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Redstone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-09-08 08:44 PM
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"Knowshon?" What the FUCK kind of a name is "Knowshon?"
Just thought I'd ask.

http://collegefootball.rivals.com/content.asp?SID=1144&CID=848305

Redstone
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RevolutionaryActs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-09-08 08:47 PM
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1. So I'd like to know where, you got the "Knowshon"
said I'd like to know where, you got the "Knowshon"

to rock the boat, don't rock the boat baby
rock the boat, don't tip the boat over
rock the boat, don't rock the boat baby
rock the boat



My first thought. :shrug::rofl:
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Redstone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-09-08 08:53 PM
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2. I never thought about pronouncing it that way, but that was funny. I figured it would be
pronounced "Know-shawn," but pronouncing it like "notion" would make more sense in terms of illiterate parents.

Like that basketball player named Anferny (I shit you not) Hardaway. Was that a parent too harelipped or too stupid to pronounce the name "Anthony" to the hospital staff, or what?

Redstone
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Ptah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-09-08 08:56 PM
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5. harelipped?
Stop talking about my sister, sir.
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sasquatch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-11-08 12:24 AM
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23. No puns!
:spank:
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Midlodemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-09-08 08:54 PM
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3. Weird kid names.
In my friend's 1st grade class, there was a little girl names Cozmel. She has a brother named Cayman.

You guessed it. It's where they were each conceived. :puke: Talk about TMI.
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Redstone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-09-08 08:58 PM
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6. You want to see REALLY bad names people inflict on their kids? Go here:
www.notwithoutmyhandbag.com

She's compiled an absolutely hilarious list, AND with commentary.

Redstone
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Withywindle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-11-08 01:16 AM
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25. His parents knew a Cayman is an animal, similar to crocodiles and alligators, right?
...never mind, don't answer that.


Poor kid.
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Zavulon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-09-08 08:54 PM
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4. I could name worse, but
Edited on Tue Sep-09-08 08:55 PM by Zavulon
I am not in the mood to be called a racist today, as I'm sure you will be soon for your OP. If a funny-sounding or funny-spelled name belongs to a minority, you automatically become a racist for paying any attention to the name or the spelling thereof, as I found out recently.

This came up because of a Colts (I believe) player named Craphonzo Thorpe. I merely pointed out that an 'f' would have been a better idea in the spelling of that name than the 'ph,' and boom - suddenly I was a racist.
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Redstone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-09-08 09:01 PM
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7. Well, being that I'm only half-white myself, and am married to a woman who's half-African,
anyone who wants to call me a racist is in for a hell of a fight, and a fight that I'm not afraid of fighting.

But I understand your point. I do.

Redstone
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-09-08 09:03 PM
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8. Didn't have to look to know this was you
:D
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Redstone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-09-08 09:05 PM
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9. If I wasn't me, I'd not have to look in order to know that, either.
Hey, it's good to have a distinctive style, yes?

Redstone
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-09-08 09:08 PM
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10. Consistency is nice
so when you tell someone "I would never say that", people can actually back you up
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quip Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-09-08 10:20 PM
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14. This thread needs more boobays
:hi:
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Texasgal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-09-08 09:11 PM
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11. everyone should be named
Mike, Sarah and Sam. :eyes:
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Redstone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-09-08 09:12 PM
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12. All at once?
Redstone
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Texasgal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-09-08 09:13 PM
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13. Fer Gods Sakes NO!
That would be too damn weird.
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LeftyMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-09-08 10:27 PM
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15. I've seen worse.
I volunteered for a while with an organization that helps teenage mothers finish school, and clearly some of the names I saw (mothers and kids alike) had been beamed into people's heads by aliens.

And stupid names definitely cross all racial boundaries.

I restate LM's rule of naming: if you can't picture a name on a campaign sign or bank president's business card, don't use it.
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Redstone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-09-08 10:31 PM
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16. Well-said, that. I remember that you posted about those dumb names before, and
I admire you for being able to restrain yourself from asking those mothers "What the FUCK were you thinking? Don't you understand that your child has to LIVE with than name?"

Redstone
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quakerboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-11-08 01:06 AM
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24. I like that rule
It makes sense to me.
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gmoney Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-09-08 10:33 PM
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17. Track Enfield Palin anyone?
just sayin...
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Starbucks Anarchist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-09-08 10:33 PM
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18. Ever read "Freakonomics"?
It deals with "freak" occurrences in society, and one chapter is devoted to odd names given to children.

One incident mentioned was when a judge presided over a case involving a young girl with the name "Temptress." The judge halted the session and asked the mother why she named her daughter that, and the mother said she was a fan of the actress who played Vanessa on "The Cosby Show."

Problem is, that actress' name is "Tempestt." :rofl:

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0088144/
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wickerwoman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-11-08 08:00 AM
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28. That totally happened in one of my classes too.
There was a three year old girl and her English name was "Passion". I asked her mother why she picked that name (which isn't horrible but is a little bizarre for a three year old.) She said she was naming her after "Patience" a bit character on Sex and the City.
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rockymountaindem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-09-08 10:48 PM
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19. I wonder what gave them the "notion" to spell it like that n/t
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curse10 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-09-08 10:52 PM
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20. an interesting one
http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/08/25/creative_black_names/

I just don't find names like Knowshon any more annoying than Madison or Dakota or other yuppie bullshit names (okay, the ones that use a 'Y' in place of damn near every vowel get my goat, it's true)
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Gormy Cuss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-09-08 11:17 PM
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21. I second that emoshon.
;)
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Tuesday Afternoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-09-08 11:21 PM
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22. Because he was not a full fledged, well thought out Idea. He was
just a fleeting notion in the ocean of the love potion lotion ;)
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Withywindle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-11-08 01:19 AM
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26. Do You Know Shon?
Nope, never met him.
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crimsonblue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-11-08 01:20 AM
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27. My dad has a patient names Or-an-gel-O (phonetic)
It is spelled Orangejello. i shit you not. There's another kid named Shith-heed (phonetic). It is spelled Shithead.
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