over the past two weeks massachusetts has celebrated the birth of two evacuee babies. the name of the first baby was, predictably, katrina. her parents said that they thought the name was "kind of cool, you know, and kind of weird. like something you would see on david letterman." the second baby has been christened cape cod in honor of the region that has so generously welcomed and served the evacuees over the past three weeks. i have no quarrel with people naming their children after natural disasters, hurricanes, major civil war battles or even tropical fruit (yesterday npr featured an interview with a woman named chiquita). however, i do not consider such names exempt from ridicule.
2 comments:
These poor kids. Now they will know my pain of never finding my name on bike license plates, pencils, charm necklaces or Christmas ornaments.
Oh, there is also an author whose name is Banana Yoshimoto. I kid you not-look her up on bn.com
then there is ocean and jaguar.
love my friends.
love their kids.
still pretty freaking sad.
one day, when ocean asks me, i'll tell him i had no idea what they were naming him until it was too late.
jaguar on the other hand...i tried to be nice. shit. next time, honest.
Post a Comment