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Post by ant-mac on Oct 18, 2018 3:46:01 GMT
I wouldn't view his name as a stigma.
After all, the problem isn't his name, it's the attitude of other people to it.
I think it's uncommon and slightly unusual, but that's all. Nothing to get worked up over.
I think that because it is attributed to a male, it would be more of a stigma like you mentioned. Its just a name though, but yes, attitudes can be dividing.
I am not sure which country he is from, somewhere African I would say, and there, it may not even be seen as a big deal either. That my rude colleague even started to make a deal of it, even to his face, and this was from a female, it did get me thinking. I even mentioned it to her about her commenting on it being inappropriate.
That's a good point.
Different countries and cultures have different standards. What's acceptable or normal in one might be unheard of or considered bizarre in another.
Unfortunately, people like your work colleague seem to be common everywhere.
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Post by Pep Streebeck on Oct 18, 2018 8:36:02 GMT
Major Judge General
Anything that makes them sound like they earned some title which they haven't.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 18, 2018 9:55:46 GMT
Major Judge General Anything that makes them sound like they earned some title which they haven't. Colonel Angus isn't that bad though.
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Post by Nora on Oct 18, 2018 13:19:16 GMT
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Post by dirtypillows on Oct 18, 2018 23:03:54 GMT
I was subbing for a 3rd grade class one time, and I remember a boy whose given name was "Jumpshot". I had to refrain from saying something unkind because it was not the boy's fault that his parents were morons.
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Post by dirtypillows on Oct 18, 2018 23:08:39 GMT
I find the word "gay" a rather curious member of the English language. As a child, I thought it meant happy. Then later I learned it meant homosexual. Then later still, I learned from a young girl it meant lame. In fact, she told me that the only thing that wasn't gay, were gay boys.
Every time I turn around, the bloody word has changed its meaning!
There is one thing that annoys me though. The term "gay" can be applied to gay people in general, regardless of their gender. However, the term "lesbian" strictly applies to female homosexuals, while any gender specific terms for gay males are nearly all insulting or unpleasant euphemisms. I don't get that.
Also, I wasn't aware that the term "homo" was an insult. I just thought it was an abbreviation. Is the term "hetero" an insult too?
It is all pc semantics and bulls<>t and about telling others what something should mean to them and what one should identify as. When people say something is gay, they mean it is lame, then how does this apply to a gay person. Is that then degrading them as being lame?
Lesbians also refer to themselves a gay and bisexual, yet within the LGB, a gay guy is just gay. Why does a lesbian get to identify as all 3? It also used to be GLBT—and T is not even a sexuality—when the lesbians decided out of their own sense of entitled female privilege, that they should come first. I am homo, yet don't care one iota to lumped into a special category of LGBT, when this has nothing to do with who I am. Where is the straight community then if there is a LGBTQI.....whatever one? Ahhh... I remember the days when it was just GLB. This would have been around 1989. Yes, 'T' is not even a sexuality. It's very dense and clueless that somebody deigned it okay to lump us all together. It's almost eerie. Somebody is not understanding something. And 'Q' is more of an attitude, than a sexuality. What's next? 'F' for Fetish? I'm almost afraid to ask, but what does "I" even stand for? 'Into iguanas'?
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Post by dirtypillows on Oct 18, 2018 23:11:03 GMT
I just think Saint is a very aesthetically pleasing and decidedly un-lame sounding word/name. Granted the lofty connotations mean it would no doubt be met with derision. I know of a black guy called Precious.Yikes! That name is more suitable for a 5 year old's imaginary friend. Was the guy okay with having that name? It seems like he could have changed his name if he wanted to. Maybe he just too strongly identified with it. I am sure it got him a certain amount of attention.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Oct 19, 2018 0:08:36 GMT
I had a co-worked from the Philippines whose name was Anastacio
His Philippino friends, who mostly spoke Tagalog, called him "Nasty" as for them it was just his nickname !
He was a really REALLY nice guy … we could not bring ourselves to call him that so the rest of us called him "Nat" !
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Post by BATouttaheck on Oct 19, 2018 0:08:56 GMT
The Green Mile : PERCY WETMORE
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Post by BATouttaheck on Oct 19, 2018 0:57:29 GMT
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Post by Harmless elf on Oct 20, 2018 13:59:26 GMT
I met a mom that named her daughter Princess and her son King
Stewart sounds pretty lame
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Post by mikef6 on Oct 20, 2018 14:13:59 GMT
There are those names that used to be associated with Deep South hayseeds: Gomer, Clyde, Clem, Mabel, John-Boy, Beau.
Girls names that are given to boys in England: Evelyn, Vivian, Carol.
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Post by Aj_June on Oct 20, 2018 14:27:04 GMT
There are those names that used to be associated with Deep South hayseeds: Gomer, Clyde, Clem, Mabel, John-Boy, Beau. Girls names that are given to boys in England: Evelyn, Vivian, Carol. Is Vivian a girls name anywhere? Wow. I never knew that. The manliest person I know with V shaped body and who struck terror in hearts of bowlers is named Sir Vivian Richards. The pride of Caribbean.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Oct 20, 2018 14:30:39 GMT
Aj_JuneIs Vivian a girls name anywhere? Vivian Vance with Lucille Ball In the United States, Vivian is more likely to be a name for females than males.
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Post by petrolino on Oct 20, 2018 14:37:44 GMT
I knew a quiet guy called Loquacious Jones who was actually shy and withdrawn.
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Post by mikef6 on Oct 20, 2018 14:41:50 GMT
There are those names that used to be associated with Deep South hayseeds: Gomer, Clyde, Clem, Mabel, John-Boy, Beau. Girls names that are given to boys in England: Evelyn, Vivian, Carol. Is Vivian a girls name anywhere? Wow. I never knew that. The manliest person I know with V shaped body and who struck terror in hearts of bowlers is named Sir Vivian Richards. The pride of Caribbean.
Vivian Leigh (Gone With The Wind), Vivian Vance (I Love Lucy), Vivian Blaine (Guys and Dolls). In the U.S. anyway, Vivian is a given name only for girls.
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Post by Aj_June on Oct 20, 2018 14:46:43 GMT
Is Vivian a girls name anywhere? Wow. I never knew that. The manliest person I know with V shaped body and who struck terror in hearts of bowlers is named Sir Vivian Richards. The pride of Caribbean.
Vivian Leigh (Gone With The Wind), Vivian Vance (I Love Lucy), Vivian Blaine (Guys and Dolls). In the U.S. anyway, Vivian is a given name only for girls. oh...it was too silly of me to forget Vivian Leigh!
Though I would normally assume Viviana and Vivienne for girls. But a bit of googling and I found
So even some non-American women have it. Kenyan, Nigerians and Brits too.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Oct 22, 2018 2:42:52 GMT
Curious enough to ask what's lame about "keith"
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Post by Deleted on Oct 22, 2018 6:23:27 GMT
Probably names like Cledus, Cyril, Chester, Bertha, Clarence, Bartholomew, Helga and Fanny.
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Post by Pep Streebeck on Oct 22, 2018 10:26:33 GMT
Curious enough to ask what's lame about "keith"
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