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BigglesBiggles <font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
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Those poor, poor kids...
[url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/3268161.stm[/url]

Comments

  • Data CrystalData Crystal Pencil Artist
    We have name legislation here in Finland so you can't give your brat any name that pops up in a terrible morning of hangover. Luckily. It's been criticized quite a few times but most of the time it's a good thing to have...

    Actually, a rather funny statistic pops to mind, my first name is Ilkka, and someone (read about this in a paper. :p) was trying to register the name "Ilka" for a boy. She wasn't allowed to use that name because it isn't in any way a definitive name for a boy. :) That name would have been accepted for a girl, though, most probably because its German counterpart is widely used. :)

    So I'm one letter off of being a close call or something :D
  • A2597A2597 Fanboy
    The kids named ESPN is scarred for life... :eek:
  • Lord RefaLord Refa Creepy, but in a good way
    [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by A2597 [/i]
    [B]The kids named ESPN is scarred for life... :eek: [/B][/QUOTE]

    Imagine the horror and shame of all the Trekkie's kids out there...

    well.. the ones that have them.
  • BekennBekenn Sinclair's Duck
    Hey, new Trekkers have to come from somewhere. Given the age of the series, most Trek fans were born when the franchise was already well-known.

    Regarding the article... I suspect this is only newsworthy because it's so out-of-the ordinary. Consider: the US population is around 280 million, or at least it was, last I checked. 472 separate children are mentioned in the article; it's probably reasonable to assume that fewer than 10000 throughout the entire country are given brand names, and even at that upper limit, there would be only .0036% (one in 28000) of the US population with brand names. It is therefore highly likely that your average US citizen, living his entire life in the country, would never knowingly meet a single one of them.

    (As an aside, I have a sneaking suspicion that car brand names would be especially popular among these branded babies because their parents would want a reminder of the circumstances of conception. But I digress.)

    If my assumptions are right, and branded babies really do make up such a small portion of our population, I have to wonder why that article writer would call it a "trend." That assertion wasn't backed up by any numbers showing a greater proclivity towards brand names now than in the past.
  • the_exilethe_exile Kupo!
    I agree... a half mile down the road lives the Bunn family, with their three children Star, Cougar, and Smokey, but aside from that, I've never met anyone with an unusual/brand name. Though I do imagine it will become increasingly popular, considering the large number of morons (something like 60% of our population) who get their information solely from the TV; no newspaper, no internet, just TV.
    All the 40-year old ex-quarterback toilet salesman would probably think ESPN (Espen?) was a good name... if they knew how to use a computer well enough to find that article. Stupid, stupid people.
  • BigglesBiggles <font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
    [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Bekenn [/i]
    [B]Hey, new Trekkers have to come from somewhere. Given the age of the series, most Trek fans were born when the franchise was already well-known.

    Regarding the article... I suspect this is only newsworthy because it's so out-of-the ordinary. Consider: the US population is around 280 million, or at least it was, last I checked. 472 separate children are mentioned in the article; it's probably reasonable to assume that fewer than 10000 throughout the entire country are given brand names, and even at that upper limit, there would be only .0036% (one in 28000) of the US population with brand names. It is therefore highly likely that your average US citizen, living his entire life in the country, would never knowingly meet a single one of them.

    (As an aside, I have a sneaking suspicion that car brand names would be especially popular among these branded babies because their parents would want a reminder of the circumstances of conception. But I digress.)

    If my assumptions are right, and branded babies really do make up such a small portion of our population, I have to wonder why that article writer would call it a "trend." That assertion wasn't backed up by any numbers showing a greater proclivity towards brand names now than in the past. [/B][/QUOTE]

    I doubt it's anything like a trend at all, but even one kid named "ESPN" is a bit much.
  • Captain,SimmondsCaptain,Simmonds Trainee trainee
    Sad so very sad.
  • BekennBekenn Sinclair's Duck
    [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Biggles [/i]
    [B]I doubt it's anything like a trend at all, but even one kid named "ESPN" is a bit much. [/B][/QUOTE]

    Agreed.
  • MundaneMundane Elite Ranger
    ESPN...sounds strange...but it is not so much difference between that and the name Espen (maybe not usual in the US but)
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