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[notmybusiness.livejournal.com]

So today I was looking up a person in our database at work and came across a woman named Okla. Her middle name is Homa. Okla Homa. How awful is that? And, yes, she does live in Oklahoma.

Also, I used to work for a local Girls Club and there was a little girl named Sparkle. I was constantly forgetting her name and calling her Glitter or Shimmer. Same thing, right?

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[sandtree.livejournal.com]

Sparkle - that's so bizarre. Why would anyone name their child Sparkle? It sounds like a cartoon character's name.

[notmybusiness.livejournal.com]

I know. It always reminded me of Jem and the Holograms.

[willsjoy.livejournal.com]

There was a Sparkle in my high school. Rumor had it that her parents got the name from a porn star that they liked. Classy, right?

[http://users.livejournal.com/__recidivist/]

I read in a baby name book once that you should try your child's name out will all sorts of titles and professions. For example: "I'm Dr. Sparkle Montgomery, your husband's thoracic surgeon. He's going to be just fine", "Good to meet you. Sparkle-- lemme tell you what's wrong with your car", "Introducing Madame President, Sparkle Montgomery".

While repetition makes this almost sound like a name, it's hard to imagine Sparkle arguing a landmark civil rights case or pumping my gas.

I will allow someone else to make a joke about what they can imagine her pumping.

[freezemyazaleas.livejournal.com]

Sparkle is my #1 name choice... for dogs. Why would anyone give it to a human?

[lindiohead.livejournal.com]

Cause she's SPARKLY! No, just kidding. Horrible name.
I'm from Oklahoma, and that name makes me put my hands over my eyes and shake my head in sadness.
Oklahoma, where the wind comes sweeping down the plains...

[moshimoshi-13.livejournal.com]

I knew a girl called Sasha Sparks and I thought it was a sick name...but not as a first name.

[duckduckcaboose.livejournal.com]

Maybe Sparkle's parents were paper towel enthusiasts? I bet she had a brother named Brawny.

[laminy.livejournal.com]

Okla Homa is bad, but at least it's not Sparkle. That's what I say.

[sophie-louise89.livejournal.com]

I wonder if Okla changed her own name to Okla Homa, if not, her parents were MEAN.

Sparkle is cute....... for a pink cuddly teddy bear.

[krosp.livejournal.com]

ewww.. Homa has so much teasing potential it's not funny

[yourcrowbar.livejournal.com]

okla homa? thats worse than sparkle, although sparkle is also very terrible.

[freezemyazaleas.livejournal.com]

I just remembered that I once met a girl named Spackle. I think that's worse than Sparkle.

[ladymela99.livejournal.com]

Sparkle is pretty bad. But I think Okla Homa is worse than that.

[newfoundatari.livejournal.com]

i met twins once name "windee" and "breezee"

i also met a guy named Shithead...pronounced Shi-th-ay-ed"
and a lovely lady that who's name was "thelastone"....THE LAST ONE=thelastone

she was the last of 12......

lol

[notmybusiness.livejournal.com]

Oh wow.

It's funny that you said that about Shithead because the first post I ever made here I mentioned that I had met a guy named that (as well as another name I heard my mom talking about.) This girl commented and pretty much called me (and my mother) a liar. She said that there was no record of anyone named that in the entire world. I questioned her research, but she didn't have much else to say about it. The guy I knew pronounced it "Sha-theed."

I LOVE Thelastone. That is hilarious!