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[Opinions] This is too distant for me to believes specfically, but...

by Eilis (Suibhne)

11/5/2005, 1:14 PM

in reply to a message by mongoosestalker

Does anyone remember only a few weeks ago when someone brought up the name Anally as a name they thought sounded nice? They pronounced it differently from the word, granted, but look at what word it actually is. I didn't believe mistakes like that could really happen; however, to see one person actually expressing interest in a name that falls under that "unbelieveable names" category makes me rethink my idea that it's impossible to use something that horrible.

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- Isla

11/5/2005, 2:00 PM

It's possible, esp. among people who aren't as 'educated', so to speak. I have it on good authority from 2 nurses I work with that they talked mothers out of using the name MECONIUM after they heard it in the delivery room and thought it sounded "cute", spelling not necessarily withstanding. BTW, in case you don't know, meconium is a baby's first stool (black or green and tarry) which sometimes occurs before or during the birth, but often after. Not a pretty connotation, however you look at it. :b But if you don't KNOW what a word means--be it the word meconium or "anally"--then I can see how it might happen. And apparently it does happen...to the child's detriment. :(

~Heather~

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