- ...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! :)
