AQUANETTE

The poor girl to whom the name belongs is an attendant at the Kangaroo gas station on the northwest side of Gainesville, Florida.

There was Aquanet hairspray. My mom used it in the 60's.

Yeah, all the "hair bands" used that stuff. Back in the '80s my mom had a can in her makeup cabinet, too.

My mom's theory is that poor Aquanette was named for the hairspray her mom used on the night she was conceived.

...yup, that's up there with "Orangello" and "Lemongello".

:hmm:

My wife is a nurse, works with a lot of high risk folks. She tells me all the wacko names. The best yet is a woman (E.S.L. but fluent) who named her daughter Nausea.

Originally posted by Gard
...yup, that's up there with "Orangello" and "Lemongello".

:hmm:

I'm surprised you haven't taken this obvious opportunity to make fun of NoFla.

On the other hand, you're from the part of the world that gave us Britney Spears and Brett Favre, so maybe you aren't one to talk. :smug:

PS:
GO GATORS!

No kidding, here, true story. My wife was working ina dental office in St. Thomas, Virgin Islands back in 1996-1997. "Local" woman in the dental chair, going over her medical history. She's pregnant. Wife asks her if she has any names picked out, she says "if a girl, Chlamydia. I think that's a lovely name, a flower I think."

My wife didn't have the guts to tell her it was a venereal disease . . .

Originally posted by Gard
...yup, that's up there with "Orangello" and "Lemongello".

:hmm:

Peter Lemongello was a pop singer a la Tom Jones in the 70's. He played at my college once. :spit:

There's a basketball player at my school named Majestic. His little brother's name is Scientific.

Sorry I guess the names of the people I know aren't so out there.:(

I was going to name my daughter "Pheasant LaWanthwa," but my wife put the kaibosh on that. So I named her "Mosqui."

Originally posted by Eric Moesle
No kidding, here, true story. My wife was working ina dental office in St. Thomas, Virgin Islands back in 1996-1997. "Local" woman in the dental chair, going over her medical history. She's pregnant. Wife asks her if she has any names picked out, she says "if a girl, Chlamydia. I think that's a lovely name, a flower I think."

My wife didn't have the guts to tell her it was a venereal disease . . .

This is the kind of story I just LOVE.

a little girl in my brother's kindergarten class was named Special. But I think her parents were really dumb, and accidently spelled it Speshel.

Several years ago there were three gypsy siblings attending the elementary school where my mom teaches...the older two were twins, Pebbles and BamBam, and the youngest, who was in my mom's class was named Smurfette.
:rolleyes:

I think parenting classes should be mandatory for every pregnant woman (and the father, if he can be located). One of these classes should be a guide to picking baby names, with special emphasis given to the importance of picking a name that will not cause the child grief later in life.

"Pebbles" or "Bam-Bam" is not going to look particularly good on a college application or a résumé.

Classes don't matter when the parents are drunk, high, baked, or wasted when it comes time to pick a name. :hmm:

Originally posted by P. Aaron
There was Aquanet hairspray. My mom used it in the 60's.

i have some in my bathroom.

I know two Identical twins named FAITH and HOPE, their older sister's name is CHARITY, and their younger sister is JOY... its kinda odd.. but whatever, they are all cute

Originally posted by Peter McFerrin
I'm surprised you haven't taken this obvious opportunity to make fun of NoFla.

On the other hand, you're from the part of the world that gave us Britney Spears and Brett Favre, so maybe you aren't one to talk. :smug:

PS:
GO GATORS!

DAYHM!!!

You smug bastid!!!

:p

I ain't makin' fun of NoFla, I actually much prefer it to SoFla!

You can't blame me or where I'm from for either Brett or Britney: Brett is from Mississippi, that's another state man! (Yes, Kiln is only 15 minutes from Slidell, but man, trust me when I tell you that state line is a tangible presence!)

Britney is from west of Baton Rouge, and west Lousy-ana might as well be another state from the Florida Parishes where I grew up. Talk to Tripster about that one, he lives in Sulfur! (Who the heck would name a town Sulfur?!?!?)

You want an example of what we produce: Gatemouth Brown. He lives in Slidell, and is an incredible musician. He's also an honorary St. Tammany Parish Sherrif's Deputy....maybe I should shut up now...

