{"id":3457,"date":"2002-11-18T14:49:48","date_gmt":"2002-11-18T19:49:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/?p=3457"},"modified":"2002-11-18T14:49:48","modified_gmt":"2002-11-18T19:49:48","slug":"rose_is_rose_is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2002\/11\/18\/rose_is_rose_is.html","title":{"rendered":"Rose is rose is rose …"},"content":{"rendered":"

My God. The world has gone mad. At least that’s what you’d think if you visit the Baby’s Named a Bad, Bad Thing<\/a> page, which is full of horrifically real baby name questions from actual baby naming bulletin boards.<\/p>\n

As the page itself puts it:<\/p>\n

It’s simple. Some parents are just plain crazy. But few are as crazy as soon-to-be parents, who, wrapped up in the fear and anticipation, the social status and expectations, go just plain mad. Mad as march hares with swollen ankles and morning sickness.<\/p>\n

Or, to give a better example …<\/p>\n

… well, maybe I won’t, since I’d hate to say, “Well, Jae’hLynnne is the most craptastic name I’ve ever heard a kid being afflicted with,” and discover that one of my loyal readers just named her child Jae’hLynnne III after her other two kids, I and II. But … you get the idea.<\/p>\n

Oh, what the hell.<\/p>\n

I love the name Meloncholia Francessca Antouinette <\/b>for a girl and Zakeri Atruellu <\/b>for a boy, but my family and spouse ablosute hate it. <\/p>\n

Some people should be allowed to breed. Truth.<\/p>\n

I’ll confess that we took a stodgy<\/s> traditional route with Katherine. I mean, nary a “y” in sight. But she can always pick a more interesting nickname (or abbreviation\/variation on her birth name), and not feel bad about it, whereas if she were stuck with Jae’hLynnne, she’d be cringing every time she had to fill out an official form or show her drivers license to anyone.<\/p>\n

(via Doyce<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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