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Carrie92
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09-15-2003

Monday, November 29, 2004 - 7:31 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
So... Julia Roberts had her twins, a boy and a girl.
I admire Julia. I thought she was a smart chick.

But, alas, she has joined the ranks of silly Hollywood-ites who despise children and give them ridiculous names so that we and their future playmates can make fun of them.

It's only gotten worse since Eddie Van Halen and Valerie Bertinelli named their son Wolfgang.
Here's a list of the top of my head, starting with Julia's....
add more and see how many we can come up with!

Finneus and Hazel - Julia Roberts
Apple - Gwyneth Paltrow/Coldplay guy
Coco - Courteney Cox-Arquette/David Arquette
Rumer, Scout, Tallulah - Demi Moore/Bruce Willis(those ones actually aren't bad in comparison!)

Keep them coming!

Texannie
Member

07-16-2001

Monday, November 29, 2004 - 7:37 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Heard on the Today show that the boy was named for their grandfather's that had recently passed away and the girl for a grandmother.
Not crazy about the other names, but Coco is a very common nickname for Courtney so that makes sense.

Mocha
Member

08-12-2001

Monday, November 29, 2004 - 9:41 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I like Coco.

Tishala
Member

08-01-2000

Monday, November 29, 2004 - 10:10 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I actually like Julia's kids' names, but I will be in the minority that doesn't like Coco.

Mostly, I'm happy that the babies are, by all reports, healthy even though they are a month and a half premature.

Ophiliasgrandma
Member

09-04-2001

Monday, November 29, 2004 - 10:59 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Until you have been a child with a sorry name as I was, you cannot imagine how hurtful it is. Any little kid that stands out and is different in any way catches all kind of hell from his classmates. So, I come down on the side of sensible, ordinary names.

Julieboo
Member

02-05-2002

Monday, November 29, 2004 - 11:27 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
so...what's your name?

What about Dweezil and Moonunit Zappa? Zowie Bowie...

I like Coco--for a dog! Not for a human.

Landi
Member

07-29-2002

Monday, November 29, 2004 - 11:58 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
i agree with ophiliasgrandma. i was teased, picked on, beat up. every new semester (and sometimes for weeks after) teachers mangled my name and the kids would again start the cruel jokes. thanks to my husband, i no longer have an unusual last name (i was the first person growing up in the 60's and 70's with a hyphenated last name). landi is the shortened version of my full FIRST name. i have 5 middle names.

how about being pulled over for a taillight that was out, the cop asking for my driver's license, then having me stand by the side of the road for 3 hours while they sorted out my "aliases", to then find out they were my middle names that wouldn't fit on my driver's license?

this is why i gave my daughter the name of Holly Amanda - plain, but not too plain, and very easy to understand.


Mocha
Member

08-12-2001

Monday, November 29, 2004 - 12:26 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
My name is a common name with an uncommon spelling and I was teased with it as a kid. But kids are cruel and will tease you for anything. But it doesn't stop with kids teasing. And it obviously isn't just the stars giving their kids different names.

Kitt
Member

09-06-2000

Monday, November 29, 2004 - 12:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Finneus is a bit old fashioned, but if it's shortened to Finn it's pretty good. Hazel is common where I come from, or at least it was 20 years ago, less so now I expect.

Bob Geldof and Paula Yates called their daughters Fifi-Trixibell (no idea how that's spelt!), Peaches, and something else similarly amusing. Now that's cruel. (Mind you with everything else they've been through their names were the least of their worries, I expect.)

Ophiliasgrandma
Member

09-04-2001

Monday, November 29, 2004 - 12:48 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Oh, ye people of little imagination. Now, Julia has imagination. On the news, A/P (if is correct) she's spelled the poor little tykes name Phinnaeus.

Karen
Member

09-07-2004

Monday, November 29, 2004 - 12:53 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I think god ol' Michael Jackson wins the prize for worst kids names: Prince Michael Jackson the First, and Prince Michael Jackson the Second? Is this guy for real?

Ophiliasgrandma
Member

09-04-2001

Monday, November 29, 2004 - 12:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Oh, no, it's his brother Jermane who takes that honor with a little boy named Jermagesty.

Eric McCormack's boy is named Finnagan.

A few years ago some actress named her baby Jasper.

Tishala
Member

08-01-2000

Monday, November 29, 2004 - 12:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
What about George Foreman? His kids are named George, George, George, George, etc.