:eek:


:D

(Oh yeah, the Gators may have beat us this year [caught us napping], but my Tigers are playin' for the National Championship, essentially at home, this year :D GEAUX TIGERS!)

Aisha Tyler called. She wants her act back.

I saw a story on the news awhile back about a guy who changed his name to the title of his favorite book: "Trout Fishing In North America."

Hey Gard, I thought Britney was from Norwood, which is right on the LA/MS state line. Perhaps I was mistaken.

Hey Nioe: you remember Optimus Prime, right?

Ha, wasn't he a commander in the military, or something?

I was at the grocery store once and the cashier's name was TaRhonda. I only figured out the big-small letter thing later, because her name was in all capital letters on her nametag. So, at first glance, I thought it was "Tar Honda".

I think it would be interesting to get an anthropologist to study why certain groups of Americans name their kids the way they do.

I've noticed that it is mainly African-Americans that come up with more creative names for their children... My step dad knows this black lady who had twin girls. She named one Rinkisha, the other, Riknisha.

It would be an interesting study...

There are a lot of West African names that sound "made-up" but are ancient and honorable--Tanisha and Tamika are the examples I always think of. However, there aren't that many of those three-syllable Ibo or Yoruba names ending with a schwa, so a lot of poor/uneducated Afro-American women end up just making up names, many of which would sound fairly ridiculous to a native speaker of a Bantu language. (Thus, "TaRhonda.")

I remember reading a study about this that showed that as black families become wealthier, they have a greater tendency to give their children "conventional" European/Biblical-origin names instead of things like Rinkisha. I don't think there's as much of a tendency for lower-income whites to make up names for their children, although the use of unconventional names like Dakota and Madison is largely a lower- and working-class phenomenon.

Originally posted by Peter McFerrin

Hey Nioe: you remember Optimus Prime, right?

Auto-bots, transform! :)
I used to love transformers. (And if you actually know someone named that, thats wierd and kind of funny, but mostly wierd.)

I know of some third and fourth-generation Japanese Americans who give their kids Japanese-sounding names that don't actually mean anything. The presence of the letter "L" is a dead giveaway.

Originally posted by Munjibunga
I was going to name my daughter "Pheasant LaWanthwa," but my wife put the kaibosh on that. So I named her "Mosqui."
my cats name is posqui

Adam and Candy are twins from near here.
Their last name is Apple.
Sad.
A mom at the hospital named her daughter Vajyna.
Sad too.

Nothing makes me want to puke more than a Volvo wagon full of little girls with LAST names like Hunter, Morgan, Taylor, Fletcher etc. :rolleyes: IMO, it is no less stupid than naming them after hair-care products.

Of course, it doesn't really matter what it is if you're going to put a name like "Lumpkin" after it...;)

Oh golly, they're naming girls Fletcher now? :spit:

Originally posted by Peter McFerrin
Oh golly, they're naming girls Fletcher now? :spit:

Swear to God. I was gonna rant about the sheer ridiculousness of the "first name" Madison too, but a Google search revealed this gem, which does it nicely:

http://www.wesclark.com/ubn/below_the_beltway.html

I still think the all time champion will be a kid with a name that SOUNDS like Sha-Theed but was SPELLED like what you call drivers who cut you off on the freeway.

I treated this kid.

My mom knows someone who named their kid Dayquil
(The daytime, non-droswy, stuffy head, sore throat, coughing, aching, fever, relief to help get back your energy cold medicine)
This is a true story, poor kid.

pronounced: Ab-sa-dee

spelled: ABCD

:D

There was a secretary general at the UN who's first name was U.

Originally posted by lump
Swear to God. I was gonna rant about the sheer ridiculousness of the "first name" Madison too, but a Google search revealed this gem, which does it nicely:

http://www.wesclark.com/ubn/below_the_beltway.html

I will withhold my comment on this link so I won't get banned from TB.

Originally posted by jawzzz
I will withhold my comment on this link so I won't get banned from TB.

Let me guess...you didn't know. At least it didn't come from "Joe and the Volcano." That movie really sucked. :)

Originally posted by lump
Let me guess...you didn't know.


Ether that, or his kid is named Madison...

Originally posted by Nick Gann
Ether that, or his kid is named Madison...

