Seriously? Does it get any more mundane sounding than "Brad Pitt"? And believe me, he's far from mundane. I mean, I could go on and on about famous people and their names and how having a unique name did nothing for them, in some cases, it's been used against them.
OMG that site is hilarious! How many ways can you spell MacKenzie???? and do they not realise it's a SURNAME????
It is a worry that these people are breeding though! Just think in another 12 years time MycCynzy or whatever they called her will be on that same site trying to decide what she will call her first child?
You *are* plumbing the archive! :-) I'm going to have to dig through the past and find out what horrible things I've confessed that now you're going to know! ;-)
And, sadly, yes, a lot of Americans use surnames as forenames. It used to be a dignified practice that obtained among the upper classes as the trans-Atlantic equivalent of the British double-barrel. You have no brothers and your fine family name that goes back to the Mayflower is going to die with you? Don't worry, just name your firstborn son "Porter" or "Hudson" or "Carter".
But then the middle class got into it (take note from "Evita"--it's always the middle classes you have to watch out for) and started popularising the practice in a totally vulgar and out of control fashion. And you end up with huge cohorts of gilrs named "Madison"...
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Date: 2008-05-30 09:36 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2008-05-30 01:14 pm (UTC)In her spare time she destroys Tokyo.
— from the first link.
This brought to mind the opening scene of Michael Nesmith's Elephant Parts where he sings:
to the tune of Joanne. Snort!
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Date: 2008-05-30 04:10 pm (UTC)Site.
Ever.
EVER.
I am rolling.
"Oh I like it, it's unique!!"
Seriously? Does it get any more mundane sounding than "Brad Pitt"? And believe me, he's far from mundane. I mean, I could go on and on about famous people and their names and how having a unique name did nothing for them, in some cases, it's been used against them.
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Date: 2009-01-06 11:19 pm (UTC)It is a worry that these people are breeding though! Just think in another 12 years time MycCynzy or whatever they called her will be on that same site trying to decide what she will call her first child?
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Date: 2009-01-07 12:43 am (UTC)And, sadly, yes, a lot of Americans use surnames as forenames. It used to be a dignified practice that obtained among the upper classes as the trans-Atlantic equivalent of the British double-barrel. You have no brothers and your fine family name that goes back to the Mayflower is going to die with you? Don't worry, just name your firstborn son "Porter" or "Hudson" or "Carter".
But then the middle class got into it (take note from "Evita"--it's always the middle classes you have to watch out for) and started popularising the practice in a totally vulgar and out of control fashion. And you end up with huge cohorts of gilrs named "Madison"...