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Naming your kids after movie stars
#5851497 - 07/12/06 05:12 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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I don't know whether it's the same in the States/Canada/rest of the world but here in the UK it seems to be all the fashion (in certain classes) to name your kids after film stars 
Often when I'm out and about I hear young mothers yelling "Orlando! Leonardo! Britney! Elijah! Stop chasing the pigeons!"
Makes my blood boil
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Re: Naming your kids after movie stars [Re: Amatoxin]
#5851595 - 07/12/06 05:46 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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those names were around long before someone made them famous.
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Re: Naming your kids after movie stars [Re: 8374837]
#5851605 - 07/12/06 05:50 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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Kind of backwards, but here in the US, celebrities name their kids ridiculous (what they think are creative) things, such as Phinnaeus, Apple, January, Studebaker. Poor kids. They have it on VH1 every once in a while.
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Re: Naming your kids after movie stars [Re: 8374837]
#5851607 - 07/12/06 05:51 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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8374837 said: those names were around long before someone made them famous.
Not here in the UK they weren't! 
I bet if there was some new big movie star named 'Farts Fartofferson' there'd be a whole generation of kids named after him here
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Re: Naming your kids after movie stars [Re: Amatoxin]
#5851615 - 07/12/06 05:54 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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im sure they were, they just werent popular is what im trying to say.
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Re: Naming your kids after movie stars [Re: Amatoxin]
#5851635 - 07/12/06 05:59 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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Everyone calling their kids 'Alfie' because of shane ritchie in Eastenders.
There was a scary trend of young teenage mums naming their kids after drugs. I know there's some poor child out their called XTC,,, 
" oi, speed, crack and smack, behave yourselves "
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Re: Naming your kids after movie stars [Re: Amatoxin]
#5851646 - 07/12/06 06:02 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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Can't say that I've ever known anyone personally who has done it.
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Re: Naming your kids after movie stars [Re: eris]
#5851682 - 07/12/06 06:14 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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I know someone who's parents purposelly made his initials THC
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mellowrubberduck said: Kind of backwards, but here in the US, celebrities name their kids ridiculous (what they think are creative) things, such as Phinnaeus, Apple, January, Studebaker. Poor kids. They have it on VH1 every once in a while.
I actually thought about naming my future kid Phinnaeus. He's a character from the book "A Seperate Peace." A book I really like and a character I can relate to.
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Re: Naming your kids after movie stars [Re: Amatoxin]
#5851702 - 07/12/06 06:20 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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I read an article recently that stated it's becoming trendy now to name your children after corporate things like Starbucks and ESPN. It featured two sports fans who named their child "Espin" after ESPN. Yeck.
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Re: Naming your kids after movie stars [Re: Mike_yy]
#5851706 - 07/12/06 06:21 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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Once worked with this guy in Nottingham who's last name was 'Walker', quite a common surname over here.
He named his kid 'Luke Sky' lol
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Quote:
mellowrubberduck said: Kind of backwards, but here in the US, celebrities name their kids ridiculous (what they think are creative) things, such as Phinnaeus, Apple, January, Studebaker. Poor kids. They have it on VH1 every once in a while.
And they wonder why star's kids are so messed up.
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Re: Naming your kids after movie stars [Re: Mike_yy]
#5851923 - 07/12/06 07:28 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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mikeyyork said: Everyone calling their kids 'Alfie' because of shane ritchie in Eastenders.
There was a scary trend of young teenage mums naming their kids after drugs. I know there's some poor child out their called XTC,,, 
" oi, speed, crack and smack, behave yourselves "
More subtle ones I've heard are Crystal, Molly, Tina.... I also have an aunt first name Mary middle name Jane.
I really don't see a problem with those names or the ones of movie stars that were mentioned. Orlando and Elijah are pretty nice names. I'd probably end up naming my kid after a musician, Pepper a bad name? Or maybe drugs Tab, Vale. I kind of feel bad for him already.
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Re: Naming your kids after movie stars [Re: Wysefool]
#5852043 - 07/12/06 07:47 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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ooooohhh yyyythan
come hereeeee
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mellowrubberduck said: Kind of backwards, but here in the US, celebrities name their kids ridiculous (what they think are creative) things, such as Phinnaeus, Apple, January, Studebaker. Poor kids. They have it on VH1 every once in a while.
And how many of those kids do you think are going to be found at the age of 14 up in a hotel with a hooker and an eight-ball..
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Re: Naming your kids after movie stars [Re: MrSinister]
#5852505 - 07/12/06 09:14 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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was there a Hilton hotel built in Paris ~30 years ago?
maybe Paris came close to being a messy stain on a bed there some decades ago
"yeah! comb my hair bitch! mmmmmmm, kiss my wierd lips while you comb my hair! mmmmm wooooooooooo"
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Re: Naming your kids after movie stars [Re: MrSinister]
#5852557 - 07/12/06 09:23 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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MrSinister said: And how many of those kids do you think are going to be found at the age of 14 up in a hotel with a hooker and an eight-ball..
Pretty much every single one. Oh, if only they would step off the fast track and explore the wonderful world of psychedelics. 
Celebrities are fucking crazy, ruining the life (well, at least 18 years of it, until they can get it legally changed) of their own flesh and blood for shits and giggles, which'll last no more than one day.
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i was in a group home a long long time ago with two black kids named lemonjello and orangejello. pronounced something like leamonjalo and oraunjalo.
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Re: Naming your kids after movie stars [Re: 8374837]
#5853702 - 07/13/06 03:03 AM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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my mothers maiden name was walker
pretty common name
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