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Title: Odd Baby Name
Post by: Schadenfreude on Aug 17 07 11:08
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Title: Re: Odd Baby Name
Post by: P.C. on Aug 17 07 11:13
HA.....I JUST read that Schad.  I didn't know there were laws regarding what you can or can't name your own children.  (although sometimes it might be a good idea.....lol)    
Title: Re: Odd Baby Name
Post by: JJ on Aug 17 07 11:57
I BC you can't use the name Jesus, which of course is a common Mexican name.
Title: Re: Odd Baby Name
Post by: Schadenfreude on Aug 17 07 01:03
JJ wrote:
I BC you can't use the name Jesus, which of course is a common Mexican name.

  Hey Soose!
 
Title: Re: Odd Baby Name
Post by: P.C. on Aug 17 07 01:41
I'm going to name my next baby &E.  [img style="CURSOR: pointer" onclick=url(this.src); src="vny!://www.cheesebuerger.de/images/smilie/froehlich/a035.gif" border=0]
Title: Re: Odd Baby Name
Post by: Sportsdude on Aug 17 07 01:46
well hey I mean look at the bottom of the article.
[span id="intelliTxt"][span class="article"][font color="black"][font][font]"As of last year, only 129 names accounted for 87 per cent of all surnames in China"

that's nuts.
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Title: Re: Odd Baby Name
Post by: JJ on Aug 17 07 01:50
And whats wrong with 1.5 billion people sharing just a hundred names?
Title: Re: Odd Baby Name
Post by: Sportsdude on Aug 17 07 02:02
creativity lacking.  
Title: Re: Odd Baby Name
Post by: purelife on Aug 17 07 02:04
Speaking of baby names, I read somewhere that the parents wanted to name the baby 4real.        
Title: Re: Odd Baby Name
Post by: 49er on Aug 17 07 02:10
Sportsdude wrote:
well hey I mean look at the bottom of the article.
[SPAN id=intelliTxt][SPAN class=article][FONT color=black][FONT size=+0][FONT size=+0]"As of last year, only 129 names accounted for 87 per cent of all surnames in China"

that's nuts.
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 because China is not a country of immigrants.  In the old days, and to some extend today, whole villages have the same surname.  Also the fact that the chinese worship their ancestors.
Title: Re: Odd Baby Name
Post by: Sportsdude on Aug 17 07 02:21
I come from a family of german immigrants 2nd generation. I have an old english name and my sister has an irish name.  
Title: Re: Odd Baby Name
Post by: 49er on Aug 17 07 02:23
Sportsdude wrote:
I come from a family of german immigrants 2nd generation. I have an old english name and my sister has an irish name.  
  So you and your sister do not have the same last name?
Title: Re: Odd Baby Name
Post by: Sportsdude on Aug 17 07 02:30
oh last names. d'oh
I was thinking first names for some reason.
I'm there's only two males left in my generation in the world with my german last name. One of them is me and the other is my cousin. And my family grew up in a german enclave in Hungary where the germans didn't marry the hungarians etc.