Still Waters Posted March 28, 2017 #1 Share Posted March 28, 2017 A couple in the US state of Georgia who were banned from naming their daughter Allah are taking legal action. The state Department of Public Health has refused to issue the 22-month-old with a birth certificate. Elizabeth Handy and Bilal Walk say it is unacceptable that their child, ZalyKha Graceful Lorraina Allah, has officially been left nameless. But state officials say the child's surname should either be Handy, Walk or a combination of the two, not Allah. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-39413653 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herr Falukorv Posted March 28, 2017 #2 Share Posted March 28, 2017 I had a coworker on my first job when I was 18 his name was Lars Vers He changed his first name to Per..Per is a very common name in Sweden so nothing strange there. The fun is when you combine them.Pervers = Pervert in swedish He was very proud with this and flaunted his driving licence to eveyone. A close friend of mine named his son to Göte (also a quite common name in sweden) just because his surname is Borg. The fun is when you combine them to Göteborg, thats the city we live in.. Gothenburg in english 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quiXilver Posted March 28, 2017 #3 Share Posted March 28, 2017 It seems most folks claim to seek calm, happiness and contentment. However, in actions and daily life... there seems no limit to... the many manners and conditions people create to murder their own peace and inner calm 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EllJay Posted March 28, 2017 #4 Share Posted March 28, 2017 1 hour ago, Herr Falukorv said: I had a coworker on my first job when I was 18 his name was Lars Vers He changed his first name to Per..Per is a very common name in Sweden so nothing strange there. The fun is when you combine them.Pervers = Pervert in swedish He was very proud with this and flaunted his driving licence to eveyone. A close friend of mine named his son to Göte (also a quite common name in sweden) just because his surname is Borg. The fun is when you combine them to Göteborg, thats the city we live in.. Gothenburg in english 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stiff Posted March 28, 2017 #5 Share Posted March 28, 2017 A friend of my other half is a school teacher and she mentioned that one of the girls in her class had an unusual name. Ophelia Bush. I'm not sure if the parents understand what this can be construed as but I fear the poor girl will bear the brunt of a few teases in her time. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glorybebe Posted March 28, 2017 #6 Share Posted March 28, 2017 I can't understand how people can care more about what they want to name their child than the repercussions of said name. I thought long and hard over my daughter's first and middle name to get the right sound to it. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EllJay Posted March 28, 2017 #7 Share Posted March 28, 2017 2 minutes ago, glorybebe said: I can't understand how people can care more about what they want to name their child than the repercussions of said name. I thought long and hard over my daughter's first and middle name to get the right sound to it. Yeah, just look at the poor "victims" (children) of hippie-parents from the 60's, with their tendency to give their child 4 or 5 first-names. I wonder how many Moonbeam Stardust Lennon Buddha Lifelight Anderson's - or similar - there are out there in the world?? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spud the mackem Posted March 28, 2017 #8 Share Posted March 28, 2017 Mr Arto named his son Thomas (Tom) and my friend always signs his name Paul Green 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glorybebe Posted March 28, 2017 #9 Share Posted March 28, 2017 1 hour ago, EllJay said: Yeah, just look at the poor "victims" (children) of hippie-parents from the 60's, with their tendency to give their child 4 or 5 first-names. I wonder how many Moonbeam Stardust Lennon Buddha Lifelight Anderson's - or similar - there are out there in the world?? I grew up in a hippy area. I went to school with Sundance, Star flower and many more interesting names. Maybe that is why I think the way I do. I saw the kids being miserable with "weird" names. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+and-then Posted March 28, 2017 #10 Share Posted March 28, 2017 My mom insisted I be named after my father and his father. By all accounts, it was a decent, respectable name. Unfortunately, when you're a fat kid growing up in a craze for DUNCAN YO YOs Being named Richard Duncan M*****, can still be a minefield Fortunately all was saved after the movie HIGHLANDER came on the scene 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unusual Tournament Posted March 29, 2017 #11 Share Posted March 29, 2017 Why do people insist on calling their kids by the stupidest names? 