Stifled...

Monday, March 06, 2006

About Names...

I've been thinking about the strange names people have nowadays. I mean, isn't it a little strange, that people name their children after the names of cities in the world? Take the infamous Paris Hilton. I never knew people will name their child that. And the (bad) singer Charlotte Church. Do you know that Charlotte is a place in the USA? What about Beckham's kid, Brooklyn? The brat's named after a city in the USA too.

So what's up with the names? Can't they get more normal names like, Rachael, Joey, Chandler or Ross? Why name them after places? Can you imagine your kid's name as Tokyo Tan? Or Philadelphia Chew? Don't they sound strange? I think they'll turn out stupid.

But some people still find it funky. So while you're at it, why not add a little local flavour to it? Name your kid after local street names. Jurong Bin Suffian Hakim? Clementi Chua? Bedok Chen? Since some parents don't mind their child growing up with stupid names that will make them a permanent laughing stock, then they might as well go all the way and give them local names. Go on, scar their childhood, condemn them for life.

Parents can also choose to give even more stupid names like Upper Serangoon Teo, since 'Upper' rhymes with 'Apa' which means 'What' in malay. Your kid's name can then double up as a question. Imagine you tell your friend this, "My kid's name's Upper Delta," and your friend replies, "Upper Delta?" Get it?

End...

Hanged @ 10:31 PM

Anonymous said...: yup! AGREED! jack neo named his son raffles... will he find a 2nd spore? haha...; 9:03 PM
Anonymous said...: Joey, Chandler and Ross were never real names.; 3:10 AM