remind them of > everyone, that would be pronounced Yur-ee-nee but is spelled urine. Go > figure…
A former co-worker told me of a friend of his family who named her daughter Placenta. The woman said she didn’t know where it came from, but it sounded like such a pretty name. 
Pam
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>A former co-worker told me of a friend of his family who named her >daughter Placenta. The woman said she didn’t know where it came from, >but it sounded like such a pretty name. >Pam
Yuck. That’s almost as bad as all those Jewish boys named Hyman.
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> Yuck. > That’s almost as bad as all those Jewish boys named Hyman.
FYI, my great grandfather’s name was Hyman, known to us as Grandpa Hymie. However, Hyman is an Americanization of the Hebrew, "Chaim." Often, in the old country, if a Jewish child was terribly ill and the parents feared he would die, the parents would rename the child as a way of fooling the Angel of Death. If the Angel couldn’t find the child, he wouldn’t take him. The name most commonly given in this case was "Chaim," which means "Life." Just goes to show how Americans can ruin a beautiful name. Gillian
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Yes that Fuh-MAHL-ay thing IS an urban myth. I have heard it at least four times, the first time in 1980. In fact when I emailed the originator of this thread, I said "no doubt many people will tell you about a kid called FEMALE by her spanish-speaking mother…") I’m betting the same about "urine" and "placenta". I have also heard one about a couple (Hispanic again) who called their child (phonetically) Oos-mah-EEL. They saw it on the side of a mailbox. Yeah, right!
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What did the Mexican fireman call his son? Jose. What did he call his second son? Hose B. A comedian said that when he taught school, he had a hispanic student named Falopia.
: Yes that Fuh-MAHL-ay thing IS an urban myth. I have heard it at least four : times, the first time in 1980. In fact when I emailed the originator of : this thread, I said "no doubt many people will tell you about a kid called : FEMALE by her spanish-speaking mother…") I’m betting the same about : "urine" and "placenta". I have also heard one about a couple (Hispanic : again) who called their child (phonetically) Oos-mah-EEL. They saw it on : the side of a mailbox. Yeah, right! — Elaine Gallegos
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>Yes that Fuh-MAHL-ay thing IS an urban myth. I have heard it at least >four >times, the first time in 1980. In fact when I emailed the originator of >this thread, I said "no doubt many people will tell you about a kid >called >FEMALE by her spanish-speaking mother…") I’m betting the same about >"urine" and "placenta". I have also heard one about a couple (Hispanic >again) who called their child (phonetically) Oos-mah-EEL. They saw it on >the side of a mailbox. Yeah, right!
Ok, sorry to burst your bubble, but when I worked in a Western Union Agency on the east coast, we had customers with outrageous names….and I personally waited on a woman from Jamaica whose first name was Female. However, it was no where near as odd as most of our clients’ names!!! Dard
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