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Poor, poor children.
Whilst writing a blog tonight, I decided to scroll through some using the Next Blog >> function.
I found a blog of a woman with 3 very sweet children.
Their names are Deztyni Dezyrae (Destiny Desiree?), Caydyn Tayeshaun, and Layla Tymprynce (Temperance?). Three children. EIGHT LETTER Y'S. I just... I don't even know.
What is the deal with the Y's, man? Is there some pregnancy hormone that makes you want to confuse your children by spelling their names completely effed? Help me understand, por favor.
I'm friends with everybody in this office. We're all best friends - I love everybody here. But sometimes your best friends start coming into work late, and start having dentist appointments that aren't dentist appointments. And that's when it is nice to let them know that you can beat them up.
Re: Poor, poor children.
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The Y thing just irks me so bad. In my scrolling, I've come across so many effing names with weird Y's. Camryn, Carsyn, Gabryle...
Really? I mean, really???
To be honest tho, I've come across a lot of other ohemgee SO UNIQUE names. Like Ava, Kimber, Taryn, twins named Nathan and Lucas (not even kidding - any OTH fans in the hizzouse?) Gavin, Bella, Isabella (x2), Mason, Alannah, a beautiful little girl named Reglan... Just... Why?!!!
Aaaaaand I just came across a beautiful shot of a woman breastfeeding her twins at the same time. It was... um.. very graphic. I think I'm done looking through blogs now.
Sounds like a train wreck.
StJoes- mum is a teacher in Lawrence, MA. I've heard some pretty bad names come out of that school district. She had fraternal twins a few years ago name Prynce and Prynciss. I didn't believe her until she showed me her roster... horrible.
I survived the RoLex wedding and all I got was this lousy husband.
One&Only Palmilla - Los Cabos, Mexico
I knew you'd appreciate it. Lawrence is a clusterf*ck of horrible parenting decisions, most of which start the moment the child is named.
I lived in the town to the north of your Andover until grade school. And yes, that is my clever attempt to tell you I lived in North Andover before my parents made the critical mistake of crossing the northern border to live free or die.
I survived the RoLex wedding and all I got was this lousy husband.
One&Only Palmilla - Los Cabos, Mexico
My new favorite: Peightonn.
Because when one N isn't enough....
Also, I thought twins were supposed to be an infrequent occurance? Every other blog has a set of twins.
And every third blog is about infertility. Which makes me nervous. Eeek.
Everyone in this thread can go f themselves
xoxo
Heathyr
No offense, nanner, but it appears everyone knows somebody who knows somebody who personally knows little La-a. Either this little girl is hella popular or there are multiple La-as whose mother has said the very same thing or your brother's cousin's brother-in-law does not REALLY know little La-a and has heard the story passed down like the rest of us. /rant over (and not directed at nanner).
Hyr -- I was so hoping you'd turn up in this post.
Lucy Elizabeth 10.27.12
Oh Heathyr, we've had this conversation before, you silly lady! You chose to have a "y" in your name as an adult (teen?) - and you can still tell what your name is with the y. And,
Now, little Deztyni is going to have some issues growing up because her mommy thought she was being SUPER UNIQUE
Sonofabitch I hate TN. H, I was trying to say you made a decision as an adult/ teen, which is fine, and Deztyni's mom sucks. Plus, when you made that decision, it wasn't OMGSOSUPERCOOL to have 7 y's in a single name. Therefore, you don't count in this issue haha
D and I were just talking about this because of Jermaine Jackson introducing his sons on the AMA's last night: Jafar, Jermagesty and something else we couldn't remember because we were dying laughing over Jermagesty. That may be the all-time classic name.
My HS English teacher also told us of a student she knew named Lemonjello, as in lemon jello, but 'lamongello.' Yeah.
I have encountered this a lot because I played basketball in high school and some college and crazy names were abundant in that sport for some reason. I will never forget a girl announcing our starting line up--she pronounced Shawandala and Akweita perfectly, then got to Veronica and pronounced it Ver-on-eecka! Classic. That still makes us laugh.
