tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post1619819534860615233..comments2024-03-29T05:33:43.878-04:00Comments on Murder is Everywhere: Icelandic Naming LawsOvidia Yuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05749549092493567689noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-43631314956521006312013-08-15T13:47:53.940-04:002013-08-15T13:47:53.940-04:00Names are tricky, but I must say I haven't lau...Names are tricky, but I must say I haven't laughed this hard in quite a few days. I can always count on MIE.lil Glucksternhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09288522126331817172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-22165925786593325552013-08-15T13:38:28.442-04:002013-08-15T13:38:28.442-04:00I add my first name at the end of the comment and ...I add my first name at the end of the comment and then choose "anonymous" from the list.<br /><br />BethAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-70920297504142062422013-08-15T13:35:10.142-04:002013-08-15T13:35:10.142-04:00I knew a woman who was a nurse in the neo-natal in...I knew a woman who was a nurse in the neo-natal intensive care nursery of possibly the same hospital. Many of the babies were born to very young mothers. Because the babies were kept in the hospital for extended monitoring, she spent time with the mothers. Sometimes she just had to tell them, "No, you cannot name your baby...." and she would explain why. Sometimes the names were derivatives of body parts, sometimes they had unfortunate double meanings, and sometimes the names would have set the child up for a life time of misery.<br /><br />BethAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-72470741822464118872013-08-15T11:36:26.676-04:002013-08-15T11:36:26.676-04:00I remember reading an article in the newspaper whe...I remember reading an article in the newspaper when I was a kid, lo, these many years ago, about strange and humorous names parents had given their kids. The one that's always stuck in my my memory was a couple named Butts who named their son Cigar.<br /><br />And yes, from now on when I type 'Jeff' my fingers are going to heading towards 's' and 'p' after the 'J' and 'e'...<br />Everett Kaserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12371555243187874414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-25462804743191484412013-08-15T10:34:54.314-04:002013-08-15T10:34:54.314-04:00For some folks, Yrsa, a name enforcement policy ma...For some folks, Yrsa, a name enforcement policy may not a bad idea . What I am about to tell you is an honest to goodness true story (as opposed to...):<br /><br />When I was first married the first time...pause...my wife worked in the recovery room of a major Boston maternity hospital. One night she came home seized by hysterical fits of laughter and I'd not yet said a word. Between fits and starts of laughter she told me of a woman who'd endured a particularly difficult labor and come into my wife's unit quite groggy. As the woman came around she was all smiles over her beautiful baby girl...as would be expected...and that she felt particularly blessed not just for the child but for a vision that had come to her during the delivery.<br /><br />My wife, of course, couldn't help but ask, "What vision?" and the woman explained that she and her husband (not present) had been struggling to come up with a name for a baby girl should that be their blessing. Lo and behold, as she lay in the delivery room, going in and out of a groggy haze, she'd envisioned the perfect, most beautiful sounding name for her daughter:....<br /><br />Placenta.<br /><br />Yep, you can't make this stuff up. At least not easily.<br /> <br />JesperJeffrey Sigerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00718317707555064653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-39878938288758884702013-08-15T07:46:04.392-04:002013-08-15T07:46:04.392-04:00BTW didn't want to comment as anonymous - I...BTW didn't want to comment as anonymous - I'm not shy - but this page wouldn't accept any of my tries to give my nameAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-50702918318338852452013-08-15T07:43:30.127-04:002013-08-15T07:43:30.127-04:00Fascinating - 2 questions - what does the og mean ...Fascinating - 2 questions - what does the og mean in your 'if'names. And in a book I recently read including a foreign female marrying an Icelandic man, she adopted his surname making her --son. Is that what would happen, and does it confuse everybody re her gender?Oh and Governer Hogg should be shotAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-49989491517294314712013-08-15T07:40:38.613-04:002013-08-15T07:40:38.613-04:00Hmmm, I left a comment and it appears not to have ...Hmmm, I left a comment and it appears not to have appeared.<br /><br />In Southern Africa, there are no rules when it comes to naming someone. When the colonists arrived, their lack of facility in speaking or pronouncing foreign tongues forced the locals to adopt English names to avoid being called "Hey you". I have a woman who comes in half a day a week who introduced herself to me as Zelda. When I asked if that was her real name, I was told that it wasn't. It was actually Nosipho (how difficult is that?). However for most whites her last name does present a challenge, unless you are willin gto take a few minutes to practice. It is Qolo, starting with a hard-palate click.<br /><br />Then there are uncountable people with official names such as Witness, Goodluck, Beauty, Happy, Pleasant, Two-Rand, At-Last, Mistake, Captain, Trouble, Don't Worry, Captain Morgan, Trymore, Oblivious, God Knows, and Enough.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-79914260707956992722013-08-15T07:24:57.426-04:002013-08-15T07:24:57.426-04:00Yrsa, I applaud the rule against giving children n...Yrsa, I applaud the rule against giving children names likely to cause them grievance. In Scotland that would have forced some sense into the folks who called their twins Dolce and Gabbana. And in Texas, it would have rightly made it an indictable offense when Governor John Hogg named his twin girls Ima and Ura.Annamaria Alfierihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12311596277267789834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-34324739825371671252013-08-15T05:48:57.719-04:002013-08-15T05:48:57.719-04:00I know 'Dolce' and 'Gabbana'- they...I know 'Dolce' and 'Gabbana'- they are twins. Nike, who is a wee boy. Two kids called Pokahontas (girls!), numerous Skies, Clouds, Keegan's and one Huckleberry. In a bid to satisfy all family members 'Jasper Jock Surname' 7lbs 3oz, entered the world last Wednesday. I think he is going to private school in the south, he might have to! :)Caro Ramsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08499318515241879831noreply@blogger.com