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Humane names.
Dec. 7th, 2005 04:21 pmLink I found from a friend of someone on my friends list: Instintute for Naming Children Humanely (I.N.C.H.)
Place-names for children invite an automatic means for social studies teachers to humiliate these children, by forcing them to attempt to locate their namesakes on a map.
Another reason to avoid abstract qualities as names is because they were frequently used by the Puritans who first settled the United States. While they may have been courageous and noble in their quest for freedom, they were also religious people with guns, a combination that sends Janet Reno scrambling for the lighter fluid.
LOL.
I think Keegan is a cool name, though. But maybe that's just because the only Keegan I know is a cool person.
Also, I'm surprised they don't have a category for names that are supposed to be shortened forms of other names. I guess it's not as big of a deal, and there are tons of people with names like that, but eventually you'd get sick of people asking, "Is that short for ___?" wouldn't you? My best friend from elementary school was named Maggie, and she always had to tell people that her full name was not, in fact, Margaret. (Dude, do people name kids Margaret anymore these days? o.O) But yeah. *waves hi to Bart and Eben* :P
Place-names for children invite an automatic means for social studies teachers to humiliate these children, by forcing them to attempt to locate their namesakes on a map.
Another reason to avoid abstract qualities as names is because they were frequently used by the Puritans who first settled the United States. While they may have been courageous and noble in their quest for freedom, they were also religious people with guns, a combination that sends Janet Reno scrambling for the lighter fluid.
LOL.
I think Keegan is a cool name, though. But maybe that's just because the only Keegan I know is a cool person.
Also, I'm surprised they don't have a category for names that are supposed to be shortened forms of other names. I guess it's not as big of a deal, and there are tons of people with names like that, but eventually you'd get sick of people asking, "Is that short for ___?" wouldn't you? My best friend from elementary school was named Maggie, and she always had to tell people that her full name was not, in fact, Margaret. (Dude, do people name kids Margaret anymore these days? o.O) But yeah. *waves hi to Bart and Eben* :P
