Active Users:374 Time:19/04/2025 11:23:10 AM
Back to Messageboard Post New Thread Search Help Stats Rules
I don't mind it if the alternative spelling is at least somewhat current. Legolas Send a noteboard - 26/03/2011 12:03:54 AM
But if parents start using bizarre variations on a spelling just to give their kid a "unique" name, yeah, that's annoying.

Of course, if the orthography isn't too ridiculous, alternative spellings, even uncommon ones, are still better than some of the original names people come up with these days.
Reply to message
Which apostles of Jesus Christ have you known? In the biblical sense, of course. Vivien - 23/03/2011 04:52:48 AM 1667 Views
About as close as I can get it is a Mary *NM* random thoughts - 23/03/2011 04:55:10 AM 317 Views
Yeah... Inequality and discrimination is so annoying! Vivien - 23/03/2011 05:10:48 AM 716 Views
most of them don't even have decent female versions to use *NM* random thoughts - 23/03/2011 01:10:15 PM 336 Views
Slutty. I like it *NM* Urza - 23/03/2011 05:10:03 AM 368 Views
lol, how many apostles do you think is slutty? *NM* Vivien - 23/03/2011 05:11:37 AM 429 Views
Depends. How many you been with? *NM* Urza - 23/03/2011 05:12:28 AM 420 Views
My answer. Vivien - 23/03/2011 05:14:54 AM 958 Views
Oh prude! 12 would have been a much sexier answer *NM* Urza - 23/03/2011 05:19:45 AM 1323 Views
Where is the line between prude and slut? *NM* Vivien - 23/03/2011 05:34:57 AM 427 Views
Sorry, trade secret. *NM* Urza - 23/03/2011 05:37:46 AM 435 Views
Darn! Vivien - 23/03/2011 05:44:33 AM 925 Views
My challenge to you... Urza - 23/03/2011 06:39:06 AM 824 Views
You don't get to give me challenges. Vivien - 23/03/2011 03:09:10 PM 773 Views
Of course I do Urza - 23/03/2011 08:34:29 PM 698 Views
I think it's related to statistical significance. *NM* Aeryn - 23/03/2011 10:55:26 AM 409 Views
Also, 12 would mean that there was a Judas. Vivien - 23/03/2011 05:56:59 AM 694 Views
oh man, i gotta remember dude's names? temeraire - 23/03/2011 05:44:06 AM 946 Views
What do you mean, "maybe"? Vivien - 23/03/2011 05:46:54 AM 928 Views
Yeah, you're winning so far. *NM* Aeryn - 23/03/2011 10:54:16 AM 428 Views
You know, Joshua and Jesus are the same name. Ghavrel - 23/03/2011 06:54:52 AM 791 Views
Good point. Joshua/Josh counts. *NM* Vivien - 23/03/2011 03:55:11 PM 441 Views
How can they have English names, when English didn't even exist yet!?! *NM* ironclad - 23/03/2011 08:56:09 AM 441 Views
God must be a forward thinker. *NM* Ghavrel - 23/03/2011 09:34:07 AM 318 Views
Well he is omniscient, and he loved Evangelical Baptists above all. It makes sense. *NM* Aeryn - 23/03/2011 10:56:05 AM 419 Views
Different ethnic versions of the names are fine. *NM* Vivien - 23/03/2011 03:12:18 PM 421 Views
Joshua = Jesus. According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal beetnemesis - 24/03/2011 10:08:27 PM 715 Views
Because cleary, God is a Brit. Michael - 24/03/2011 12:40:28 PM 761 Views
My response. Aeryn - 23/03/2011 10:53:06 AM 855 Views
1.5 nossy - 23/03/2011 02:43:46 PM 857 Views
Why? Vivien - 23/03/2011 03:15:23 PM 783 Views
lol, I'm sorry, that just got a lot funnier than I had expected it to. nossy - 23/03/2011 03:25:38 PM 955 Views
Then it doesn't count. Vivien - 23/03/2011 03:53:55 PM 848 Views
Have a John is better than none...? *MN* Joel - 27/03/2011 03:42:09 AM 727 Views
Half a John, hahaha. Classic *NM* ironclad - 23/03/2011 03:55:37 PM 421 Views
*NM* TaskmasterJack - 24/03/2011 01:34:40 AM 373 Views
*NM* snoopcester - 24/03/2011 12:00:03 PM 412 Views
In a strictly Biblical sense, it's the men who do the "knowing" and women who are "known". *NM* Tom - 23/03/2011 10:20:34 PM 398 Views
"How many apostles have known you?" Fantastic. *NM* Ghavrel - 23/03/2011 11:05:25 PM 435 Views
LOL. *NM* Vivien - 24/03/2011 04:12:21 AM 421 Views
Do women get to know anything then? *NM* Vivien - 24/03/2011 04:25:24 AM 383 Views
Can they know themselves? *NM* Vivien - 24/03/2011 04:31:24 AM 443 Views
Good question. According to Biblical scholar Richard Elliott Friedman: Tom - 24/03/2011 01:36:56 PM 808 Views
That seems over simplified in a few areas, though I've always agreed with the, er, "main thrust". Joel - 27/03/2011 05:13:14 AM 995 Views
What a terribly thought-out and absolutely groundless response you have shat out. Tom - 28/03/2011 05:56:56 AM 1013 Views
Next time I'm defending you against charges of elitism remind me to forget this exchange. Joel - 28/03/2011 08:38:10 PM 636 Views
I never asked you to defend me against charges of elitism; I am an elitist. Tom - 29/03/2011 12:55:12 AM 1030 Views
