Weep for humanity

[gridlore]

OK, I'm a sports nut. I live for my Giants and Niners. I will watch golf if nothing else is on. I can quote obscure stats from sports I don't even like. But even I recognize some limits.

Couple names child ESPN.

OK, this is just stupid. Never mind the fact that this kid is going to be tortured by classmates, what happens if he isn't a jock? What if he ends up a bookworm, with no interest in sports whatsoever? Do parents not think of things like this? English has several hundred male names.. chose one of them. But ESPN? Good network, lousy personal name. Hell, if you have to name him after something sports-related; use the name of a particular sports hero. That wouldn't work for me, because Barry Douglas Berry is just as bad...

Comments

[twfarlan.livejournal.com]

Doug, this should be the worst act of criminal naming in the world today. I present you the following:

http://www.notwithoutmyhandbag.com/babynames/

[gridlore.livejournal.com]

Would it surprise you to learn I use this as a naming resource for gaming?

[twfarlan.livejournal.com]

Not really, no. But then, you write Traveller supplements. Some of the names on that list are great for alien races. Not as good for current-era dirtbound Terrans, though. ;)

[aurictech.livejournal.com]

The parents could even have given the kid multiple middle names (e.g., Edward Steven Paul Nathan) if, for some unfathomable reason, they really felt the need to use their child's name to memorialize a cable television network.

Your comment about using the name of a sports hero reminds me of an incident during my time at Ft. Bragg. One of the soldiers in my unit had gotten pregnant (we're MI; that sort of thing happens from time to time). She was discussing possible names for her child, and mentioned that, if she had a daughter, she might name the baby "Montana Rae."

Naturally, someone quipped that "Montana Rice" would be more suitable....

[gridlore.livejournal.com]

Montana Clark for the older Faithful...

The Catch. Forever in our hearts, because we beat the damn Cowboys.