tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7922232.post4720384369680219189..comments2024-02-10T01:32:22.643-06:00Comments on The Quick Gray Fox: What's in a name? Or, the Pottery Barn catalog cracks me up.Poppy B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/01532483657395207695noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7922232.post-26871106526462682372008-04-12T10:50:00.000-05:002008-04-12T10:50:00.000-05:00We didn't make the list! Not with any of my four....We didn't make the list! Not with any of my four. We named one a pretty common, if not super common, name. One after her great grandmother, which WAS common, but not anymore, and two with sorta obscure, but not totally, names.<BR/><BR/>Although I do worry that we've scarred them by having too many relatives to "love" and giving them all two middle names.<BR/><BR/>But it does lend extra fire to yelling when they're <I>really</I> in trouble.Just Mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04248402432261419031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7922232.post-52594981822336945722008-04-10T21:03:00.000-05:002008-04-10T21:03:00.000-05:001- NOS is actually Joke IV. He is not just proud o...1- NOS is actually Joke IV. He is not just proud of the "IV" (as in Roman numeral, not intravenous) but actually quite smug about it.<BR/><BR/>2- I knew, very early on in our acquaintance -- <I><B>10 years</I></B> tomorrow! -- that anyone who in this day and age had named her children "regular" names was someone fit to side next to me, making cruel sport of the rest of a benighted humanity.<BR/><BR/>3- NTS (not being Roman numeraled) has a very regular name that is spelled the same in (being rather common in both) English and Spanish.<BR/><BR/>4- TFBIM has had to endure a lifetime of "How do you spell that?" and "How's that pronounced?" and has been fairly scarred by the whole thing, even if it is a family name.<BR/><BR/>5- I forgot what #5 was.<BR/><BR/>-J.Jokehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05672407657347134623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7922232.post-34708253214727050342008-04-10T05:47:00.000-05:002008-04-10T05:47:00.000-05:00Hey - my comment got eaten.Were K and I to have a ...Hey - my comment got eaten.<BR/>Were K and I to have a 4th, we are consulting the Ikea catalogue.<BR/>I've always wanted a Smedvik.blackbirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05474831322702380602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7922232.post-66562820296146898542008-04-09T22:59:00.000-05:002008-04-09T22:59:00.000-05:00Well, it's all a matter of taste, and it is my blo...Well, it's all a matter of taste, and it is my blog, so it's my taste.<BR/><BR/>So please don't tell me that "Poppy" sound stupid with "Buxom," or I'll get very upset over the amount of money I've wasted on customized stationery.Poppy B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01532483657395207695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7922232.post-50047245332531399752008-04-09T22:31:00.000-05:002008-04-09T22:31:00.000-05:00Poppy, I read your blog reglarly. Didn't expect th...Poppy, I read your blog reglarly. Didn't expect this from you at all. We should name our children based on our ethnicity? Probably where you live, you don't see may inter-ethnic(for lack of a better word) marriages. Come to silicon valley. It is pretty common here. No one thinks of their children as a "pizza bagel".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7922232.post-27540646804679882362008-04-09T16:25:00.000-05:002008-04-09T16:25:00.000-05:00Don't turn you child into a pizza bagel...*snort*J...<I>Don't turn you child into a pizza bagel</I>...<BR/><BR/>*snort*<BR/><BR/>Jake is named for our fathers, Jack for our brothers and EvaJun for my mom with her Chinese name added... we're not all that creative either.Kristinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15120658117796151128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7922232.post-72753176283596956192008-04-09T09:59:00.000-05:002008-04-09T09:59:00.000-05:00My name is Justine, was named after my great grand...My name is Justine, was named after my great grandmother. This year I have shoes, a shirt and a coat in my name????? Thanks to Kate Spade, J crew, etc..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7922232.post-2846826018396698852008-04-09T09:55:00.000-05:002008-04-09T09:55:00.000-05:00Amen! Amen! Amen! (loud cheering)Amen! Amen! Amen! (loud cheering)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7922232.post-423019905659268632008-04-09T07:38:00.000-05:002008-04-09T07:38:00.000-05:00Poppy, Poppy, Poppy. SO many names that perhaps S...Poppy, Poppy, Poppy. SO many names that perhaps SOME of us have named out children and now are on you list of risky don'ts. Now what do we do. <BR/><BR/>Mine both carry family names as middle names that horrify people, sound like law firms and make fitting in small spaces difficult. And how do you handle the ethnic thing when you your half spring are half pure Italian and half Scottish??? I am the Italian half but look forward to them marrying in kilts.