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From a pier in the West Village, Adam drops a dime on our potential super-Secret-Squirrel project. Sort of. It's cryptic.
In this pathetic episode, I share my theory that hospitals should have a 3 person name spelling committee. The committee would have the power to overrule phonetically incorrect spelling/idiotic of a newborn's name. This would put an end to the horrible "creative spelling" that has infected America like the monkeypox. No more Lisa spelled Lyssaa. Your name is still just Lisa.
Penn Jillette really did name his kid Moxie CrimeFighter. And I'll apologize for Adam slagging readers named Crystal. Sorry, love. He started it.
I'm calm like a bomb...
From a pier in the West Village, Adam drops a dime on our potential super-Secret-Squirrel project. Sort of. It's cryptic.
In this pathetic episode, I share my theory that hospitals should have a 3 person name spelling committee. The committee would have the power to overrule phonetically incorrect spelling/idiotic of a newborn's name. This would put an end to the horrible "creative spelling" that has infected America like the monkeypox. No more Lisa spelled Lyssaa. Your name is still just Lisa.
Penn Jillette really did name his kid Moxie CrimeFighter. And I'll apologize for Adam slagging readers named Crystal. Sorry, love. He started it.
I'm calm like a bomb...
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Haven't watched yet, but I totally agree on the creative spelling issues. They commit real crimes against language, logic and the baby's dignity here.
Plus: Most weird name kiddos have parents with weird names, so, it's like you taking a revenge on your own offspring for something your parents did to you.
Not fair.
I recently saw Elijah spelled Eliija. No. Overruled by The Name Spelling Committee.
So let it be written, so let it be done.
Agreed. I also would add a corollary to the Name Spelling Committee rules about creating a new name by adding "De," "D'," or "Ra" to an existing name, like "RaShawn" or "D'Abraham."
And for what it's worth, my girlfriend makes me watch "Project Runway," too.
Celebrities are always pulling this shit. Jason Lee named his kid Pilot Inspektor for god's sake.
Thank god my wife only makes me watch Big Brother...
Ha! Nice Sheriff.
This is kinda on the subject of name mashups
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCdmiZyyGjQ
On a sid note Johnny, That strap on your arm, Am I right to assume that is your time piece?
If so can you hook a brother up with the brand and maybe somewhere that I could purchase it?
I really dig it.
Yes, Frank, that is one of my watches. One that Adam loves to make jokes about me being in the biker gang in Pee Wee's Big Adventure.
Believe it or not, it's from New Zealand. Mine is the "mahogany" one.
http://www.thetrashtreasury.com/
JW
Couple thoughts..
It's usually black folks that dish out these weird names. Not to over generalize a category of people, but my wife works at an agency that does social work for inner city couples with children and all the damn kids have these fucked up names. It's gotta have something to do with one part of society not wanting to assimilate with the other.
Second, the world needs strippers. Following your keen observation, I propose that the naming committee also review all cases of parents wanting to give their new baby girl a precious gem name. After a thorough review of pictures of both parents teenage years through the present the committee should have a pretty good grasp on how the kid is likely to look in the future. Are the parents fit, well shaped, clean, and good looking? Approved. Welcome to the world Crystal! Otherwise... how about Betsy?
I think it's a universal problem. It just happens in different forms. Plenty of white parents are naming their daughter Kaitlyyn or Hailleigh.
Amen to that Jimbo, down here the weird names also come from black people and poor people, or most commonly, parents who are black and poor.
The mother, on her seventies or so is fascinated by a given name and want to 'embeautify' it and dad just don't give a shit, he's just going to pay the bills, no other real responsibility with the kids.
Also, we have mixed names. For an example, if a girl is a huge fan of Miss Cellania and dad likes Baierman, they could name a girl Misscehllaiermannya. No shit, things like that happen here. I know a guy whose name--Heidaimar--is a mix of the three grandparents who were alive when he was born, also people try to name kids with pop star's names and they have no clue on how to spell it: Dionata (for Jonathan); Derique Uorique (for Derek Warwick, former F1 racer); Gleyce Kelle (should be Grace Kelly) and so on.
HOW do you get Dionata out of Jonathon?
Mom: You should name your daughter something that will sound good when she's a Supreme Court Justice.
Me: So Bambi is out of the question?
The pronounciation for "dio" in Portuguese is very similar to "jo".
I could throw a real huge list of atrocities people commit on their kids on naming them.