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[makeitstopjamie.livejournal.com]

I go to Ohio State University and this summer I've been working at a pizza place.

OSU is a very spirited school with a very good football team. The school's colors are scarlet and gray.

Last week I overheard an orientation leader say that she wanted to marry a guy with the last name Gray so she could name her daughter:

Scarlett Ann Gray

Not a bad name, but I think it may be a little much.

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[justuschickens.livejournal.com]

I should hook her up with one of my exes. He was a total dick who liked hurting women, but hey, his last name was Grey. Hahahaha.

[duckduckcaboose.livejournal.com]

Wow... wasn't there a post a few days ago where someone named their kid Dorian Gray? What a versatilely desirable last name.

[makeitstopjamie.livejournal.com]

I guess it is a useful last name.

[aaww-my-bees.livejournal.com]

Sadly that's not the first time I've heard that. People are pretty nuts over OSU, huh? :)

[makeitstopjamie.livejournal.com]

Yes they are:)

Your icon is too cute!

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

Aw. At least it's a cute name. Not like Orange Ann Black or something.

[makeitstopjamie.livejournal.com]

Very true:)

[tryyingtoevolve.livejournal.com]

Hahahahahahahaha, that's hilarious.

See, if it was a bad name, I'd say it was awful, but it's actually kind of cute, and I don't think it's bad. It's obvious enough for the parents, but really, unless somebody heard the story behind it, they wouldn't get it.

The only problem I have with the name is that I don't like two colors in the same name.

[makeitstopjamie.livejournal.com]

Most people in Columbus and Ohio probably would get it and if the poor girl disliked football she would have deal with the association constantly.

[makeitstopjamie.livejournal.com]

Now that would be awesome:)

[in-the-starlite.livejournal.com]

Or... Better. =]

[thejoysofjess.livejournal.com]

;)

[in-the-starlite.livejournal.com]

I wonder how long we can keep this going. :)

[azelmaroark.livejournal.com]

Better than the Reader's Digest joke about the sibset of Peter, Paul, Ann and Mary. =P ("I'm the conjunction!")

[makeitstopjamie.livejournal.com]

It is better than that.

[mrsbenglish.livejournal.com]

My friend knows a guy who named his Daughter Indy Anna Hoosier.

[makeitstopjamie.livejournal.com]

I think Indiana would have been better. Calling a girl Indy just seems wrong.

[sandtree.livejournal.com]

I'd be so pissed if my parents did that to me. Way to completely project one of your interests onto your kid for the rest of their life...

[makeitstopjamie.livejournal.com]

I know. Just the knowledge that your name was inspired by a university could be distressing or annoying.

[twitchywoman.livejournal.com]

she could just name her kids Scarlett and Gray, :-P I don't think Maroon and Gold would make good names for my kids so I can't pull that off with my old school and I don't know my current school colors if they even have any.

[makeitstopjamie.livejournal.com]

I was thinking that would be a good option as well.

Gold might make an interesting middle name.

[freezemyazaleas.livejournal.com]

Nice! I could marry someone whose last name is Gold and name my daughter Blue Ann. Or I could just name her Berkeley. Or Cal if it's a boy.

[freezemyazaleas.livejournal.com]

BTW I actually plan on using Berkeley as a middle name (or as a first name if I become famous and am expected to use a crazy name). Unless I fail all my classes and drop out or whatever.

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

All color jokes aside, Blue Ann is really cool :)

[thejoysofjess.livejournal.com]

WHY DID I NOT THINK AHEAD WHEN I GOT MARRIED? NOW I CAN NEVER NAME MY KID GARNET ANN GOLD.

[ladymela99.livejournal.com]

We Ohio people are we weird. Scarlett is a cool name, however, even from Ohio I think of O'Hara and not OSU.

Still, it could be much worst.

[makeitstopjamie.livejournal.com]

Like Brutus or Buckeye or Tressel or Woody;)

[ladymela99.livejournal.com]

Oh I have a story about the name Tressl! I used to date a guy who wanted to name his first son Tressel (he is married now but as far as I know hasn't had any children so I'm waiting to find out about this one). The weird thing is we met at Bowling Green. We didn't even go to OSU!

I didn't get it either because I always thought Urban was a much cooler name (Urban Meyer the head coach of Florida used to coach at Bowling Green)

[makeitstopjamie.livejournal.com]

That is weird, but it doesn't completely surprise me.

[jyl-mac.livejournal.com]

I like it b/c it doesn't scream OSU but has a cute story behind it. I also love the name Scarlett.

[makeitstopjamie.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it isn't too bad.

[singhappy02.livejournal.com]

Too bad Crimson Ann Cream doesn't work at all. Neither does Boomer Ann Sooner..

I'd also make the jump to O'Hara before I'd get the OSU connection.

[makeitstopjamie.livejournal.com]

OSU lucks out that way.

The O'Hara connection is more evident, but I think it might be a little embrassing having to explain the real reason.