<BR/><BR/>Because there is NOTHING sexier then a good looking guy in a kilt. Screw tuxedos.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7922232.post-42370379043281449542008-04-09T06:32:00.000-05:002008-04-09T06:32:00.000-05:00You forgot Devon.And well, I've got a couple of mu...You forgot Devon.<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>And well, I've got a couple of muppets, a reference to a 50s movie and 60s sitcom, a kid one consonant away from being a friendly ghost and one feline cartoon.<BR/><BR/>Yep, my kids SCORED.KPBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06124224647059797583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7922232.post-15747957678919742702008-04-08T22:23:00.000-05:002008-04-08T22:23:00.000-05:00Oh, his name isn't Evan Henry. It's just Henry. Or...Oh, his name isn't Evan Henry. It's just Henry. <BR/><BR/>Or as blackbird puts it, "HENRY!"Poppy B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01532483657395207695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7922232.post-84825158129187374682008-04-08T19:42:00.000-05:002008-04-08T19:42:00.000-05:00Missed 'em all!OF course, I have the number one na...Missed 'em all!<BR/><BR/>OF course, I have the number one name for most of the eighties and nineties - since I was born in the early seventies, this meant a lot of answering 'What!?!' to strange women calling for their running-to-be-free three year olds in the grocery store.<BR/><BR/>And I like Evan Henry. The name, altho' I'm sure your brother is nice too....Jesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17308665452575511461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7922232.post-84075205348012274922008-04-08T19:23:00.000-05:002008-04-08T19:23:00.000-05:00None of my kids' names are on there. Who would th...None of my kids' names are on there. Who would think of our three kids, Kathryn would be the least common name among her peers, when we thought the other 2 were more unusual. We do have AOK in the initials. And we made certain not to give K a middle name that started with a K.Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18250815756074130843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7922232.post-45144462903913896522008-04-08T16:30:00.000-05:002008-04-08T16:30:00.000-05:00One should also check the initials over carefully....One should also check the initials over carefully. A life lesson I learned from a girlhood chum named, unfortunately, Annette Suzanne Sanford.Fanniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13256873494991946979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7922232.post-89309373779755446702008-04-08T15:56:00.000-05:002008-04-08T15:56:00.000-05:00Mrs. Ahead of the Curve here. I chose the 94th mos...Mrs. Ahead of the Curve here. I chose the 94th most popular name for my son. Alas, that name is now #4 and on the dreaded Pottery Barn List. It's also your nephew's name.<BR/><BR/>I'm not even going to mention that I chose my daughter's name when I was 9 and lo and behold, it became the #1 girls' name of whole freaking 1990's decade.<BR/><BR/>Also, my name was odd when I was a kid And my sister Hannah? BIZARRE name. Our names became frighteningly cool decades later.<BR/><BR/>Snork at the Oscar line!<BR/><BR/>Just a note, <I>Lacey</I> will always sound like a stripper's name. Or Hugh Hefner's girlfriend. Oh, wait. No difference there.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07981233568335087916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7922232.post-82764951064241003002008-04-08T15:17:00.000-05:002008-04-08T15:17:00.000-05:00Oops. I have a Jack, a Connor Evan and the dog's n...Oops. I have a Jack, a Connor Evan and the dog's name is Molly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7922232.post-20948813949879428162008-04-08T14:15:00.000-05:002008-04-08T14:15:00.000-05:00BrownBear is from catagory #1 (no, not Mr. Darcy) ...BrownBear is from catagory #1 (no, not Mr. Darcy) and lucky for us, it is an old family name. We are related to Jane Austen. (bwahahhahha) We also made sure it sounded good being paged over a hospital intercom: "Dr. Brownbear Mr. Darcy" or "I could do business with BrownBear Mr. Darcy." Again, my freakiness shining through.teachergirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05655615013367705872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7922232.post-6482199155825604512008-04-08T13:25:00.000-05:002008-04-08T13:25:00.000-05:00Funny.We named our kid based on whether or not it ...Funny.<BR/><BR/>We named our kid based on whether or not it would sound good coming from the stadium's public address system: "Batting fourth, Our Kidsname!"<BR/><BR/>Joke's on us now that he's rejected the family religion (baseball). It is a regular name. None-a that trendy stuff for us.Kathy Rogershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02980621565856010779noreply@blogger.com