If you think naming your kid "Georgebush" (yes, one word - as previously posted on Neatorama) was bad, check this out:
Announcing the arrival of a beautiful new baby boy at St. Francis Health Center . . .Urhines Kendall Icy Eight Special K
Urhines is pronounced "Your Highness," by the way. And Special K seems to refer to Ketamine, a recreational drug.
Link - Thanks Seth Christenfeld!
New Zealand, on the other hand, is fighting this baby naming shenanigans: it blocked a couple's request to name their baby "4real."
really, if these children grow up to murder their parents, i think it should be seem as perfectly justified and punishment should be waived.
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/07/31/1027926917671.html
Dave, that's precious! My sister in law told me about a guy named "Guy." His last name is also "Guy". So, he's "Guy Guy"!
"What's the 'S' stand for?"
"Why, Seymour, of course."
"Firstly, assuming a particular race would give their children stupid names IS racist"
So are you telling me that you would equally believe that the couple that named him was either A.) That middle class 30 something white couple who jogs together before work, and eats organic. and B.) That urban african american couple who does 8 balls and Ice and Keta before work and eats out every night?
Its not race, its culture. AA's do plenty well in this society, but you have to admit, their culture can hold that back sometimes. The same goes for white trash trailer home families, and drug addicted families. Its the culture and enviroment that people grow up in that influences stupid decisions like this.
I don't particularly find this comment to be racist. Being Black myself, I have personally known some Black folks who've really dogged their kids out by naming them strange, difficult to pronounce names. This one really takes the cake though (worst I've ever heard). Not leaving out other races, though, Blacks are not the only ones to come up with some really dumb names in the pursuit of "uniqueness". People should be more considerate of how their child will feel growing up with his/her name.
So let's not assume anything and I agree with Maas race should have never been brought in.
If you had seen my daughter when she was born you would have sworn she was asian. Hey I'm Black and I'm proud.
I also knew twins named Lemonjello and Orangello.
Another unfortune was a pair of brothers I briefly went to grade school with named Shadingding and Shadangang.