What were they thinking?

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I have a kid in one of my classes named... Oral

I think they have cursed the poor kid to a life of bad jokes and humiliation.

Comments

[suthnoli.livejournal.com]

Oh, wow. How do you name a child something like that, without anyone pointing out what an incredibly bad idea it is?

[after-the-ashes.livejournal.com]

That is just so AWEFUL!

[monalyssasmile.livejournal.com]

Like gonorrhea? lmao

Sorry, there's this inside joke between some friends about oral gonorrhea and certain foods. Don't ask, we are a weird bunch.

[after-the-ashes.livejournal.com]

I actually think that anal has better connotations. Not good ones, but better. haha.

[the-moaner-lisa.livejournal.com]

my grandmother's name is auralie which is a beautiful name when pronounced properly... but with the american pronunciation it's "orally"

[imaloserbabyxx.livejournal.com]

Hah, the mother must have been to exhausted...
"let's name the baby..o..o..oral"
*later on*

"DAMNIT! i meant Opal!!"

*headdesk*

[naturalgoddess.livejournal.com]

lol - or Coral!!

[imaloserbabyxx.livejournal.com]

Or Loral!
(Well, i meant Laurel, but she could have been trying to be "unique")

The only form of "oral" i like (and i mean name-wise, har har i made a pun!)
is "auralee" which is a take on a Jewish name "oralee"..

[mayna.livejournal.com]

Isn't Oral Hershiser a baseball player or something?

[sharleysmom.livejournal.com]

his name is Orel not Oral

[firsttimemamma.livejournal.com]

There is a university in Oklahoma called Oral Roberts. I have always assumed it was named after somebody.

[erica-alexis.livejournal.com]

It's legitimate but it's one of the few legit names I don't approve of. Aurelius is nicer anyway, if you ask me.

[after-the-ashes.livejournal.com]

Agreed. And it seems nothing like to me, since it's spelled so differently too.

[selador.livejournal.com]

moral oral.

[ms-cucumber.livejournal.com]

Um, Oral Roberts, anyone?

I'm not saying it's a nice name, I'm just saying it's not as random as you might think.

[cluckydude.livejournal.com]

Same thought here. Though it does smack of right-wing Christian fundies to me. Same with Royal, but that's because of a particular Royal I know who is an xtian fundy.

[quixocado.livejournal.com]

Oral? Euch.

[thiscantbesoy.livejournal.com]

Chraaast.

I've heard of Orel Hershizer, but at least it was spelled differently.

[elsh.livejournal.com]

It is an incredibly sucky name (no pun intended), but I do believe it's a legitimate name.

[fleckerbug.livejournal.com]

Maybe that's how the got pregnant.

Perhaps they were thinking Orel or Orvel(sp?)?