BINGO!:D

I usually don't get offended, but for some odd reason I was taking it as a shot at my daughter.Probally cause she was sitting right next to me at the time. How can anyone say a little girl this cute has a stupid name?

I had a feeling it was that... :)

Your daughter's cute, but you should have given her an Old Testament name.

"Hagar" is pretty cute. :smug:

Originally posted by Peter McFerrin
There are a lot of West African names that sound "made-up" but are ancient and honorable--Tanisha and Tamika are the examples I always think of. However, there aren't that many of those three-syllable Ibo or Yoruba names ending with a schwa, so a lot of poor/uneducated Afro-American women end up just making up names, many of which would sound fairly ridiculous to a native speaker of a Bantu language. (Thus, "TaRhonda.")

I remember reading a study about this that showed that as black families become wealthier, they have a greater tendency to give their children "conventional" European/Biblical-origin names instead of things like Rinkisha. I don't think there's as much of a tendency for lower-income whites to make up names for their children, although the use of unconventional names like Dakota and Madison is largely a lower- and working-class phenomenon.
I am not making this racial or anything, but...


I while back, I overheard two educated young Afro-American ladies' conversation on campus...
They were discussing their African culture in general (I believe they were from the Philadelphia area). Anyway, long story short, they believed themselves to be real "Africans" as well as every other Afro-American in the United States. One of them brought up Afro-Jamaicans and both of them agreed that they were not "real" Africans.
I don't understand, I, myself am a bi-racial individual, but I don't get the distinction...

On another note, in a class discussion, one girl, who was trying her best to be PC referred to native African tribesmen as African-American. When the instructor corrected her, she didn't get it.

I guess it just goes to show, PC-ness isn't an excuse for ignorance.
Oh well.

Originally posted by Peter McFerrin
Your daughter's cute, but you should have given her an Old Testament name.

"Hagar" is pretty cute. :smug:



Thanks Peter, but I think she would hate me later if I named her Hagar.;) :D

If it makes you feel better, at least one of my three kids has an Old Testament name: Christopher David.

Originally posted by Bard2dbone
I still think the all time champion will be a kid with a name that SOUNDS like Sha-Theed but was SPELLED like what you call drivers who cut you off on the freeway.

I treated this kid. This is the funniest thing I've ever heard. Ever.

Originally posted by canopener
Anyway, long story short, they believed themselves to be real "Africans" as well as every other Afro-American in the United States. One of them brought up Afro-Jamaicans and both of them agreed that they were not "real" Africans.
I don't understand, I, myself am a bi-racial individual, but I don't get the distinction...


Ah, I can't wait to get back into academia... :rolleyes:

If anything, Afro-Jamaicans are much more "African" than Afro-Americans due to the fact that the ratio of blacks to whites in Jamaica has always been much, much higher than it ever was in the American South (Mississippi and maybe South Carolina excepted). This made it easier for Afro-Jamaicans to preserve various aspects of their African heritage.

Originally posted by Solmnia
Auto-bots, transform! :)
I used to love transformers. (And if you actually know someone named that, thats wierd and kind of funny, but mostly wierd.)

http://www.wkyc.com/news/news_fullstory.asp?id=3828

Originally posted by Mud Flaps
There was a secretary general at the UN who's first name was U.

That's U Thant, Secretary General from Burma from 1961 to 1971. I drew his name out of a hat to do a report on him when I was in elementary school.

There was another UN SG whose name was Boutros Boutros-Ghali, as any David Letterman fan knows.

Ahh, the wonders of TalkBass. Where else could I have the opportunity to share this otherwise useless bit of trivia...:

The girl at the drive-through window of a Hardee's in a small South Carolina town was wearing a name tag, upon which was emplazoned the name:

BEEYONKAH

In its correct spelling, a pretty name. In this spelling, I envision a lifetime of fast-food jobs because no other employer will take her seriously. Poor girl.

The use of a single letter as a name is a practice not entirely unknown in Scotland (among other places). Heck, Harry S Truman's middle name was S. It's more common as a middle name, but it's been known to be a first, middle, or last name.

Knowing that it's actually a traditional practice (I'm only aware of it's Scottish roots, though I'm sure it has others), I don't think the Single letter counts as "made up."

I have a friend, his name is Chris O. He's chinese, fwiw. He looks really hilarious in his ROTC uniform, everyone else has a long last name, but his is just "O".