Here in Latvia the tendency to put stupid names for kids is also popular during the last several years. For example, my classmate's little sister is Patricia Kate. I know it sounds fine to many of you but I'm talking about the nationality here. That is definitely not a Latvian name. Probably, only Korch would understand the pity here but I just had to post this.
Luckily, I was born early enough.
Originally posted by nmdavidbThat's a real name. It wouldn't be my first choice, but it's a genuine name.
or Mercedes!!
Dave
Mercedes: Spanish name associated with the cult of the Virgin Mary, from the liturgical title "Maria de las Mercedes" (Mary of the Mercies; 'Our Lady of Ransom'😉. Latin 'mercedes' originally meant 'wages' or 'ransom'.
In Christian theology, Christ's sacrifice is regarded as a 'ransom for the sins of mankind', hence an 'act of ransom' was seen as identical with an 'act of mercy'.
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Originally posted by rbmorrisI agree entirely about the change in spellings of names. What a joke.
The worst is this new(ish) trend among young parents who give their kids intentionally misspelled names in order to make them more unique.
Examples:
* Abigail--Abbigail, Abagale, Abigael
* Allison-- Allisenne, Alisyn
* Avery-- Avaree, Avareigh
* Brianna-- Breighanna, Bree-Anna
* Destiny-- D'estiny, Destanee, Destyneigh
* Emily-- Emilee, Emm ...[text shortened]... l, Mychal
* Nicholas- Nikkolas
* Tyler-- Tylar, Tieler
* Zachary-- Zakary, Zakkary, Zacharie
"I'll be cooler if my name or my kid's name is spelled different than everyone else's!"
A famous man once said that as civilization advanced and humans were relieved of their burdens and tasks then they would inevitably focus their attention on the trivialities in life and lose perspective on the things that are important.
His prophecy appears to be true.
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Originally posted by nmdavidbActually Mercedes was the name of the daughter of the guy who invented that car. So in order to honour his daughter he named the car after her. So everything is just coming full circle with this one.
or Mercedes!!
I wanna see the redneck group start naming em Pinto...or Pacer
Mustang 2
hehehehe
Dave
edit: rbmorris had already said that this was a real name.
Originally posted by uzlessI don't know when this will stop, but when it does, will User 234133 change his user name?
When is this going to not be cool anymore? When will people stop spelling things with different letters because they think it's cool...or because they think they are cool because they spell things with different letters..
Boyz instead of boys..boi instead of boy..kwik instead of quick...etc etc. I'm not talking abbreviations to make spelling in posts fas ...[text shortened]... 40?
"Look at me!...I'm kool because I spell kool with a K instead of a C!"
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