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Vivien Smith-Smythe-Smith
11/18/09

In reply to Name Games
Somewhere in my country, there lives a child named Awesome-Rage Venus Unique. Pretty sure his parents didn't need to look that up before naming him, tho- the name seems pretty straightforward.
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Rooo sez BISH PLZ
11/18/09

In reply to Name Games
I'm kinda surprised Tom and Katy didn't want to spend the money.

But then again, they could have thought those linguists were cheap and inaccurate and hired their own.
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pantsless economist...access RESTORED
11/18/09

In reply to Name Games
Can they do it in reverse? I want to know the name that means "she who passes gas" or "destroyer of zombies."
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Lymed
11/18/09

In reply to Name Games
This motivated me to play with Google's translator and my name. Well, apparently, my name means Denmark in the language of my mother's country of birth.
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Atomic Bowling
11/18/09

@Lymed: Let me guess, your name is Qallunaat Nunaat! (the way it's said by the native people of Greenland)
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Lymed
11/18/09

@Atomic Bowling: You're right!

#tips
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MrsAbraxas
11/18/09

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Hrm. Perhaps useful.

But I'm still waiting for baby-name auditors who'll cross-check future offspring's namesakes for likelihood to inspire nasty school yard chants...
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morninggloria
11/18/09

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Why does it matter if the unsaved browner peoples of the world believe that my son "Cabron" and my daughter "Bruja" have strange names? The only reason that they'd ever come in contact with my children is if they decided, out of the goodness of their American hearts, to spend their freshman year spring break at Bob Jones University on a missionary trip teaching the unenlightened about Christ.
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Tchotchke
11/18/09

@morninggloria: I'm swooning over your comment.
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Rooo sez BISH PLZ
11/18/09

@morninggloria: Madge? Is that you?
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Tchotchke
11/18/09

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I suppose Suri Cruise does sound more pleasant than the alternative: "Sticky-Fingers Cruise."*

*Which is precisely how I will be referring to her for now on.
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PaigeTurner
11/18/09

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Having a celebrity baby: $5,000

Finding a unique name: $0

Paying $1,500 to find that the name you chose means 'absolutely worthless and unimportant' in Sheng and 'pretentious baby name' in Ket: Priceless.

For everyone else, there's Google.
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curiousgeorgiana
11/18/09

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For $5, I will run a very thorough Google search. For an additional $2, I provide you with a nice color coded chart summarizing the findings.
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sportz.star
11/18/09

@curiousgeorgiana: You're totally devaluing your services. Sell for $1495 -- even $1490. It's a bargain! But also pricey and therefore exclusive!
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Mary McCarthyite
11/18/09

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Well, I translate "a London-based translation firm" to mean two poor grad students who may have figured out a way to rob from the rich. I hope they are successful.
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Eleanor Ramilly
11/18/09

@Mary McCarthyite: Right? My internet connection costs a lot less than $1,500.
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sequined
11/18/09

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There's this really cool thing called the "baby name book" and the internet. Check them out! Save $1490!
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Ailatan
11/18/09

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that's a sweet translating gig.
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Mary McCarthyite
11/18/09

@Ailatan: Great minds (or...similar minds). See above :)
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Ailatan
11/18/09

@Mary McCarthyite: I'm a translator and the thought of someone paying me $1500 to check ONE word, even if it's in over 100 languages, makes this the best job ever.
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Penny
11/18/09

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I'm not meaning to sound, snarky, I guess. But something about Suri makes me think that she would say "you're not the boss of me" often and kick me in the shins if I told her she couldn't have ice cream.
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BearDownCBears
11/18/09

@Penny: surly?
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Rooo sez BISH PLZ
11/18/09

@BearDownCBears: Surli.
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BearDownCBears
11/18/09

@Rooo sez BISH PLZ: I am serious. And don't call me Surli.
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Rooo sez BISH PLZ
11/18/09

@BearDownCBears: LOL. You win.
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sarahsmile
11/18/09

In reply to Name Games
What in blue blazes is a horse mackerel??
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Tchotchke
11/18/09

@sarahsmile: A three-year old in high heels with a clothing allowance that far exceeds the amount of money I have had in my entire lifetime.
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marionette
11/18/09

@sarahsmile: I am envisioning an equine/fish fusion although I am 26% sure that is not what it refers to.
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sarahsmile
11/18/09

@Tchotchke: Oh yeah. Well, I've got tons of those.
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sarahsmile
11/18/09

@sarahsmile: OK, a little great googly-moogly turns this up: [italianfood.about.com]
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johnva
08/12/09

In reply to You'll Be Mrs. Dikshit-Spitzfarger And Like It!
As I male, I do not understand this at all (although I'll admit that I've encountered some minor hostility over it from other males). My wife kept her name, and I wouldn't have imagined trying to "make" her take mine. It's her name after all, so why should I care if that's what she wants? I'd rather she feel free to make her own decisions than insist on it. And it wasn't even something I had to "get over"; I honestly never cared one way or the other. I probably wouldn't change my own name (something I've seen some men do), but I wouldn't ever demand that the woman changing hers.
Interestingly, laws on this seem to vary. Apparently, in South Carolina, where my mom recently got remarried, the marriage license forms just automatically assume the woman will be legally changing her name unless she opts out of it explicitly. Here in Virginia, it's the opposite: marriage licenses don't have anything to do with changing your name legally, which is a separate process. I thought the Virginia one seemed a lot more progressive when I compared them.
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