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Date Posted: 15:06:11 01/25/06 Wed
Author: lump
Subject: Re: Choose Your Own Religion
In reply to:
chrys
's message, "Re: Choose Your Own Religion" on 13:28:55 01/25/06 Wed
I wasn't allowed to name my son - though hey yeah. I named him after 23...so your child should be Natasha Lump. LOL! j/k
If I hit the lottery tomorrow (which is the ONLY way I'd have more children), I'd name my daughter Millicent (no, I'm not kidding) and my boy William (family tradition tossed aside the last 2 generations).
Freakonomics has a great chapter on naming children - and 23 those would both be great names according to that book! :)
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Re: Choose Your Own Religion -- 23, 15:26:10 01/25/06 Wed [1]
Re: Freakonomics: how do they figure those would be good names?
Just curious....
And I'll ask the wife if I can work "lump" in there for ya. How about Natasha Lumpy? Sounds more feminine than just lump...
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Re: Choose Your Own Religion -- lump, 15:35:13 01/25/06 Wed [1]
You'd actually have to read it because I know I couldn't explain it to you well. I gave it to my boss to read, or I'd just send it to you.
Basically, names don't have anything to do with how successful you can be (duh, right?). In fact, the chapter follows 2 sons, one named Winner (who ends up in prison) and one named Loser (who becomes extremely successful). Anyhow, the importance in names are not actually the names themselves...but the trends. Successful people name have their own fads and it takes about 15 years for the non-successful people to catch the fad. The Kaitlyn pre-80s was likely born to successful people and then likely also successful. Then the fad caught on and Kaitlyn became a "common" name in more ways than 1. When I was born (back when they invented the train), Jessica was the #1 name for almost 10 years. It was common when I got it and didn't indicate whether or not I'd be successful. However, a Jessica that's about 15 years older than me probably was successful.
I don't know - you'd have to read it - it's hard to explain.
Ok with the lumpy...but if it's a boy it MUST be LUMPS.
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Re: Choose Your Own Religion -- lump, 15:55:10 01/25/06 Wed [1]
Wait - genious idea for a boy name (I know it's spelled wrong - that's the point).
Sioux
That way he can say "My name is Sioux, how do you do?" LOL!
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Re: Choose Your Own Religion -- Iymlad, 09:29:23 01/26/06 Thu [1]
>Basically, names don't have anything to do with how
>successful you can be (duh, right?).
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It was common when I got it and
>didn't indicate whether or not I'd be successful.
>However, a Jessica that's about 15 years older than me
>probably was successful.
I disagree on two fronts. :)
(1) I think that names can and do affect the fate of a person. So many little things relate back to ones name ... even if we only consider the impacts of first impressions. But on a more subtle level, there is an aura around a name that is comprised of how it has been used in the past. For example, I love the name Lucifer for it's meaning and history, yet there is so much baggage attached to it (although unwarrented - topic for another day) that it simply would not be wise to give it to a child under most circumstances.
(2) Your example of fad names, then and now. One thing came to mind relating to generalizations based on statistics. I am a bit put off by the attachment of the "why" to the "what". For example, those parents that think outside the box for their children's names may tend to be more free thinkers in general. Statistically, a "River Phoenix" would likely grown up in a significantly different environment and under different influences than a "John Smith".
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Re: Choose Your Own Religion -- Iymlad, 09:32:08 01/26/06 Thu [1]
As I re-read ... perhaps my (2) point was not written as in disagreement with your view ...
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