Name Enthusiast: You might be a name geek if....

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

You might be a name geek if....

Well, you know how to complete the sentence.

...You know the origins of the names "Jeff" and "Foxworthy"
...You`ve read so many BA`s you can recognize every baby or small child in your town
...You have several restraining orders beause you`ve asked complete strangers about their names.
...You write to your favourite celebrity asking him about his favourite names.
...You`re devestated when said celebrity replies with "I`ve never really thought about it.
...You also wrote him explaining how odd it was his name meaning didn`t apply to him at all.
...Foreign exchange students never have to repeat their names to you.
...You have a firm grounding in Greek, Latin and Gaelic.
...You have gotten detention/fired for calling a classmate`s/coworker`s favourite name "trendy".
...The only jokes you know are ones about people named Ben Dover and Jenny Taylor.
...Your favourite comedian once told a joke about the meaning of her name. But you know she got it wrong.
...Your idea of a slam is "Yo momma so old her name is Amabel" or "You so poor, your name was originally a surname!"
...You`d hitchhike to Nebraska just to meet Cleveland Evans.
...You know that Cleveland Evans is not the black guy from Family Guy.
...You read movie credits just to find new and interesting names.
...Your first response to hearing a name is "I love the meaning".
...You read obituaries of people you don't know just to find old-fashioned names.
...Names like Belphoebe and Solomon are guilty pleasures of yours.
...You have a list of your top 50 favorite combos for boys and girls.
...If you name the children in ads and posters and at the park and mall.
...If you have a favourite and least favourite name for every letter of the alphabet.
...You give your pets middle names (perhaps even more than one).
...When you first meet someone, you wonder what his or her middle name is.
...Even if you didn't enjoy a movie, book, television show, etc., you couldn't help but appreciate it somewhat if you really liked the characters' names.
...If you keep renaming yourself cuz you just can't choose the perfect name.
...If your favorite-names list exceeds 320 names.
...If your friends give the look even when you make a simple casual comment on a name.
...If you give all your teachers (and others) additional names that you think fit them better than the ones they have.
...If you take ages just to choose a name for a character.
...If you cringe when you hear someone say their daughter is named Madison or their son is named Jaden.
...If you tell people what their name means when they introduce themselves (as if they care).
..If you have ever shown your friends a list of some names you like and they haven't heard of any of them.
...If your significant other has ever has ever awoken you with a text message asking the meaning and origin of a name.
...If you actually find the obituaries more interesting than the birth announcements just because of the names.
...If you have a method of testing the accuracy of baby name books.
...If you don't actually own any of the books because you can't find any that have passed your test.
...If you had a dream that involved name etymology.

All of these come from the Name Game board at BtN. Most of these I'm guilty of! :)

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Tuesday, June 16, 2009

You might be a name geek if....

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