November 27, 2007

anti-m · Post by **anti-m** » Tue Nov 27, 2007 10:56 pm

Hoblit wrote:
Please pardon me if I'm wrong but I suspect you might have missed Heather's post... I mean, speaking of charts:

Oh! Drr. Oops. That chart is a much cooler, graphically interesting version of the same data. Edward Tufte would applaud, I'm sure.

Billy's Little Trip · Post by **Billy's Little Trip** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 2:00 am

erik wrote:I don't think you should pick a first name without seeing how it sounds next to the last name.

Goddamn hippy!

Paco Del Stinko · Post by **Paco Del Stinko** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 4:34 am

Erik is right, you have to know the last name. Call me a damn hippy as well, sporto! I like the idea of waiting to see the kid and then going hmmm...looks like a...(No, not a monkey)...Melany.

king_arthur · Post by **king_arthur** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 5:59 am

One use for tools like this is... let's say I was trying to write a song (story, play, whatever) about a bunch of high school age kids in 1965. The list of most popular names for 1950 would give me some ideas for what names those kids would have had...

Charles (KA)

HeuristicsInc · Post by **HeuristicsInc** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 7:54 am

Jon: Virginia/Ginger is far too long, and who has a slash in their name? Weirdo!

Once my cousin dated a girl named January, nickname Jan, I thought that was cool. My wife says we can't pick any names with more than two syllables because my last name is too long (not to mention "William" has three). Anastasia or Alexandra are cool. Anti-M's tool is easiest for finding the top names, especially so that you don't name your kid the same thing as everybody else (although the names are delayed a bit).
-bill

Mostess · Post by **Mostess** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 2:19 pm

Billy's Little Trip wrote:
erik wrote:I don't think you should pick a first name without seeing how it sounds next to the last name.
Goddamn hippy!

Snowball H. Mostess.

We have a short list on the fridge now, mostly with names that the 3 year old and 4 year old like. The elder likes "Little Einsteins," so she's rooting for June. The younger likes "The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe," so she's rooting for Lucy.

If history is any judge, we'll toss the list immediately after the birth and name her whatever seems to suit her best. But it's soooo much fun to think about what to name a person. Probably the most power I'll ever have over the future of mankind.

Snowball is now on my private list. I think my wife might veto it, though.

erik · Post by **erik** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 3:02 pm

Go watch "Clerks" before you make a hard sell for "Snowball".

HeuristicsInc · Post by **HeuristicsInc** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 3:26 pm

ouch, yeah, i thought of that too, but i didn't want to mention it...
-bill

Hoblit · Post by **Hoblit** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 4:07 pm

Hoblit wrote:
Ross wrote:Ho Ho (that's probably not so good when she hits high school)
Snowball
uh, snowball would also be bad when she hits high school.

erik wrote:Go watch "Clerks" before you make a hard sell for "Snowball".

HeuristicsInc wrote:ouch, yeah, i thought of that too, but i didn't want to mention it...
-bill

Yeah, I think we about have this one covered.

Billy's Little Trip · Post by **Billy's Little Trip** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 4:17 pm

erik wrote:Go watch "Clerks" before you make a hard sell for "Snowball".

HaHa, Clerks was the first thing to pop in my mind when I saw that.

Mostess · Post by **Mostess** » Thu Nov 29, 2007 8:48 am

Hoblit wrote:
Yeah, I think we about have this one covered.

Damn. You guys know how to take all the fun out of naming babies.

Hoblit · Post by **Hoblit** » Thu Nov 29, 2007 8:58 am

Mostess wrote:
Hoblit wrote:
Yeah, I think we about have this one covered.
Damn. You guys know how to take all the fun out of naming babies.

ACTUALLY...I though we were doing quite the opposite!