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Interesting local article on baby names
In misc.kids Vicki S wrote:
(sher) wrote: UP FRONT/COMMENTARY: A.L. ALFORD JR. ... As always, parents showed creativity with names. Among the boys were ... Declan ... I don't know about any of the other names, but I understand Declan is a perfectly ordinary Irish name. The rock musician "Elvis Costello" is actaully named "Declan P.A. Macmanus" and he's close on to 50 years old. True. And that raises a good point: a good cultural awareness is required if you're going to give your child an unusual name. For example, an acquaintance of mine wanted to name her daughter some version of Kay-Leigh but wanted to spell it "Kali". I mentioned that "Kali" was a particularly brutal and bloodthirsty Hindu Goddess. She thought I was being ridiculous to raise that objection because NO ONE knows that. (Well... no... ) And you don't want to fall into the trap of naming someone something because the names seem to go together. Adolph... Hitler? if you don't know the culture from which you are drawing the name you might really screw up. Wendy |
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