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[cremepuff.livejournal.com]

My husband and I were watching Jeopardy last night, and during the "Get To Know The Contestants" part, one guy mentioned that he and his wife were expecting a girl. He then said that despite his wife's objections, he really wanted to name his daughter Drama or Evil "because they're unique." Thankfully, Alex said in response, "Have you thought about future relations between you and your daughter if you give her that name??"

You know, from a purely linguistic stance, Drama doesn't sound that bad. But Evil?!?!

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[tames.livejournal.com]

I had an anthropology professor three years ago who told us that he wanted to name his daughter "Lymphoma" and then when our class looked around at each other strangely, he got pissed and told us that we all had problems with connotations and seriously cut class short. He was a very strange little duck.

But seriously. EVIL? I don't get it...

[joereaves.livejournal.com]

I don't think you were the ones having problems with connotations ... lol.

Seriously people, words are not just random collections of sounds that may or may not be pretty. They have *meanings*. Why is this concept so hard to grasp for some people?

[alexandria-skye.livejournal.com]

maybe, but he was having problems with denotations... :/

[emilybrianne.livejournal.com]

One of the names I'd put on the list for my daughters was Evelyn, but my husband rejected it because he always heard the name in his head as "Evil Lyn."

So if the Jeopardy dude was seriously set on "Evil" as a name, he could go with Evelyn and use Evil as a nickname.

Not saying it's a good idea or anything...

[waitingonsunday.livejournal.com]

Haha, I love how Alex is so honest with contestants when they say stupid shit, but classy enough not to say, "You're an idiot."

[duckduckcaboose.livejournal.com]

Chlamydia, Anorexia, Bulimia, and Schizophrenia are beautiful words, but I would never use them on a human being.

[velkoria.livejournal.com]

this, pretty much.

[http://users.livejournal.com/--stillframe--/]

Seriously.

Thankfully his wife objects to those names, otherwise that poor girl is doomed.

[penguiny7.livejournal.com]

I heard that on Jeopardy, too, and was like... are you kidding me?! What is wrong with you?! But then I got distracted because Alex mentioned that he had a teenage daughter and I was thinking about how lame it would be to have Alex Trebek be your dad when you're a teenager. Actually, he sort of reminds me of my dad. He thinks he's funny, but his jokes are just bad! :D

Also, what do you think about that guy who's been winning lately-- Van Lane? Makes me laugh every time. Who names their kid Van when their last name is Lane?

[spaceandclouds.livejournal.com]

They should go with Dreama, if they're so hung up on being unique. That way, it's still close to 'drama', but it's an actual name.

Nothing positive to say about 'evil'.

[laminy.livejournal.com]

I just wanted to say I'm smiling because Dreama is my favourite name.

[bandnerd88.livejournal.com]

I heard that too! I was watching it with my boyfriend and was just like, "Buh?!" And then went off on a rant about how there are plenty of nice ACTUAL names that you could use on a child where they'd be unlikely to meet anyone else with the name. Heck, there are plenty of WORDS that have been historically used as names also (Puritans, anyone?) that you could use, if you really wanted to go that route. But Drama? Evil? No.

[satunian.livejournal.com]

OMG I am embarrassed for that person. How could he possibly think that was something he should even share with everyone.