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Pair told not to name son '4real'
AP via CNN ^
| June 21, 2007
Posted on 06/21/2007 5:07:26 AM PDT by Silly
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- New Zealand authorities have blocked a couple's bid to officially name their new son "4real," saying numerals are not allowed.
Pat and Sheena Wheaton said they decided to name their new baby "4real" shortly after having an ultrasound and being struck by the reality of his impending arrival.
"For most of us, when we try to figure out what our names mean, we have to look it up in a babies book and ... there's no direct link between the meaning and the name," Pat Wheaton told TV One on Wednesday. "With this name, everyone knows what it means."
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
TOPICS: Australia/New Zealand; Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: 2idiots; 2stupid2baparent; 4goodnesssake; chat; i8a4re; o4theluvofgod; ou812; theparentsr5150
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To: Silly
4real is a lot easier to spell and pronounce
than the names some minorities come up with today.
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posted on
06/21/2007 5:28:20 AM PDT
by
WKB
(It's hard to tell who's more afraid of Fred Thompson; The Dims or the rudibots.)
To: Condor51
We named our daughter Nicole.
You’d think we would be safe but from time to time we get the spelling questions “Is that Nicole with a “Y”?”, “Is it N-I-C-O-L-E or is it N-I-C-H-O-L-E”.
Arghhh!
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posted on
06/21/2007 5:29:27 AM PDT
by
HEY4QDEMS
(Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.)
To: Silly
I once ran a day care = and had a little boy the parents had name Ghengis Khan (And had a very English surname)
I refused to call him Ghengis and just used Kahn, quite neutral when used alone; The parents admitted they were soused when they named him - so why not officially rename him rather then make him live with their drunken mistake the rest of his life?
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posted on
06/21/2007 5:31:50 AM PDT
by
maine-iac7
( "...but you can't fool all of the people all the time." LINCOLN)
To: WKB
than the names some minorities come up with today.
Go easy on the Latino's, especially when they are naming girls. I'm pretty sure there is a law requiring a minimum of three syllables and the last two must be "ina" (pronounced Eee-Nah).
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posted on
06/21/2007 5:33:47 AM PDT
by
HEY4QDEMS
(Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.)
To: maine-iac7
Did they pronounce it Geng-Gis or Jen-Jis?
To: Vaquero
I knew a guy back in college who wanted to name his first 2 kids, Cold beer and Saturday Night.
How and When they were concieved is seldom a good idea for naming your kids.
Signed,
Whiskyshots Newyears.
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posted on
06/21/2007 5:37:21 AM PDT
by
HEY4QDEMS
(Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.)
To: HEY4QDEMS
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posted on
06/21/2007 5:37:44 AM PDT
by
WKB
(It's hard to tell who's more afraid of Fred Thompson; The Dims or the rudibots.)
To: Condor51
Thanks for posting the link. I saw that website about three years ago and could never find it again. Hilarious stuff.
To: Silly
The government is basically telling this couple that it is illegal to make your child hate you.
To: Silly
Dear Pat and Sheena Wheaton,
In response to your request to name your son "4real", please be advised that you're...
Sincerely,
The New Zealand Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages
(P.S. Why don't you try naming him "Sue"?)
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posted on
06/21/2007 5:40:09 AM PDT
by
PBRSTREETGANG
(Apparently now my party considers me an "ugly nativist".)
To: Silly
A local family here named their boy Seven Pacific. Can only figure that was the time of conception. Stupid people.
To: Silly
Knew a man in South Georgia that was named 5/8 Smith.
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posted on
06/21/2007 5:43:24 AM PDT
by
N. Theknow
(uotation marks)
To: Silly
To: maine-iac7
My sister went to school with a girl named “Vagina” (pronounced like “Regina” with a “v” instead of an “R”)
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posted on
06/21/2007 5:48:21 AM PDT
by
MacDorcha
(study links agenda-driven morons and junk science...)
To: N. Theknow
Knew a man in South Georgia that was named 5/8 Smith.
Is his nickname "The Great Compromise"?.
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posted on
06/21/2007 5:48:37 AM PDT
by
HEY4QDEMS
(Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.)
To: MacDorcha
,i>My sister went to school with a girl named Vagina
That's fine so long as she isn't one.
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posted on
06/21/2007 5:49:42 AM PDT
by
HEY4QDEMS
(Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.)
To: Condor51; Tax-chick
Condor, are you interested in being put on the You Did NOT Name Your Child That ping list?
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posted on
06/21/2007 5:51:13 AM PDT
by
Xenalyte
(Lord, I apologize . . . and be with the starving pygmies in New Guinea amen.)
To: Silly
I remember that. Snoopy: “Did he say ‘V’ or ‘5’.”
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posted on
06/21/2007 5:59:43 AM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(Nihil curo de ista tua stulta superstitione.)
To: HEY4QDEMS
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posted on
06/21/2007 6:00:06 AM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(Nihil curo de ista tua stulta superstitione.)
To: Xenalyte
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