Open Editorial: You Named Your Baby WHAT???

Onyx Magazine ^ | March, 2006 | Josephine Hammond

[Junior]

don't misspell ANY name; some day Brytnee and Kodee will be grownups, and it just won't look dignified...

Anyone naming his daughter Brytnee is just asking for her to be a stripper.

[No Truce With Kings]

"I used to work with someone named Mercedes."

Mercedes -- the car -- was named for one of the designer's daughter. He had been part of another German auto maker, got pushed out, and could not use his own name for his new firm, so he named it for his daughter, instead. So Mercedes is a standard girl's name, especially in Spain and Italy.

[sheik yerbouty]

A friernd of one of my forner coworker's named her daughter Quiana, because she loved that material in the 70s..

[knittnmom]

if you want to call a boy Bobby, name him Robert

Furthermore, if you can't pronounce an "r" correctly, name him James or George.

[Kewlhand`tek]

Meconium Johnson is not pleased!

[Don Carlos]

Speakin' 'bout Oklahoma, there was a M.D. in OKC a few years ago named Joe Bills. Forget his last name. He came to fame after his wife died on his operating table following a botched attempt at liposuction. His first, and last, attempt at cosmetic surgery.

[gogeo]

That is wrong on so many levels...

[Red Badger]

Like BJ Hunnicutt from M*A*S*H.........

[chemicalman]

Saw a nametag at McDonalds. Asked the girl how she pronounced her name. She said "Shatheed". You should have seen how it was spelled. I think her mother hated her. lol

[warchild9]

I always thought Quiana was a Hawaiian name. Heh, what do I know?

[sheik yerbouty]

Go to "Fade to Black" comedy site and punch in your name and then get the name Calypso Louie would give you..

[riverdawg]

"Don't forget Mercedes."

There was a famous actress in the 50's and 60's named Mercedes McCambridge, as I recall. Also, I went to school in the 60's with a girl named Mercedes; she may have been named for the actress. We called her Mer, for short. Very attractive, at least through the haze of fading memories ...

[wbill]

Oddly enough, many of them still see the Negro in the room as ‘non-existent’ or invisible, so they talked like I wasn’t even in the room.

I agree with everything, EXCEPT the above statement. I wouldn't say 'invisible', I'd say 'equal'.

Coworker was singled out a diversity training session because he was black, and happened to be the only black person in the room. He was LIVID....his point was thus... "Did you notice that I was the only black man in the room before they pointed me out?" (No)

"Did you notice that I was the only black man in the room after they pointed me out?" (Yes)

"I've worked here for years, and specifically built a reputation up to be a great network engineer." (he had) "And from now on, I'll be the 'black network engineer', instead."

He retired, not long after this. Huge loss for the company, as he designed Cisco networks for a hobby, and loved the fact that he could travel for free and get paid for his hobby as well. What a waste, and the HR wonk had absolutely no clue what she had done.

[exdem2000]

LOL

[colorcountry]

As long as her first name isn't Al

Wow THAT would be cruel. Nope first syllable is "Ma" and the last is pronounced "kita" = Makita. People think it's Russian, porobably because she's white.

[Ditter]

I have a friend who swears she met a doctor in Colorado named Richard Head. He introduced himself as Dick, he was a urologist. When she was introduced to him my friend almost choked. True story (according to my friend).Then there was the guy who owned a liquor store in Santa Fe. In big letters on his store, Peter C. Handler.

[toddlintown]

" database run on the name "

In another life as a car salesman, I used to get database runs of new people moving into the area. I told my wife about a new and potential customer named "Richard Head," and finally had to bring home a copy of the printout before she believed me.

That was 15 years ago and we still laugh about this!

[Range Rover]

Knew his brother, Buster...

[Red Badger]

I guess they couldn't pick Cotton........

[DejaJude]

OMG! I actually have a cousin named Cash! At least, I always thought that was his legal name. It wasn't until we got an invitation to his wedding that I found out his real name was Donald. The whole family had always called him Cash, never by any other name. When I asked why, they said it was because he was born in December and they could claim him as a tax deduction. Apparently, his dad started calling him Cash as a joke, but it stuck.