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Surely you jest. You are naming your kid Evan Holden Tomato Basil Outofvannuys?

Why, Bilmore, why?

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I love hearing my name in songs. And there are quite a few songs that fall into that category.

But I think I'd feel differently if any of the songs were by Boston.

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Is that on the approved Yale reading list?

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You forgot the hyphen.

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I associate the name with a pussycat.

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http://www.newzoorevue.com/images/who_hen.jpg
Wow, I thought I was the only idiot who got up early for that one.
I don't know what time it was on in your neck of the woods, but in my area, it was ungodly early.

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Gloria?

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I actually won the (one of largest cities in the south) spelling bees in both first and third grade. I just am not big on editing.

Celeb height - first hand estimates
 

Yes, but only because there are girls in the picture.

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My name only comes up in spanish songs.

Oh, and RP, the Meta that I went to college with was an exceptionally cool person. I think she's independent film now. I associate the name with good things.

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I won spelling championships, not grammar. Is the hyphen between tomato and basil, or basil and outta?

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My first pony was named Henrietta. That was my sboty

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Grandparents:
Robert and Ann
Baldomero and Isel (my brother cried when he was about 8, and my father refused to allow him to change his name to Baldomero) Baldomero is such a bizarre name that it doesn't even show up on a lot of lists

Great Grandparents:
Francis and Frances (not kidding)
Katherine and Joseph
Nelly and [???]
[I cannot believe I forget my other set of gg names!]

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It came on at 6:30 am on Saturdays in my neck of the woods. I LOVED that show. I always wanted Henrietta to hook up with Freddie the Frog.

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Pfft.

Speaking of phlox, I went into a flower shop the other day [ok - a hoity-toity one, but STILL!!], and they were selling phlox for $4 a stem!! That shit grows like weeds all over the place! Four dollars a freakin' stem?!?

I spoke loudly about what a ripoff it was. I'm so classy.

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Wow. Olga was in the top 200 until almost 1930, and didn't fall out of the top 500 until the 70s. Huh.

My sister's name has never been in the top 1000 ever, and my dad's name hasn't been in since 1977 (when it was 900-something). It was in the top 300 or 400 around the time he was born, though. My mom and I are common little proles.

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My inlaws are Dick and Jane. Seriously.

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Wouldn't Frieda have been upset?
http://www.newzoorevue.com/images/who_frie.gif
Actually, I didn't know there was a Frieda the Frog until I found Henrietta. And she's a cousin, so it never would have worked out.

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I dunno -- did the show take place in West Virginia?

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Great Grandparents: [grandfather left home at 16 and never spoke of them, all I know is they were Polish] and Joseph/shamefully can't remember.
Maria/[possibly also Joseph] and Cleotilde /Gumecindo.

My grandmother thankfully nipped the Gumecindo trend in the bud. I don't think anyone was particularly upset that they didn't carry on that particular family tradition.

ETA: Lazaro is the family name that I'd probably bring back. It's been a few generations since anyone's had it, and I think it's pretty cool, despite the potential for mispronunciation / confusion.

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It’s the New Zoo Revue,
coming right at you,
Where three delightful animals have fun with what they do.
They learn with their friend Doug,
And his helper Emma Jo.
With Freddie, Charlie, Henrie-e-e-e-tta
They have fun learning what they don't know.

There, hopefully it will get out of my head now.

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I see the name Baldo every day:

http://www.hispaniconline.com/hh04/c...ldo_FAMILY.GIF

I assume Baldo is short for Baldomero?

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I think Texas, but same difference. And I have now learned that Mr. Dingle was Chuck Woolery. Gasp.
http://www.hollywoodinvestigator.com/Dingle.jpg

Emmy Jo
 

Emmy Jo. Married Doug Momary. Not a great last name to marry into.
http://www.hollywoodinvestigator.com/Emily%20Peden.jpg

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Excellent. Let me know how that works out for you. I have had moderate success. I've even stopped signing my last name on almost everything other than checks. Not only is it a catchy one word name, but it saves time and effort in signing credit card receipts. Next I may follow Laverne and just cut it down to a single letter.

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Wow. Great Grandparents. Here goes.

Emil, Odella, Isabella, Edwin, Marie, Charles, Samuel, Hilda

Did I tell you about my new horse?

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I cannot believe Maude hasnt been in the top 1000 since 1950. Much as I brought the burrito to DC I am bringing that name back. You just watch.

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My wife has my last name. My kids will have my last name. My dog has my last name. That's how we roll.

There's a somewhat well-known (in Yale circles) Yale couple from my era where the husband hyphenated his name. Even by Yale standards, that's pussy shit.

Whooo, google-related update. Apparently he's now taken his wife's name. Pussy shit^Pussy shit.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,102945,00.html

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We all have our reasons to breed.

And if he's a boy, will he be "The Dude".

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How the fuck do you people remember your great-grandparents' names? Did you actually know them? did you parents and grandparents talk about them by name a lot? I couldn't name a single one of my great-grandparents. I think the name of my paternal paternal great-grandfather is buried somewhere in my subconscious b/c my dad used to talk about how he would scare the shit out of his grandchildren with stories of the ghost who lived in the shed -- the ghost was named Old Man John.

Ok, so I remember the name of the ghost, but not my great grandfather's name. That's just spiffy.

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He must have a GINORMOUS schlong to be so secure.

I knew a guy who did his last name and his wife's first name like this:

Jones\Smith

Not a hyphen. Not a slash. But a backslash. He also had a hairdo like that guy that crossed the border at Calais.

They divorced. If I recall correctly, she said he was too submissive.

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The article, of course, identifies your attitude with the grandparents' generation. And this is Fox.

Have you been hanging out with Hank and Bilmore again?

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No, Jesus.

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Why would you care?

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When the generations are generally 16 years or less apart, it's much easier. And I suspect I could do half of my great-great grandparents, but that would be kind of like arguing over how tall Ted Kennedy is.

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great-grandparents? only one I ever met was Ora (but I knew her as Mema).

grandparents:
Peter and Marcia
Irvin and Edith

Edith is still around and kickin' it old skool. She's the coolest gramma ever to live. Sorry to, like, everyone else (other than my sister and my cousin) for missing out on having World's #1 Gramma (so cool she got rid of the "grand" in grandma).

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Because when you're emasculated in every other way, it is important to maintain the little things.

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Dude, you haven't met Aunt Bea. She is like 100, and still making jello molds in Jersey. She doesn't even mind that us goils are with whatever the male shiksas are called.

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My cousin and her husband took a third name: her mother's maiden name. Weird.

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Ain't that a bitch.