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Keith Byrne

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Talula Does the Hula from Hawaii

A quick check online reveals that in Columbia, there lives a certain Yahoo, Google, Playstation and Microsoft. On the other hand, Shakira is a fine name for a Columbian artiste, but sounds relly bad when it belongs to a six year old girl from inner-city Dublin
Should parents be allowed to give their children any name they want?Keith Byrne edytował(a) ten post dnia 24.07.08 o godzinie 16:38
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Check this one out Keith

how would you like growing up as 4real?

http://www.usatoday.com/news/offbeat/2007-06-22-name_N...
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Keith Byrne

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like 2pac :-D

Why don't they just change the name to Forreal, or to a more traditional name that means "For REal", like "Keith"?

Incidentally, there is a "Tupak" running around in Poland somewhere!Keith Byrne edytował(a) ten post dnia 24.07.08 o godzinie 16:44
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“never underestimate the predictability of stupidity”
- Bullet Tooth Tony
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From Keith's article:

My unusual name hasn't affected me at all .....

Russell Sprout.
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Also from Keith's article:

I went to school with a boy called 'Justin Case'.warren whitmore edytował(a) ten post dnia 25.07.08 o godzinie 16:16
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Allowed and not allowed in New Zealand:

UNUSUAL NAMES

Allowed: Violence; Number 16 Bus Shelter; Midnight Chardonnay; Benson and Hedges (twins)

Blocked: Yeah Detroit; Stallion; Twisty Poi; Keenan Got Lucy; Sex Fruit; Fat Boy; Cinderella Beauty Blossom; Fish and Chips (twins)

Why can you call twins 'Benson and Hedges', but not 'Fish and chips'?warren whitmore edytował(a) ten post dnia 24.07.08 o godzinie 22:16
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warren whitmore:

Why can you call twins 'Benson and Hedges', but not 'Fish and chips'?warren whitmore edytował(a) ten post dnia 24.07.08 o godzinie 22:16

I was thinking about this too. I suppose because "Benson Whitmore" doesn't sound stupid, nor does "Hedges Whitmore", but "Fish Whitmore" or Chips Whitmore" is pushing it a bit.
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I used to work with someone called Randy Sarah. That is his real name. In the same company there was also a woman called Annette Curtains.
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I used to love reading 'true stories' in 'Private Eye':

A Japanese man wanted to call his child, "beautiful flower plucked from a hairy bottom", saying that the idea haad come to him in a dream. When the registrar of births refused the name, in protest he dcicided to name the baby "devil child". He was then told to come up with a name more suited to Japanese social norms, and call it something else. So finally he named the child "Something Else".

"I will not be mocked", he stated.warren whitmore edytował(a) ten post dnia 25.07.08 o godzinie 16:32
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Kari W.

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Only very slightly OT.. My son's name is Kian. I named him with the knowledge that we were moving to Poland eventually and he would probably spend his childhood there. One of my friends laughs out loud when I talk about him because it sounds very close to the Polish verb 'kiem' which means 'hit him with a stick'. Do you think he will have issues? I was hoping to avoid this kind of thing with my children, now it looks as if I've stepped right in it. Should I put him in martial arts at a young age? As a baby, he is a bit sensitive.
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Keith Byrne

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Kian is ok, not that close to Kijem.
Anyway, kids pick on kids for any and every reason. If it's not his name, it'll be because he's American, or because he's fat, or thin, or good at sports, or bad at sports, or because they can read wel, or not read at all. Kids'll find something. Anyway, Lech is like Pech, and Jarek is like Barek, and Ola is like Cola, and Anna is like Wanna. Teach Kian to fight, anyway. It can't hurt, ask my uncle, Sue ;-)Keith Byrne edytował(a) ten post dnia 25.07.08 o godzinie 17:06
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On my first day at school, I had to face some dorks laughing at my Alfa-Romeo polo shirt, which had the word "CHAMPION" printed on it. I became a "cham" and a "pion" simulaneously. My hopes of showing off were dashed :(

I've still got the pic:


Obrazek


My second name is Max, and it owes its runner-up position solely to my father's intervention. It saved me from being called Maksio-Reksio.

Kian, on the other hand, is bound to be a male equivalent of a Kia car and will go by the name of "Kijanka" ;) Martial arts are a must, no matter what the name is.Adam Lipiński edytował(a) ten post dnia 25.07.08 o godzinie 18:09
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Here are some weird celebrity names:

Tiger Lily Heavenly Hiranni (Michael Hutchence)
Fifi Trixibelle (Bob Geldof)
Moon Unit (Frank Zappa)

Article on weird celebrity names in 'The Times':

http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/wome...
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