August 01, 2008
Your parents named you what? The pros, cons of unusual names
I like the name Hrothgar from Beowulf.
Hey, what's wrong with Sindee?
Oh, man, Hrothgar. That's going on the next Starbucks or Which Wich I order.
Yeah, "Cindy" is a bastardization of "Cynthia" much in the same way "Flip" is a bastardization of "Phillip".
Nothing's wrong with Sindee at all.
Sort of how Phillip is a bastardization of Philip's (aka flip) name.
Seriously? One L'd Phillips exist?
ha ha! my name is Fill up!
Not only do they exist but they tend to be superior to two elled Philips. That extra elle will really slow a man down.
-philip smith
The one-L lama, he's a priest
The two-L llama, he's a beast
And I would bet a silk pyjama
There isn't any three-L lllama
(* see footnote)
* footnote:
The author's attention has been called
to a type of conflagration
known as a three-alarmer.
Pooh.
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Perhaps one day we can induct Dow into the Asdrubal Cabrera hall of fame.
I like Indiana and Moxie each as girls' names. Maybe not if your last name is Jones, or paired with the middle name 'CrimeFighter', but in general. I think you have to give your kid one bone-stock normal name and one slightly unusual one -- or at least one with nickname potential -- ordered as you see fit. Of course, if they'll be "Firstname M Lastname 5th" then you do that.
Otherwise though, they'll be stuck trying to find a nickname for "Cynthia", and who would do that to their kid?
Speaking of family matters: been playing with geni.com, which lets you construct your family tree, then invite your family to help build it out form each of their branches. Mine's at 189 and going...
You have full privacy controls, only your family can see the tree, and there's just enough facebook-y features to make it quite interesting.
posted by mrflip at 05:19AM CST on August 03