Oh jeez.

[lizziey.livejournal.com]

I just met a soldier who's first name was Trinidad. Yes, Trinidad.

I asked WTFFFFF, and he was like "My parents, I don't even know. They're from Mexico." Is it normal for this to happen there?

-_-



I am of the firm belief of "If you can find it in the atlas or the dictionary, it is not a name." Barring, of course, places named after people in the first place (Elizabeth, NJ for example).

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[sandtree.livejournal.com]

Well, it just means 'trinity' in Spanish, so it's not that far-fetched as a name. I have seen it as a name before... and I just looked it up on behindthename.com, and apparently it made the top 1000 almost every year from the late 1910s to the 1950s.

[aquilinum.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it just doesn't seem that different to me from similar religious concept names like Consuelo, Dolores, or even Concepción.

[aquilinum.livejournal.com]

For that matter, Trinity in English has experienced a recent surge (http://www.babynamewizard.com/voyager/#prefix=TRINITY&ms=false&sw=f&exact=false).

[kyesis.livejournal.com]

The only thing that might bother me about that is that Trinidad is a feminine noun and name in spanish.. but I love place names otherwise :)

[harinakshi.livejournal.com]

Here Trinidad is a beach town, there are worse places to share a name with.

[joereaves.livejournal.com]

I'm guessing the OP, like me, didn't know it meant trinity. To me it sounds like his siblings should be Barbados or Bermuda or something.

I know better now - you learn something every day on this comm ;)

[ragekat.livejournal.com]

I'm not a fan, It sounds like a female name. I think the name is based on saints but I'm unsure.

Does he nick name?

[lizziey.livejournal.com]

Hm. I had never heard of it as a name, just as the country, so. :)

[lizziey.livejournal.com]

Indeed!!

I had never heard of it as anything but the country, and so, I've learned something new!

[lizziey.livejournal.com]

He's in the Army, he just goes by his last name. ;)

[ragekat.livejournal.com]

Ah yes, Military men. Lucky for him, huh? Does he like his name?

My husband is in the Navy and instead of being Chad's wife I'm Macready's wife.

[lizziey.livejournal.com]

He said he doesn't tell anyone his name. I only knew it because I took his ID in exchange for an XBOX game at the USO (where I work).

Yeah, I'm not Lizziey, I'm "Ranney's girl" lol

[holidaylights.livejournal.com]

So, just to be clear, say: Hope, Grace, Faith, April, May, June, Rose, Lily, and Daisy aren't names?

G-d, that rules out quite a few, doesn't it?

[laminy.livejournal.com]

This post made me go look at my own list to remind myself. I think the majority of my names are actually from atlases or dictionaries. Well, not picked from there, but they'd sure as heck be found there.

[lizziey.livejournal.com]

I do not agree with Months as names, no. Rose gets an exception, other flowers I think are stupid as names though.

"Hope, Faith, Grace" et al I disagree with because I don't think you should name someone by the attributes you want them to have later in life, just ew.

[lizziey.livejournal.com]

:(

[laminy.livejournal.com]

I like it though. They're all names to me and I'd be happy to use them. In some cases, I actually have two of them together.

[holidaylights.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but I didn't ask if you liked them, I asked if you disagreed that they were names. And BTW Rose is definitely in the dictionary.

[lizziey.livejournal.com]

And I said I disagreed with them as names. And yes, I know that Rose is in the dictionary, obviously.

[holidaylights.livejournal.com]

But by the definition "If you can find it in the atlas or the dictionary, it is not a name," Rose wouldn't be a name. And neither would Amber, Bill, Bob, Brad, Carol, Christian, Cliff, Crystal, Dawn, Dean, Drew, Earl, Erin, Eve, Florence, Frank, Gene, Grant, Holly, Hunter, Ivy, Jack, Jade, Joy, Kay, Ken, Kent, Lance, Mark, Max, Mike, Miles, Misty, Nick, Noel, Norm, Olive, Patty, Pearl, Penny, Rich, Rob, Rosemary, Sandy, Sue, Summer, Tony, Victor or Will, to name a few. You really think that none of those are names? Because that seems a little silly.

[lizziey.livejournal.com]

*sigh* Because A) People cannot have differing opinions, and B) things can't be worded oddly. Haven't you ever heard Jeff Dunham's "Its not a dog" skit-bit? Jeez.

And quite honestly? You didn't list a single name there that I like, lol.

Finally: I GET IT. YOU DISAGREE. THAT'S NICE. MOVE ON.

[holidaylights.livejournal.com]

Yes, but people can be factually incorrect. If you said, "I don't like any names in the dictionary," that would be fine, but to say that "No words in the dictionary are names" is clearly untrue. If you mis-worded your statement, you're welcome to correct it rather than continuing to defend it.

And no, I don't listen to Jeff Dunham.

But feel free to move on yourself.

[lizziey.livejournal.com]

How about you get out more, than you come back and chat, mmkay? Until then, just stop. You're wrong. Its a motherfreaking figure of speech. You ever heard of one of those? I'm not quite sure, considering you apparently don't understand it.


And since this is my post, and everything you spew is headed straight into my inbox...no.

[holidaylights.livejournal.com]

LOL

"Main Entry: figure of speech
Date: 1751

: a form of expression (as a simile or metaphor) used to convey meaning or heighten effect often by comparing or identifying one thing with another that has a meaning or connotation familiar to the reader or listener"

I'm stuck in my apartment studying for my grammar and editing midterm, so if you'd like to explain to me exactly which phrase you used was the figure of speech and what familiar meaning or connotation it was attempting to convey, go for it.

And since your comments are emailed to me as well, if we're mandated to reply to everything we read, I guess we're stuck in a feedback loop for all eternity.

[lizziey.livejournal.com]

Date: 1751

Seriously? Things don't, IDK, evolve over time.


Hunny, go study. "If x, then its not a y" is pretty friggin common. I'm sorry your life doesn't allow you to socialize enough to have heard it before. Example: "Anything that bounces when it barks, its not a dog" Jeff Dunham, referring to a chihuahua. There are more, but you're nor worth looking them up.

[holidaylights.livejournal.com]

Wait, so you're claiming that the meaning of "figure of speech" has changed since then? Apparently, you're not familiar with a dictionary, as that's the date the term originated - if the meaning had changed, that would be listed as well.

I'm not sure how my making the radical claim that Will and Rose are names offended you enough to stoop repeatedly to ad hominem attacks, as I haven't said anything personally rude to you, but if it makes you happy, more power to you. :)

[lizziey.livejournal.com]

You're extremely obtuse. :(

[holidaylights.livejournal.com]

You are other fascinating adjectives.

[lizziey.livejournal.com]

If you say so. You didn't understand a simple figure of speech, and went on and on and ON about how 'BUT OMG THESE ARE TOTES ACCEPTED NAME HOW COULD YOU EVER" and really...just no.

[arbus.livejournal.com]

its best to ignore holidaylights. she did the same thing to me last week. she obviously has nothing better to do with her time.

[charlotteattack.livejournal.com]

A lot of people from Mexico have the same Trinidad.

[charlotteattack.livejournal.com]

She actually is right. This post was kind of rude, imo.