Hahaha, no kidding. *NM* Vivien - 29/03/2011 03:56:43 AM 306 Views
Then I'll have to settle for hoping you're not as representative of RAFO as some fear. Joel - 31/03/2011 10:06:34 PM 833 Views
Oh, did I offend you? Please let me continue to do so. Tom - 03/04/2011 05:24:25 AM 969 Views
Also, John and Jonathan are not the same name. Tom - 24/03/2011 02:48:49 AM 690 Views
Well Tom, if you've *been known* by both a John and a Jonathan, my hat's off to you. Vivien - 24/03/2011 04:11:49 AM 716 Views
I have come into the world, but the world has known me not. Tom - 24/03/2011 01:43:36 PM 791 Views
Nice *NM* Vivien - 25/03/2011 10:19:37 PM 403 Views
Which is why "Johnathan", "Jonathon" and the like are such abominable names. *NM* Legolas - 25/03/2011 07:41:02 PM 423 Views
I hate it when people of the same ethnicity have different spellings of essentially the same name. *NM* Vivien - 25/03/2011 10:20:32 PM 434 Views
Алина, Алена, Елена really bothers me Tom - 25/03/2011 11:42:56 PM 785 Views
Americans still have that "official name vs. everyday-use name" thing to a very large degree. Legolas - 26/03/2011 12:08:26 AM 898 Views
Germans do it. Tom - 26/03/2011 12:20:21 AM 728 Views
I think you'll find they do it rather less these days. Legolas - 26/03/2011 12:31:54 AM 839 Views
I think you may be misunderstanding the concept of nicknames. Ghavrel - 26/03/2011 04:17:09 PM 711 Views
Is it me, or are your first and last sentence in direct contradiction of each other? Legolas - 26/03/2011 04:55:33 PM 840 Views
Possibly; I don't know what their parents intended. Ghavrel - 29/03/2011 01:41:32 AM 654 Views
I have known people who did it random thoughts - 29/03/2011 05:41:32 PM 661 Views
Actually, all Slavic languages do it extensively. Tom - 26/03/2011 12:29:39 AM 775 Views
My experience with Slavic languages is extremely limited, but... Legolas - 26/03/2011 12:44:19 AM 660 Views
But "Tom" isn't a proper name. Tom - 26/03/2011 01:53:38 PM 747 Views
For a lot of people it is. Legolas - 26/03/2011 04:52:57 PM 872 Views
Hoi polloi do a lot of idiotic things. Tom - 26/03/2011 04:58:46 PM 823 Views
Oh that's not that bad! Vivien - 26/03/2011 03:48:05 PM 788 Views
Well, you're in luck! Tom - 26/03/2011 04:52:18 PM 704 Views
But I can't! Vivien - 26/03/2011 05:13:20 PM 660 Views
Sure you can Tom - 26/03/2011 05:56:10 PM 721 Views
But... Vivien - 28/03/2011 07:28:17 PM 822 Views
But "Anya" only has a meaning as a short form of Anna. Tom - 29/03/2011 05:29:33 PM 637 Views
So you wouldn't love me anymore if you found out my given name was Bobby? Joel - 27/03/2011 05:18:19 AM 846 Views
I don't mind it if the alternative spelling is at least somewhat current. Legolas - 26/03/2011 12:03:54 AM 840 Views
I love how as long as you're around I don't have to point out stuff like this. Joel - 27/03/2011 03:26:04 AM 836 Views
None ßelals Girl - 24/03/2011 03:15:50 AM 713 Views
Awww. Vivien - 24/03/2011 04:30:09 AM 889 Views
I guess I haven't gone the apostle route Helene - 24/03/2011 01:48:48 PM 768 Views
Re: I guess I haven't gone the apostle route TaskmasterJack - 24/03/2011 09:59:17 PM 719 Views
Are there more Peters, or are Peters more likely to get laid? *NM* Helene - 25/03/2011 06:08:51 AM 428 Views
Re: Are there more Peters, or are Peters more likely to get laid? Aeryn - 25/03/2011 11:10:47 AM 799 Views
I had no idea! Helene - 26/03/2011 04:28:06 PM 811 Views
The entire English-speaking world, generally Tom - 26/03/2011 04:55:01 PM 698 Views
I know a lot of words for male genetalia, but I'd simply never heard Peter... weird. *NM* Helene - 26/03/2011 05:51:56 PM 430 Views
I've never heard Peter as a word for penis. Rebekah - 26/03/2011 06:00:12 PM 720 Views
Really? There's a whole off color joke built around that in The World According to Garp. Joel - 27/03/2011 03:53:57 AM 856 Views
It's never too late! *NM* Vivien - 25/03/2011 06:42:01 PM 413 Views
Ah, I'm probably going to be known by only one man for the rest of my life Helene - 26/03/2011 04:27:41 PM 767 Views
Well then maybe it is too late *NM* Vivien - 26/03/2011 05:25:46 PM 351 Views
Yeah, most likely :-) it's actually quite nice to be honest. *NM* Helene - 26/03/2011 05:52:37 PM 439 Views
Just Magdalene, sorry, and she only counts if you're a Gnostic or Neo-Gnostic. Joel - 27/03/2011 03:23:58 AM 737 Views
Best I can do Bad Ash - 28/03/2011 07:01:17 AM 837 Views
That's awesome. Vivien - 28/03/2011 07:25:46 PM 870 Views
Back to Messageboard Post New Thread Search Help Stats Rules

Reply to Message

Block Quote Paragraph Quote
Formatting
Smiley Codes