Comments on: Parade of names! https://nathanshumate.com/parade-of-names/ I make things, and I make things up. Wed, 01 Jun 2022 23:45:14 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.1 By: Hitch https://nathanshumate.com/parade-of-names/#comment-3095 Wed, 01 Jun 2022 23:45:14 +0000 https://nathanshumate.com/?p=7909#comment-3095 In reply to Nathan.

“Anyway, it’s not the years, it’s the mileage.”

Amen, brother, ain’t it de troot?

(hope this thing works with HTML….)

]]> By: Nathan https://nathanshumate.com/parade-of-names/#comment-3093 Sat, 28 May 2022 00:38:09 +0000 https://nathanshumate.com/?p=7909#comment-3093 In reply to Hitch.

That was my baby (of four) who just graduated. My oldest is turning 28 in a couple of weeks.

Anyway, it’s not the years, it’s the mileage.

]]> By: Hitch https://nathanshumate.com/parade-of-names/#comment-3092 Fri, 27 May 2022 23:23:46 +0000 https://nathanshumate.com/?p=7909#comment-3092 Maybe we’re just old, Nathan. I mean, I know if you have a child that just graduated HS, I am *quite* a bit older than you, but still, you’re mature(ish). (n.b.: yes, folks, I mean in years. His internal maturity is a whole other thang….)

It’s funny, though–I never thought less of Diamond Farnsworth, who was a man. Maybe I’m a double-bigot. I dislike weird names AND I dislike them more on women! That’s it, the Cancellation Patrol will be around shortly. 🙂

Dunno, I just…can’t shake it.

]]> By: Blake Dennis Matthews https://nathanshumate.com/parade-of-names/#comment-3091 Fri, 27 May 2022 17:18:12 +0000 https://nathanshumate.com/?p=7909#comment-3091 In reply to Nathan.

I wonder if a social sciences major from any given university in Utah has ever done a thesis or at least an article on this phenomenon.

]]> By: Nathan https://nathanshumate.com/parade-of-names/#comment-3090 Fri, 27 May 2022 15:22:18 +0000 https://nathanshumate.com/?p=7909#comment-3090 In reply to Blake Dennis Matthews.

And that’s skipping some like “Julianuh” and “Nikoal.”

]]> By: Nathan https://nathanshumate.com/parade-of-names/#comment-3089 Fri, 27 May 2022 15:21:41 +0000 https://nathanshumate.com/?p=7909#comment-3089 In reply to Hitch.

You’d have to convince both of us.

]]> By: Hitch https://nathanshumate.com/parade-of-names/#comment-3088 Fri, 27 May 2022 14:48:40 +0000 https://nathanshumate.com/?p=7909#comment-3088 Honestly, I hate to confess this, but when I see this sort of ridiculously misspelled or “creative” name (or Hooker/Stripper Names, like Diamond), I have a tendency to think less of the recipient’s family, assuming that they weren’t very literate, and then would not have emphasized learning and literacy in the home. That makes me give less consideration to the poorly-named youngster.

Yup, I know…that’s probably wrong of me, but…not sure how to convince myself I’m wrong.

]]> By: Blake Dennis Matthews https://nathanshumate.com/parade-of-names/#comment-3087 Fri, 27 May 2022 14:18:13 +0000 https://nathanshumate.com/?p=7909#comment-3087 Mazzelin? Orlin? Tadg? Brinlee? Taidge? Koda?

WTF, Utah people?

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