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Jay, all I meant was that I am a high school student as you are, and sometimes one might want to discuss certain religous issues with somenone their own age without the entire world able to view your posts. So, once again, if anyone ever wants to discuss anything with me, I'm open.
I'm against giving 'weird' names to kids. It doesn't mean that everybody should be called on a choice of 20 names: I detest my name (which has nothing to do with my nickname, incase you're wondering) because it's incredibly common and boring (and i feel it doesnt represent me cos it's too sweet). But I think that choosing an original name doesnt have to go too far: when i see a person with a very particular name, i immediatley think : he/she must have had a dreadful childhood! Kids are cruel, they can make fun of someone to death, for a name that goes a bit too far!
I'd give a 'normal' name as a first name, and the crazy original ones as middle name.
I'm also of the opinion that people should be given a name typical of their country, or of their origin...if you partly come from another country, your name cna testify your roots...But i wouldn't name a child after a soap-opera character, just to sound exotic...
shea- it still seems to me that you want to identify your kids with the character.
anyway, name is just a name and one can always change it. but i will give you a very funny example. see, my country has always been a bit backwards and forwards than the rest of the world. we simply love being different- most of the times we are just plain stupid. some 70-80 years ago, people heard of some great machines and the big progress science is making, and they called their kids for example Mashinka, which means machine (-ka is just a suffix added to female names). now imagine knowing a woman whose name is machine. poor woman. :)
now i am not saying that is what you are doing, but i guess you can see that it is somewhat similar. and impulsive. till the time comes for you to have kids - you'll probably change your mind.
Koa, i like your opinion :) :) :) hehehe
Well, I still support Shea. But I agree with you, Maschinka as a name's a stupid idea. And you don't know if Shea wants to name her kids after some characters, maybe she just likes the name. For example how it sounds. I have a common name (in my country, though very little used), but I don't like the way it sounds. I don't want to ofend you, but why don't you go by your name on the forums? I know it's none of my business, but I doubt your name is MarsMonster. Though it could be a cool nickname, I wouldn't name my son MarsMonster. Again, I repeat, no ofense, I was just trying to show you our point of view (and I don't know if Shea would agree with me, so if you'd like to express your opinion, adress it to me, please).
Thanks Jay! I do like the way the name Cosette sounds the fact that she's also my favorite character in the book is just a bonus. Yes Maschinka is a silly name. I don't think very much thought went into it. I heard of a woman naming her daughter Placenta just because she heard the doctor say it and didn't know that it's the medical term for the after-birth!
Has anyone here read Anne of Avonlea? I like the veiw on names in that book.
' "I think her parents gave her the only right and fitting name that could possibly be given her," said Anne. "If they had been so blind as to name her Elizabeth or Nellie or Muriel she must have been called Lavendar just the same, I think. It's so suggestive of sweetness and old-fashioned graces and `silk attire.' Now, my name just smacks of bread and butter, patchwork and chores."
"Oh, I don't think so," said Diana. "Anne seems to me real stately and like a queen. But I'd like Kerrenhappuch if it happened to be your name. I think people make their names nice or ugly just by what they are themselves. I can't bear Josie or Gertie for names now but before I knew the Pye girls I thought them real pretty."
"That's a lovely idea, Diana," said Anne enthusiastically. "Living so that you beautify your name, even if it wasn't beautiful to begin with. . .making it stand in people's thoughts for something so lovely and pleasant that they never think of it by itself. Thank you, Diana." '
I've seen children get teased about their names by thier peers even if it was a common simple name. It's the child it's self that determines how they stand out. When I began to show a higher self-esteem, the kids stopped teasing me. How about the quote, "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet"?
That quote was right.
And I got teased not only for the name when I was little. And as I said, my name's quite common, so again, it's not only the name you are teased about, then why don't have an original one?
Shea, one never knows... imagine how your child may feel about such a name, imagine it may bring her a reason to say "I'm a born depressant". Or it may not. You risk it ;)
Still, I feel - just like it was said before in this topic - you'll probably be on a different ground by the time you get to have kids. Wish you happiness anyway, whoever you are: you deserve it, at least because you intend to create life! :)
i think shea said she wants the name to be some guideline for her when bringing up the kid. nevermind.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jay
shea, don't be so sure not many people went into mashinka. they did.
and as for my name, this has been my nickname on all the forums and chatrooms of non-serbian speaking area, because my nickname is mar_i_jaaa that is in the same time my name (Marija) but it loses it's meaning if one doe3sn't understand serbian.
also when someone reads my name they never pronounce it right. it is actually Maria, and the J should not be heard.
nice to meet you :)
Well, now I just read the previous posts more thoroughly and found that Shea likes the way of behavior of the characters and if she'd like to brought her kids up that way, then I don't think it's the name that matters. But still I'm stubborn, original names are an asset.
And by the way, nice meeting you, too.
I am aggainst giving your kids names based on what nationality they are. It may result in the same ridicule from other kids as a somewhat original name. For instance, my name is Shuai. People in school always ask "Shuai do you do that?" They thinks it's amusing that Shuai rhymes with why. Some people say "Fly Shuai!" because I'm so tall, and some people say that I'm "too Shuai to be a white guy." It's really annoying. As for preserving your country's identity or whatever, that's stupid too. Doesn't anyone realize how much easier everything would be if the whole world was one country?
As to names like Cosette, it wouldn't work for me. My last name is Kong. Cosette Kong would take all the beauty out of it. But some original names are really cool. I wouldn't mind naming my kids something funky as long as the abbreviation was normal. Launcelot, for instance, could be Lance. And Gwenivere could just be Gwen.
i'm crying. sorry. can't write...
Nice to meet you too, but why are you crying?
Yeah, why are you crying?
it's shuai......such a sad story......ah.....
I'm still against original names... Shuai showed what i meant, with those examples of kids using the name to make fun... Still Shuai seems a very cute name to me, but sometimes i hear names that make feel sorry for the person who bears it... And usually those people aren't happy about that themselves. I know a girl called Evelina, she says she detests her name, and it's actually rather old-fashioned, it's hard to imagine someone with that name being less than 80 years old... And it's not even an awful name, but she makes her feel uncomfortbale for whatever reason, and i'm not sure i can blame her...