Comments on: Thoughts on awful names http://lisawaananen.wordpress.com/2008/04/07/thoughts-on-awful-names/ Adventures in journalism and history Fri, 18 Dec 2009 16:39:30 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Lisa Waananen http://lisawaananen.wordpress.com/2008/04/07/thoughts-on-awful-names/#comment-365 Lisa Waananen Wed, 14 May 2008 03:03:42 +0000 http://lisawaananen.wordpress.com/?p=266#comment-365 This is true. I realized this shortly after the original post but thought it might seem like an obsession if I brought up the topic again. I also thought it would be odd that I didn't remember the name, being a Tom Robbins fan, but apparently "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues" sat on my shelf while I read "Jitterbug Perfume" and "Another Roadside Attraction" (and I did my Google search to make sure I got that right). Which brings up another question, too: Is an unusual name better or worse if it comes from literature? This is true. I realized this shortly after the original post but thought it might seem like an obsession if I brought up the topic again. I also thought it would be odd that I didn’t remember the name, being a Tom Robbins fan, but apparently “Even Cowgirls Get the Blues” sat on my shelf while I read “Jitterbug Perfume” and “Another Roadside Attraction” (and I did my Google search to make sure I got that right).

Which brings up another question, too: Is an unusual name better or worse if it comes from literature?

]]> By: Danielle http://lisawaananen.wordpress.com/2008/04/07/thoughts-on-awful-names/#comment-364 Danielle Mon, 12 May 2008 22:15:04 +0000 http://lisawaananen.wordpress.com/?p=266#comment-364 Bonanza Jellybean isn't original. Well, it was original when Tom Robbins used it for a character in his novel Even Cowgirls Get the Blues. Research, please, before assuming an interesting name is an original name. Bonanza Jellybean isn’t original. Well, it was original when Tom Robbins used it for a character in his novel Even Cowgirls Get the Blues. Research, please, before assuming an interesting name is an original name.

]]> By: Awesome names « Stories on the run http://lisawaananen.wordpress.com/2008/04/07/thoughts-on-awful-names/#comment-297 Awesome names « Stories on the run Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:12:58 +0000 http://lisawaananen.wordpress.com/?p=266#comment-297 [...] 2008 (21) Awesome names April 21, 2008, 3:12 am Filed under: Random Lisa has posted a similar topic before, but today I was cruising the only web forum I cruise and found a thread called [...] [...] 2008 (21) Awesome names April 21, 2008, 3:12 am Filed under: Random Lisa has posted a similar topic before, but today I was cruising the only web forum I cruise and found a thread called [...]

]]> By: Nick Eaton http://lisawaananen.wordpress.com/2008/04/07/thoughts-on-awful-names/#comment-252 Nick Eaton Tue, 08 Apr 2008 19:04:27 +0000 http://lisawaananen.wordpress.com/?p=266#comment-252 You will enjoy this CSM article: http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/1123/p20s01-ussc.html Joe Nickels (SID) and I were talking the other day about a girl he knew in high school named Jordan. He was at her birthday party, and her mother drunkenly confessed to him that Jordan's real name is Thumper. Apparently, she kicked a lot in the womb, and her parents hence named her Thumper. Can you imagine? You will enjoy this CSM article:

http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/1123/p20s01-ussc.html

Joe Nickels (SID) and I were talking the other day about a girl he knew in high school named Jordan. He was at her birthday party, and her mother drunkenly confessed to him that Jordan’s real name is Thumper. Apparently, she kicked a lot in the womb, and her parents hence named her Thumper. Can you imagine?

]]> By: Lisa Waananen http://lisawaananen.wordpress.com/2008/04/07/thoughts-on-awful-names/#comment-251 Lisa Waananen Tue, 08 Apr 2008 17:32:38 +0000 http://lisawaananen.wordpress.com/?p=266#comment-251 It made me laugh, despite my best tries at dignity. That is something to avoid when naming children, names that make random strangers laugh at their obituaries. My apologies to the family. It made me laugh, despite my best tries at dignity. That is something to avoid when naming children, names that make random strangers laugh at their obituaries. My apologies to the family.

]]> By: jonesdaily http://lisawaananen.wordpress.com/2008/04/07/thoughts-on-awful-names/#comment-247 jonesdaily Tue, 08 Apr 2008 00:40:21 +0000 http://lisawaananen.wordpress.com/?p=266#comment-247 I have a somewhat related, though much less mature, comment. The other day I saw an obituary for a guy named Richard Butt. That is all. I have a somewhat related, though much less mature, comment.

The other day I saw an obituary for a guy named Richard Butt.

That is all.

]]> By: baby boy http://lisawaananen.wordpress.com/2008/04/07/thoughts-on-awful-names/#comment-246 baby boy Mon, 07 Apr 2008 20:01:48 +0000 http://lisawaananen.wordpress.com/?p=266#comment-246 I like the name Bonanza Jellybean, its a cool name. I like the name Bonanza Jellybean, its a cool name.

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