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quiXilver Posted March 29, 2017 #12 Share Posted March 29, 2017 My sophmore High School Humanities teacher's name was Roger Dick....yup... Mr. Dick. He was and always will be one of my all time favorite teachers. I loved that man and looked up to him and worked closely with him as he also directed theater at a couple of the theaters in town and cast me in several of my first professional roles. Anywho, he and his wife chaparoned one of our dances and when he introduced me, I didn't catch it right off the bat... but her name was Anita... when it finally hit me I just about died. Man that brings up some beautiful memories. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmer77 Posted March 29, 2017 #13 Share Posted March 29, 2017 Just now, quiXilver said: My sophmore High School Humanities teacher's name was Roger Dick....yup... Mr. Dick. He was and always will be one of my all time favorite teachers. I loved that man and looked up to him and worked closely with him as he also directed theater at a couple of the theaters in town and cast me in several of my first professional roles. Anywho, he and his wife chaparoned one of our dances and when he introduced me, I didn't catch it right off the bat... but her name was Anita... when it finally hit me I just about died. Man that brings up some beautiful memories. No freakin way 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quiXilver Posted March 29, 2017 #14 Share Posted March 29, 2017 true story 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+and-then Posted March 29, 2017 #15 Share Posted March 29, 2017 I worked once for a guy named Richard Arriola. The name won't make much of an impact unless you work around a bunch of nearly perverted healthcare types. Poor guy was always referred to as "Dick Nipple". 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Merton Posted March 29, 2017 #16 Share Posted March 29, 2017 2 hours ago, and then said: I worked once for a guy named Richard Arriola. The name won't make much of an impact unless you work around a bunch of nearly perverted healthcare types. Poor guy was always referred to as "Dick Nipple". We had a trombone player named Sam Houston. Whenever a substitute was taking roll, when his turn came the band knew what was coming and would break out laughing. Shortly after that died down you'd here a long Texas drawl and, "Sam Houston, ma'am." It sometimes took getting college authorities in there to convince that really was his name. One guy threw the baton at him. Me, being Vietnamese, used the same name I use here, and sometimes had troubles of a similar sort until I explained that I tired of hearing my real name so horribly mispronounced. (Actually I used it to make it easier for Americans back then unused to Vietnamese names). 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHaYap Posted March 29, 2017 #17 Share Posted March 29, 2017 @Frank Merton I didn't know you played Frank, which part of the ensemble are you ? ~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Merton Posted March 29, 2017 #18 Share Posted March 29, 2017 Just now, third_eye said: @Frank Merton I didn't know you played Frank, which part of the ensemble are you ? ~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Merton Posted March 29, 2017 #19 Share Posted March 29, 2017 Just now, Frank Merton said: This is past tense -- long past. Tenor Sax 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHaYap Posted March 29, 2017 #20 Share Posted March 29, 2017 8 minutes ago, Frank Merton said: This is past tense -- long past. Tenor Sax Cool Jenkins Frank ... much respect, that's a tough section on any wind and horn line ... ~ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Merton Posted March 29, 2017 #21 Share Posted March 29, 2017 This brings back memories. One time before the Texas drawl there was a long snare drum roll. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Merton Posted March 29, 2017 #22 Share Posted March 29, 2017 10 hours ago, Captain Risky said: Why do people insist on calling their kids by the stupidest names? The only reason I can think of is because they are stupid. Of course it's better than the French rule (I don't know if they still have this) that you had to name your kid after a saint. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Merton Posted March 29, 2017 #23 Share Posted March 29, 2017 I knew a woman around the block (a certifiable airhead) who called herself "Joy Peace Rapture." I met another on an airplane who called himself "Abraham Isaac Jehovah." (That was the "English" name he adopted for use in the US -- I don't know how well that went over or whether he stuck with it). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unusual Tournament Posted March 29, 2017 #24 Share Posted March 29, 2017 9 hours ago, Frank Merton said: The only reason I can think of is because they are stupid. Of course it's better than the French rule (I don't know if they still have this) that you had to name your kid after a saint. A name should mean something connected to the family IMO. Tradition is good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stiff Posted March 29, 2017 #25 Share Posted March 29, 2017 1 minute ago, Captain Risky said: A name should mean something connected to the family IMO. Tradition is good. Not where I grew up it wouldn't be. There would have been an awful lot of 'toe-rag', t-wat, 'b*****' and sod's walking around now 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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