- Wrey,
Lets not forget Lemonjello & Orangejello. Honest name of twin boys.
Sorry, but I have met like 500 people from coast to coast and across to foreign lands who SWEAR to having gone to school with these two URBAN MYTHS.
Lets not forget Lemonjello & Orangejello. Honest name of twin boys.
Essa mina meklos atabos.I'll let you call me that from now on if it will amuse you.
Lets not forget Lemonjello & Orangejello. Honest name of twin boys.
A little off topic, but have you also noticed how murderers are punished like your parents used to punish you? You know. If you didn't do your chores your mother called you by your full name.
Like for example:
I'm sure people thought John Gacey was a really nice guy, but that John Wayne Gacey is a brutal murderer.
And why do they have such country names? You have never seen an Eldrick Robert Alexander III commit a murder, but a Billy Roy Collins? OH YEAH! quote] Many serial killers are known by three names.
My dad has always hated his name. He was named after two dead presidents Cleveland Mc KinleyIt is socioeconomics. Yes, it is.
Yes, as there were many freed blacks after the end of the war who changed their slave names to something that reflected their newly gained freedom. There are many prefixes and suffixes that can even help one to determine the generation of the individual. As I said, it is a parent's right to name their child whatever they desire. I was merely expressing my opinion. I never said the names were ignorant. I know that often the bottom line is that the parent likes the sound of the name or wishes their child to have at least one unique thing in their life that is truly their own. The irony is that often this very desire causes the child to be stereotyped according to education, income and race.
That is so wrong!Supposedly, Anfernee Hardaway's name was intended to be Anthony but the hospital mispelled it on his birth certificate.
A little off topic, but have you also noticed how murderers are punished like your parents used to punish you? You know. If you didn't do your chores your mother called you by your full name.
Like for example:
I'm sure people thought John Gacey was a really nice guy, but that John Wayne Gacey is a brutal murderer.
And why do they have such country names? You have never seen an Eldrick Robert Alexander III commit a murder, but a Billy Roy Collins? OH YEAH! quote] Many serial killers are known by three names.
My dad has always hated his name. He was named after two dead presidents Cleveland Mc Kinley
That is so wrong!
Well,
Your father is not unique in that. My grandfather was named Rutherford (After Rutherford B Hayes). When he got old enough he had it changed.
The pastor I mentioned earlier was named after Woodrow Wilson.
Likewise there are many Sugar Rays, Joe Louis, Jessie Owens, etc. During segregation and even now parents look to the achievements of prominent blacks and name their children in hopes of inspiring them. Each generation has names that it favors.
Well,
Your father is not unique in that. My grandfather was named Rutherford (After Rutherford B Hayes). When he got old enough he had it changed.
The pastor I mentioned earlier was named after Woodrow Wilson.
Likewise there are many Sugar Rays, Joe Louis, Jessie Owens, etc. During segregation and even now parents look to the achievements of prominent blacks and name their children in hopes of inspiring them. Each generation has names that it favors.
The worst are names after high-end retailers trying to make your kid sound high maintenance:
Tiffany (by far the worst and yes I'll catch hell for it), Chanel, Gabbana, Versace, etc. Naming your kid after a commercial enterprise is tacky.
I have this cousin, you know the type "I found Islam in jail" type? Well his new name is Charles X and he is on this trend of these whacked up names:
Tezara Kalimba
Metrese Deku
I told him he should change his name to Okamefunde.
hahahahaha :biggrin1: funnyMy brother's alter ego is: Mustafa Rasheed Al-shabazz "Bang Bang" Quadruple X :biggrin1:
I have this cousin, you know the type "I found Islam in jail" type? Well his new name is Charles X and he is on this trend of these whacked up names:
Tezara Kalimba
Metrese Deku
I told him he should change his name to Okamefunde.
My brother's alter ego is: Mustafa Rasheed Al-shabazz "Bang Bang" Quadruple X :biggrin1:
hahahahaha :biggrin1: funny
hahaha I have a cousin like that as well. His real name is Clifford I can't remember what his muslim name is. When he got out his grandmother declared he could pretend he didn't like ham or bacon if he wanted to, that would be more for her; but she wasn't calling him anything but the name on his birth certificate. :tongue: You gotta love old school black women, they seriously ROCK!
I didn't read all the posts so I don't know if anyone mentioned Gwyneth Paltow's choice of names for her baby girl: Apple. What is with that? I don't think she will ever forgive her parents and I don't think hers is the name that would sit at the top of the list in HR as njqt pointed out earlier!
Sorry, must have let that one slip. Glad I'm not the only one who thinks that's weird.I did along with Moon Unit ,Dweezil, and Satchel.
LMAO! That is so true! One of my ex beaux after growing up Presbyterian all his life got a divorce and converted to Islam. I met him again a few years after this miraculous conversion and thought how perfect for the man who used to lock me in cars so no one could speak to me. His religion helped to justify much of his regular behavior. The first thing he asked upon seeing me again after more than a decade was "Are you still fertile?" I suppose he was looking for a vessel for his fruit of Islam...