We spell our daughter's name Giorgia (pronounced Georgia), not to be different, but because that's the Italian way and it's a family name for me (spelled with an 'i').?
Wait... are those supposed to be bad names? None of those seem odd to me.. maybe Kimber? I've known several Taryns, Gavins, Masons... and Isabella? That's a pretty name! Sorry we can't all be named Sara!
And ps, i went to HS with 2 Chiquitas, and the other day I met a girl named Rocksand (which I can totally hear the mom saying "Let's name her Roxanne, like the song! R-o-c-k-s-a-n-d!"). My friend has a student named CarLexus, and another named Bradtesha (mom was tesha, dad was brad.)
Lucy Elizabeth 10.27.12
LOL! I love reading these names.
My brother also had a Chiquita in his class, as well as a Teqwilla (like Tequila, but not).
He also went to school with a girl named Candace Cane. Oh yeah, her mom totally went there. Who does that, that's a pole waiting to be danced on if you ask me!
Haha, no, those were the names I saw several times or seemed somewhat made up (Reglan?). Isabella/ Bella (which I think is really pretty) was at least 5 or 6 times in just the scrolling I did. B looked at me at one point and - dead serious - was just like, "Isabella, Bella, Belle, whatever, I don't care, we will NEVER have a daughter with that name!"
I mean, I get Sarah'd several times a week (sometimes several times a day). I can't imagine how poor Deztyni is going to handle school or adulthood. You know she's going to have "but it's pronounced Destiny" tattooed on her somewhere at some point.
And I just looked up Reglan, and apparently it's also a drug used to help heartburn/ acid reflux. Nice, mom.
I am very late to this post but choo I give your mom super props for being a teacher in Lawrence. And yes, I'm from the dreaded NH...but I love it here!!
All of these names are cracking me up! Poor kids.
Also to help BFing moms with milk production. Exactly the association I want for my kid's name.
Dezytyny and I will have a lot in common. I like my name, but if they really don't need to know it, I usually just tell people my name is Jane or Amy.
Zomg crazy, I know someone who knows someone who knows someone whose hairdresser know la-a too!!
I've also heard the lemonjello and orangello twins story, as well as Tawashika and Tadryika and Clitoria.
I feel you, and I completely apologize for the shittastic state my parents chose to raise me in. NH drivers are worse than Massholes because they drive 15 miles an hour slower and have yet to perfect the merge.
<sarcasm>I love New Hampshire </sarcasm>
I survived the RoLex wedding and all I got was this lousy husband.
One&Only Palmilla - Los Cabos, Mexico
I'm totally naming my to-be-conceived son Jermagesty. Why? Because I clearly hate my future child in the same way that Jermaine Jackson hates his son. Don't hate, that is our job.
I survived the RoLex wedding and all I got was this lousy husband.
One&Only Palmilla - Los Cabos, Mexico
I'm totally hogging this post about 8 hours too late, but yes, my mum is a bloody saint for working in Lawrence for the past 30 years. I could tell you horror stories about my 95lb mum breaking up gang-related knife fights and bringing kids home for dinner because they're not being fed. She's getting my whole family brownie points with that looming figure upstairs...
My hatred of NH is based on experience. I know lots of people (friends and family included) love it. I, however, witnessed the KKK (yes, you read that right) march down my street in hs because an interracial couple moved into our "upper middle class" neighborhood. And my family was the only one that freakedthefuckout. NH has been dead to me ever since.
I survived the RoLex wedding and all I got was this lousy husband.
One&Only Palmilla - Los Cabos, Mexico
Oh! There is some football player that is Jer-michael or something and I always bust up laughing thinking about Jermajesty! Seriously, I do it every Sunday and DH is so over the joke but I think it's hilarious!
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My name is Gayle and my parents chose to spell it with a y instead of an i (Gail). I think my mom was a little y crazy because she's always said if my brother was a girl they would have named him Caryn.
I haven't had too many problems with my y name though... probably because it is a real name and not something they just added a y to. and I don't care if some people spell it wrong, it's not worth it to me to correct them all the time.
Choo where in NH did you grow up? No wonder NH is dead to you now...My family would have freakedthefuckout too!! That is ridiculous.