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Consuela - Dec 13, 2012 9:50:51 am PST #4281 of 30001

We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

Excel and Fedora.

Yeah, I just... boggled.

That said, laughing at weird names has uncomfortably classist implications for me, since it's generally mocking people for not fitting into the standard Euro-American tradition. Or for sheer ignorance. I mean, if you're a woman who spends her life mopping floors and changing sheets, how should you know that "Excel" refers to a spreadsheet program and not the general principle of excellence?

I mean, "excel" is a verb, after all. My given name means "steadfast and loyal"; my sister's means "daisy". How is that different than Yoga (implying flexibility and peacefulness, I guess)?

... although I'm still baffled by Fedora. I can only assume the parents are either serious hipsters, or have no idea what it means and just liked the sound.

(Ah, and flea explains that it's a version of Theodora. Okay.)

Jessica - Dec 13, 2012 9:52:22 am PST #4282 of 30001

And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

I'm having fun imagining which are the clever twin names. Hippo and Thinn. Excel and Google. Joshitha and Donathan.

Jessica - Dec 13, 2012 9:53:49 am PST #4283 of 30001

And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

(Fedora is an actual name; it's a Russian version of Theodora. Of course, if I lived in the US right now, and especially Brooklyn, I would choose another name.)

Ok, I take that one back then. It's probably very popular down in Brighton Beach.

flea - Dec 13, 2012 9:56:34 am PST #4284 of 30001

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My favorite name of all time? Barkevious Mingo, a football player at LSU. Nickname "Kee-kee," which means it's pronounced Bar-KEE-vee-us. It's like a Harry Potter character name. How could you not be awesome with that name!

Jesse - Dec 13, 2012 9:57:40 am PST #4285 of 30001

Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

That said, laughing at weird names has uncomfortably classist implications for me, since it's generally mocking people for not fitting into the standard Euro-American tradition.

Is it OK if you focus on weird celebrity baby names, then?

Consuela - Dec 13, 2012 10:03:12 am PST #4286 of 30001

We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

Go wild.

I was just thinking out loud.

Jessica - Dec 13, 2012 10:03:25 am PST #4287 of 30001

And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Given that this list comes from Babycenter users who answered a survey, I'm fairly comfortable assuming these are mostly white middle-class babies.

Nora Deirdre - Dec 13, 2012 10:04:42 am PST #4288 of 30001

I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)

OMG IS TWITTER DOWN?!?!?!?

aurelia - Dec 13, 2012 10:04:53 am PST #4289 of 30001

All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

"All I Want for Christmas Is You."

This [link] is playing on a loop in the lobby so I've kind of had my fill of that song. It was cute the first few times.

Jesse - Dec 13, 2012 10:08:59 am PST #4290 of 30001

Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I was just thinking out loud.

Oh no, I know what you're saying. My grandmother is always saying how weird the names of babies born at the hospital she volunteers at are, but of course she can never give an example, so I just assume she means non-English names.

But then I have met siblings named Stalin and Staliny, so. (They were not American. Or Bolsheviks, as far as I know.)

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