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Satire: Most Popular U.S. Baby Names [for Black, White and Asian students in U.S.]
The Onion ^
| December 25, 2002 issue
| The Onion Staff
Posted on 12/28/2002 6:21:39 AM PST by summer
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Political Humor/Cartoons
KEYWORDS: babynames; culture
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Twin boys Got up and introduced themselves as "La-mon-je-Lo" and "O-ron-je-LO. Their names were spelled "Lemonjello" and "Orangejello". See. Everyone has a different version of this story and everyone swears to it. Lord, you people are simple.
To: awgie2
RE your post #78 - I stand by my comment because it is ther truth. It is extremely difficult to correctly pronounce today's student names, especially black names. Try it yourself sometime, and see how far you get with some of these names.
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posted on
12/28/2002 7:08:24 AM PST
by
summer
To: summer
True story:
I met a white guy from WV during basic training at Ft. Knox many years ago. His name was/is Gordon Gordon Gordon.
He reminds me of George Foreman's kids.
5.56mm
83
posted on
12/28/2002 7:08:29 AM PST
by
M Kehoe
To: AppyPappy
I don't know about the 'medical term' thing, but a black woman in my hometown named her son....Regret. He was in 6th grade when I was in 4th, so I didn't know him, but I did find his photo and name in the school yearbook. I took it to my mother so we could laugh at it together (I was only 9), but she didn't find it at all amusing. "How can parents do that to their kids?" , she wondered. And that's certainly a valid question. I cannot believe that that woman was ignorant of the literal meaning of so common a word as "Regret", either.
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posted on
12/28/2002 7:09:30 AM PST
by
kaylar
To: summer
Onion
Bump
To: kaylar
There was a kid on my neighborhood named Dick Hunter. And I knew someone who went to school with a Vietnamese kid named Dic Lic.
To: AppyPappy
LOL...now, Appy Pappy, who's gonna believe THAT?!
PS JUST KIDDING! :)
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posted on
12/28/2002 7:12:27 AM PST
by
summer
To: boris
That is hilarious boris. I want more! LOL
88
posted on
12/28/2002 7:12:29 AM PST
by
Ditter
To: M Kehoe
lol..well i had that idea too my last name is nelson i was thinking on naming a son Nelson NElson
To: summer
Here are some names I've heard here in rural central VA:
Afealia (pronounced "Ah-Feel-ya") and Toenaylia (pronounced "Toe-nail-ya"), DeShawn, LaMont, LeVaughn (pronounced "Lee-Vaughn") & LaMar (pronounced "La-Mah"); DuMont, DuMar or DaMar (pronounced "Doo-Mah" & "Da-Mah"), Tameeka & Tameekwa; Shaneekwa & Shameekwa; DaLong & Darnell (pronounced "Dah-Nayl").
It may be a "Southern" thing, I don't know...?
To: Geist Krieger
Some of those names you mentioned are quite common from what I have seen of today's students.
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posted on
12/28/2002 7:14:02 AM PST
by
summer
To: summer
Sinutab???
To: sweetliberty
See my post ##2.
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posted on
12/28/2002 7:15:40 AM PST
by
summer
To: AppyPappy
Just go away please. Far away. Thank you.
To: summer
I did!
To: smoking camels
And let you wallow in your own ignorance? No way. This is a ministry.
To: crystalk
camarón is shrimp in spanish
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posted on
12/28/2002 7:18:49 AM PST
by
shiva
To: Eric in the Ozarks
"A school teacher pal of mine had a brother and sister from the same family in his class. They are Orangello and Lemonjello, pronounced Or-ANG-ja-lo and Le-MON-ja-lo." Careful, here, and check your facts. I heard this one ten years ago in Oakland, California, not Arkansas. Black Americans are giving their children odd and wierd names but this one is definitely an urban legend.
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posted on
12/28/2002 7:20:51 AM PST
by
tom h
To: AppyPappy
To: summer
Hilarious thread.
Ever seen a "Female" [pronounced: Fa-MA-lee] or a "Seiko"?
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