"I don't think you're legally required to give your kid a last name."

[vvvexation]

vvvexation: Y'know, of all the people who'd give their kids just one name, I don't know any who'd pick "Bob."
saizai: But it's so beautiful...in a sick, corrupt kind of way.

(This stemmed from a discussion of surnames that ensued when a piece of junk mail arrived at our new apartment addressed to one Ephraim Swanson-Dusenbury (whose roommate was apparently named Craig Creamer). We proceeded to envision still more evil names that one could inflict on a child, such as "God" and "Mary Sue Bob Ezekiel" and "Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz" and "/null" and "*~-" and [Bronx cheer] and [glottal stop] and the entire first chapter of Genesis.)

Comments

[catamorphism.livejournal.com]

That makes the second occurrence of "Ephraim" within the latest 20 entries of my friends page currently. Very odd.

[zwol.livejournal.com]

Here's a fun little story about strange names indeed.

[ailurodragon.livejournal.com]

Hey! I- ... You- ... *sputter* I -

Awfuggit.

:-)

[vvvexation.livejournal.com]

We were talking about the concept of giving just that one name to a kid (with no last name), rather than the name itself.

[ailurodragon.livejournal.com]

*smile* Offended I'm not - I just saw an opportunity for humour.

Look, an obvious distraction! *hides in the woodwork again*

[hitchhiker.livejournal.com]

I hear there are some African languages with four separate clicks. Something to remember the next time you have quadruplets :)