Oh dear....

[morgainlefee.livejournal.com]

My dad works with a guy whose wife is a teacher. She has two children in her class, siblings, named "Yohighness" and "Yomajesty." I think they may have another sibling with a similar name.

On one hand I want to smack the parents, but I must try to respect their choices. Hell, "Alyssa" is probably strange sounding to them!

Comments

[waitingonsunday.livejournal.com]

Third sibling: YoFace I'minit.

[chucklincanuck.livejournal.com]

That's just wrong! But then again, I went to school with twins who were named "Fort" and "Knox!

[0o-faerie.livejournal.com]

Argh! Apart from the fact that they just sound ugly, it's like forcing those children to be arrogant.

[morphinae.livejournal.com]

hahahahahaaha. No, you don't have to respect that. In fact, those names deserve like, all the disrespect in the world. Illiteracy at it's best!

[krysteener.livejournal.com]

WHY?! Poor kids :(

[sloane-hd.livejournal.com]

Damn that is so not on!

[sloane-hd.livejournal.com]

I went to school with twins Hilly and Billy. I'm in Belgium, but still.

[morgainlefee.livejournal.com]

Ok, I live 30-45 minutes from Ft. Knox. That is insane....

[aquilinum.livejournal.com]

Urban legend alert! (http://www.snopes.com/racial/language/names.asp)

[waitingonsunday.livejournal.com]

Not to nitpick, but where does "this was down south" comes into play?

[aquilinum.livejournal.com]

See the Snopes link. It's either a Southerner or an African-American, and ill educated.

[waitingonsunday.livejournal.com]

Don't get me wrong, I'm familiar with the fact that it's an urban myth. I was overlooking that aspect to rhetorically question the groan-inducing stereotype tossed in, while attempting to appear as little like a snarky bitch as possible.

[bluekoala.livejournal.com]

Thank you for this.

[aquilinum.livejournal.com]

Wait, AND she was black? Must be true.


...

Look, we don't know that your friend's a liar, but unless you saw it yourself, it's silly to continue to spread decades-old myths that just perpetuate prejudice. Or how about this? In order to remove the bias from your thirdhand experience, don't mention race or geography in future retellings, maybe?

[xravenessx.livejournal.com]

i was only adding details because thats the way i heard it. i dont like vague comments. but forget it, i'll just delete the damn comment since it was too controversial for you. gees, it was a story i was telling not a debate i was looking for.

"Wait, AND she was black? Must be true." And WTF does that mean? i never said that that MUST MAKE IT TRUE!!!! i said i thought it may be true because of the source i got it from, not because of the details of the story itself.

[quite-rosie.livejournal.com]

OMG the dumbness of this is driving me bonkers. Stop being bitches people. Who cares if it was also, "an urban legend". Whatever. I don't care if this lady was from the North Pole and is aquamarine, it was just someone adding to conversation.

Sorry if I offended aquamarine North Polians.

::runs behind yohighness and yomagesty for protection::

[xravenessx.livejournal.com]

THANK YOU. my goodness right? its like people just want something to attack. trying to make me sound like a rasist when they dont know me from anybody. it was just a story, but it just had to be made into so much more.

[juniorfan29.livejournal.com]

Lemme guess...the other sibling is Yomama?

[nothingbuthp.livejournal.com]

It's like the celebrity baby Jermajesty!

[fleckerbug.livejournal.com]

I knew sibling Royal(m) and Royale(f) in high school. I don't know what their other siblings names were, but I assume it was something similarly horrific.

[adamant-turtle.livejournal.com]

MWAHAHAHA! *high fives*