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Wednesday, July 20, 2005

A call for diversity in naming

I'm only bringing this up because of SCOTUS nominee Roberts' first name is John.

His wife's name is Jane.

And they named their children ... wait for it ... Jack and Josie.

There is a naming disease that's concerned the FG ever since her dear university friend shared that her entire family had names starting with 'K', but the nomination of John Roberts permits her to vent forth upon the waters.

PLEASE. PLEASE give your children individual and yet not freakish names. Names are important. This is not your opportunity to be cute. These are not dolls or pets; these are human beings who have to live with their names for the next 80-90 years, if they have the singular fortune to be born in a 'developed' nation. Pick something interesting, but not bizarre, and for all of our sakes, avoid alliteration, rhyming, alternative spellings and all the other naming sins too numerous to list here.

Although when you spend your first quarter century with a name like John or Jane, one can see there's a temptation to make something of it, but if you're smart enough to go to Harvard, there's really no excuse.

At least the kid can dance ...

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