Local announcements

[polly-purebred.livejournal.com]

Only one of our local hospitals still has an open list of birth announcements. The rest are all password protected. Darn internet privacy! Anyway, these are the more interesting ones. I italicized my worst offenders.

Carol (You don't see many Carols being born these days. Mom is also Carol!)
Kaylee Joy
Kasselynn-Kelly Eric Arlena (OMG, what? The Eric threw me off, but this child is female.)
Cassius Wesley
Cordellia Adelynne
Aurora Jade
X'Athan Michael (Is this pronounced like Nathan with a Z? Your guess is as good as mine.)
Ja'nylia Marie
Miranda Jean
Brinleigh Izabella
Nikolas Vincent (Mom is Madison. Interesting that the Madisons are old enough to have kids now.)
Bijou Garcia Westianna (Both are middle names.)
Valentina (No middle name.)
Paris Rose
Harper Lee (Female)
Emmalene Mae
Tiffany Kay (Let's not bring back Tiffany)
Oceane Lizbeth
Alivia Grace (No. Oh, helllll no!)
Zabian (No middle name)
Ryder Paul
Shelby Rae (This should be said in a Southern accent.)
Lahela Keikilani (Mom is Jenny. Hm.)
Carmella Eve
Jazlyn Marcel
Juzanae Briell
Ryott Strong (Most punk rock name ever? Very sad.)
Kaidyn Grayce (Y overload. It would have been better as Kaydyn)
Charlye Rose (Female)
Domenick Andrew
Cohlston Paul
Aniiya Nicole (Two i's. Not a typo!)
Shayana Mae
Te'Kayla Laresse
Scotlyn Kayaan
Addy Jolyn
Airabella Elizabeth
Grayling Robert
Temprence Paige
Zavion Valentino
Sarayah Marie Grace
Laaoina Laanice (Oh my.)
Blayke Christopher Lee (I hate this spelling.)
Ivey'Ahna Shy'mere (The a'pos'troph'es!!!)
Marilena Sarilys
Adysyn Lynne
Zhakya Marie

Comments

[ohhvelocitygirl.livejournal.com]

"Ivey'Ahna Shy'mere" and "X'Athan" the comments feel a bit derogatory toward those two.

[arbus.livejournal.com]

i guess i am not seeing the "cultural references" in those names. show me a historically cultural name with apostrophes and random capitalizations.

i think ivy ana, or however one would properly spell that, is fine. i dont even know what a proper spelling would be for shy'mere, maybe just shymere. the aposotrophes are unnecessary any way you look at it. there's nothing "cultural" about apostrophes. and there's nothing fine about X'Athan, imo. it's just made up.

[ohhvelocitygirl.livejournal.com]

http://www.lingref.com/cpp/acal/35/paper1301.pdf
http://www.salon.com/life/feature/2008/08/25/creative_black_names

people tend to mock "ghetto names" but they don't realize there's a lot of african tradition in the apostrophes.

[arbus.livejournal.com]

well i cant read the first one because its a PDF and my computer wont open it, but i dont see anything in the second one about apostrophes holding cultural significance. otherwise, maybe i stand corrected, i guess.

[ohhvelocitygirl.livejournal.com]

"The story of distinctive black names in the U.S. is far richer, more varied and interesting than the celebrity's mere pathological dread of appearing normal. From the beginning, many black Americans had distinctive names." the second one doesn't really address the use of apostrophes, but it's basically saying that the use of creative names is cultural.

[arbus.livejournal.com]

i skimmed a lot of it, but i did read that part. like i said, i didnt see anything about apostrophes being cultural, which is what i was addressing. sorry i couldnt read the first one.

for the record, i think its great when people of different cultures use culturally significant names. i am not convinced, however, that that is the case with every atrocity we see on this board (nor do i ever automatically assume that these children are african-american, it is not something that crosses my mind.)

if i am wrong, then i am wrong.

[ohhvelocitygirl.livejournal.com]

it's not so much that I assume they're african american, as it is it's frustrating when it seems any name that gets posted with apostrophes automatically gets labeled as "bad". and maybe the names posted here were random names that have no meaning to the mom, but after the 1000th time that I see those kinds of names get teased... it's almost as annoying as "the dash don't be silent"

[arbus.livejournal.com]

fair enough. i think you brought up a good point.

[ohhvelocitygirl.livejournal.com]

point #2 I'm hormonal and confrontational. my brother asked me if my new baby is a girl if I'm going to name her shaniqua. lol get it because it's biracial lolol racism is so funny when you're a 17 year old juggalo.

[sittingsage.livejournal.com]

I see apostrophes as being difficult for the child. Growing up, my last name had a hyphen in it and filling out paperwork was always a hassle. I was almost always addressed as only one of my last name as and not both. Like Miss Zeta or Miss Jones instead of Zeta-Jones for example. Occasionally it would be a problem (especially while traveling) That my paper work did not have a hyphen (because the system could not add them then) while my I.D. did. I'm sure the computer systems now are more advanced though.

[ohhvelocitygirl.livejournal.com]

but it's not your nor cathrine zeta jones' last name's fault that people can't grasp the concept of apostrophes and hyphens. my hyphenated friend hasn't had issue traveling recently

[requiem-morrow.livejournal.com]

I know that a lot of government systems are not able to deal with apostrophes so they just get left out or replaced with a space. The two systems we use, only one will let us put in the apostrophes. I would think that in countries with languages that routinely use accent marks and the like, it would be less of a problem.

[polly-purebred.livejournal.com]

Who said that these were "ghetto names" or even black names? I think you're projecting.

[ohhvelocitygirl.livejournal.com]

way to read everything I said.

[polly-purebred.livejournal.com]

I'm just going off of this which was one of your initial comments:
people tend to mock "ghetto names" but they don't realize there's a lot of african tradition in the apostrophes.

The fact that you assumed that I was "mocking ghetto names" was a bit presumptuous.

[ohhvelocitygirl.livejournal.com]

which all got explained in latter comments.