BTW, isn't Finneus just an old Celtic name? If it was Finnegan, though, I'd have a wake. Or a rainbow.

Karen
Member

09-07-2004

Monday, November 29, 2004 - 1:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Jermagesty? Really? hahahahahahahaha.

I just about spat tea on my computer when I read that. I'd never heard that. That's horrible. Absolutely horrible.

What happened to the Ben's and Tom's in the world??

Eeyoreslament
Member

07-20-2003

Monday, November 29, 2004 - 1:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
There is a young diver in Canada named Weggedesk.

Doesn't Jermajesty sound like 'Your majesty'?

I have a weird name, and I grew up in the early 80's and actually lamented that there were no erasers or shoelaces, or pencils with my name on it. My name is Kali (which is fine now), but back then, there were only Kelly shoelaces. I WILL end up in therapy for this later in life when I can afford it. For now, I learned that Kali is the Hindi Goddess of Destruction, which is cool. ROAR!!

Julia is just ASKING for her son to be nicknamed penis.

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Has ANYONE ever seen the SNL skit with Nicholas Cage and Victoria Jackson, where they are a pregnant couple, sitting in heir living room, picking out baby names for their future son. She picks out names like Peter, and NC goes "no, then he'll be Peter Peter pumpkin eater". Anyways, they go through a TON of normal names, and Cage vetoes them all with some sort of hilarious reason.

So Victoria Jackson looks through the book again, and goes, "What about Bjardken? B-J-A-R-D-K-E-N. It means "warrior"[or something like that]." Cage pauses, and thinks about it. Says the name a few times out loud, then goes, "You know, I like it. Bjardken." So then they both start talking to her belly going "Hello little Bjarken!!" when the doorbell rings.

Tim Meadows is a UPS guy, and he says "I have a delivery for Asswipe Johnson."

And Nicholas Cage goes "It's pronounced Ah-swee-pay."


LOL. I love that skit.

Lyn
Member

08-07-2002

Monday, November 29, 2004 - 3:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I have a different first name (hence the use of my middle name) and was picked on a lot as a child. Two of my grandsons have unique names that also cause grief - Xavier and Daemon. While I was named after Mom's aunt (who raised her), I still have to wonder why parents do this? [My daughter is the first one to tell you she likes names no one else is going to use. She has two doozies picked out for next time}

Julieboo
Member

02-05-2002

Monday, November 29, 2004 - 3:33 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
okay, why do posters here tease us with "i have an unusual first name," and then don't say what it is??

Susan Saint James named two of her kids Sunshine and Harmony...

Marysafan
Member

08-07-2000

Monday, November 29, 2004 - 3:54 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Julieboo...I was coming in to post that!

I remember seeing Susan on a talk show where she was lamenting the fact that she had named her children Sunshine and Harmony. She said it was a nice thought, but it just didn't work well in real life.


Eeyoreslament
Member

07-20-2003

Monday, November 29, 2004 - 3:56 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Isn't Susan Saint James the wife of the NBC exec who was in the plane crash this weekend? The 14 yr old is presumed dead. Poor lady.

Jbean
Member

01-05-2002

Monday, November 29, 2004 - 4:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
wasn't she kate from kate and allie?

Ophiliasgrandma
Member

09-04-2001

Monday, November 29, 2004 - 4:44 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
My name is so unique that were I to tell you I would lose my anonymity. I have never run into it before in my life.

Yes, SSJ is Ebersol's wife. The 19 year old son survived, but as of this morning one of the jet's seat was missing as well as their 14 year old son. I don't know if the boys are hers though. It says on IMDB that she has filed for divorce.

Landi
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07-29-2002

Monday, November 29, 2004 - 5:21 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
my first name is Landileigh - my whole name is Landileigh Lee Maria Theresa Angelina diMilani James-Pastorini Nelson

hope that curbs the curiosity

oh, and my first name is pronounced land-ee-lee


Ophiliasgrandma
Member

09-04-2001

Monday, November 29, 2004 - 5:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
At least your's is pretty, sound Hawaiian. Mine is just pug ugly.

Julieboo
Member

02-05-2002

Monday, November 29, 2004 - 5:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Wow, that is a mouthful Landi!!

Ophilia, c'mon, you're making me soooo curious!

Ophiliasgrandma
Member

09-04-2001

Monday, November 29, 2004 - 7:14 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I tried to privately send it to you, but you don't allow email through the Clubhouse. Sorry.