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in reply to a message by Kate
I've seen all these before, but they never fail to fill me with sourness. Reign Beau? That's a Porno name for you.
Denim and Diezel? Sounds like an "Sexy Truckers and Mechanics" calender. If there isn't such a thing, there ought to be..
Jermajesty is especially bad when you learn that he has TWO kids both named this. Guess we know his idiot brother isn't alone in giving two kids two identical names.
And Geldoff's kids' names are some of the worst, sickly-cutesy, babyish names ever conjured up froma drug dream. Also, it's Little Pixie. And they all have a slew of more normal middle names, and I read that one of them "I think it was Peaches but can't vouch for it) goes by Charlotte, one of hers. Paula Yates had another daughter with Michael Hutchence, named Heavenly Hiraani Tigerlilly.
Denim and Diezel? Sounds like an "Sexy Truckers and Mechanics" calender. If there isn't such a thing, there ought to be..
Jermajesty is especially bad when you learn that he has TWO kids both named this. Guess we know his idiot brother isn't alone in giving two kids two identical names.
And Geldoff's kids' names are some of the worst, sickly-cutesy, babyish names ever conjured up froma drug dream. Also, it's Little Pixie. And they all have a slew of more normal middle names, and I read that one of them "I think it was Peaches but can't vouch for it) goes by Charlotte, one of hers. Paula Yates had another daughter with Michael Hutchence, named Heavenly Hiraani Tigerlilly.
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Rainbow is possibly my daugther's name, or at least her middle name.
"a boy's best friend is his mother" - Norman Bates in Psycho
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I wouldnt name a kid Rainbow. Even as a middle name.
She would get teases a ton, as rainbows are associated with homosexuality.
This is my resting spot
I can let myself breathe
I may not be perfect
But at least I am free
She would get teases a ton, as rainbows are associated with homosexuality.
I can let myself breathe
I may not be perfect
But at least I am free
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and associated with the loathsome Jeff Gordon
The NASCAR driver who is a favorite of a lot of people who don't actually know much about NASCAR but like him because he is this cute clean-cut guy from California who doesn't have a southern accent. His crew was, or maybe still is, the Rainbow Warriros.
The NASCAR driver who is a favorite of a lot of people who don't actually know much about NASCAR but like him because he is this cute clean-cut guy from California who doesn't have a southern accent. His crew was, or maybe still is, the Rainbow Warriros.
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Yes I know they are, but I look at from a religious point of view in the it's God's Promise to the world that He'd never flood the world again. :). Plus I think rainbows are beautiful and ive always loved them, I know that the homosexual reference is strong but oh well, I can't stop others from thinking of it. Rainbows are considered for homosexual men only, butterflies are supposedly for lesbians. How theu came about that i have no idea! lol.
"a boy's best friend is his mother" - Norman Bates in Psycho
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I have never heard of the butterfly thing. In my area its rainbows all the way.
This is my resting spot
I can let myself breathe
I may not be perfect
But at least I am free
I can let myself breathe
I may not be perfect
But at least I am free
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me either
I have been told the butterfly is a symbol of Christianity. It's always the rainbow that seems to show up in gay pride artwork and symbolism. In a way I think it's really too bad: it's gotten to be such a loaded symbol that you wouldn't want to put upa flag witha rainbow o it or wear something with a rainbow design on it because people would jump to conclusions and make judgments and rude remarks.
I have been told the butterfly is a symbol of Christianity. It's always the rainbow that seems to show up in gay pride artwork and symbolism. In a way I think it's really too bad: it's gotten to be such a loaded symbol that you wouldn't want to put upa flag witha rainbow o it or wear something with a rainbow design on it because people would jump to conclusions and make judgments and rude remarks.
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The rainbow flag symbol for gay pride goes back to 1978 when man named Gilbert Baker designed such a flag for the gay & lesbian community in San Francisco.
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs/user/scotts/ftp/bulgarians/rainbow-flag.html
But rainbow flags have a much longer history as a general symbol for inclusiveness and diversity in many cultures around the world:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow_flag
I can understand why people might not want to use Rainbow as a child's name because it sounds a bit "hippy" or overly "cute". But I think avoiding it because of its association with the rainbow flag is giving in to homophobia. People who would make ignorant remarks about gays to someone who names a daughter Rainbow are jerks and should be ignored as such, IMHO.
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs/user/scotts/ftp/bulgarians/rainbow-flag.html
But rainbow flags have a much longer history as a general symbol for inclusiveness and diversity in many cultures around the world:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow_flag
I can understand why people might not want to use Rainbow as a child's name because it sounds a bit "hippy" or overly "cute". But I think avoiding it because of its association with the rainbow flag is giving in to homophobia. People who would make ignorant remarks about gays to someone who names a daughter Rainbow are jerks and should be ignored as such, IMHO.
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on principle, I agree
That fear of what other people may think about your values or beliefs should not stop you from calling a kid Rainbow if you want to. However, it's easy to say that when you do't actually have a little Rainbow who's come home crying because of some hateful remark that a stupid kid at school and/or said kid's stupid parents have made about the name. My feeling is, making judgments and assumptions about me is one thing, dragging my kid into it is quite another. The former is just irritating, but the latter spells big trouble.
That fear of what other people may think about your values or beliefs should not stop you from calling a kid Rainbow if you want to. However, it's easy to say that when you do't actually have a little Rainbow who's come home crying because of some hateful remark that a stupid kid at school and/or said kid's stupid parents have made about the name. My feeling is, making judgments and assumptions about me is one thing, dragging my kid into it is quite another. The former is just irritating, but the latter spells big trouble.
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When Gwyneth Paltrow named her daughter Apple, Peaches Geldof wrote an article about what it was like living with an name like Peaches:
FoxNews
'Fruity' Celeb Baby Names Irk Singer's Daughter
Thursday, May 27, 2004
At least one person in Britain isn't happy movie star Gwyneth Paltrow and her rock-star husband, Coldplay's Chris Martin, decided to name their newborn daughter "Apple."
Peaches Geldof, daughter of a rock star herself, lamented the practice of goofy celebrity-offspring names in the Daily Telegraph of London Wednesday.
"I am named, as you may have noticed, after a fruit," wrote the 14-year-old daughter of Boomtown Rats singer Bob "Live Aid" Geldof . "I'm not Jane or Sarah or Samantha: I am Peaches. This doesn't make sense to me at all."
Young Geldof said Apple Martin has a lot of teasing to look forward to thanks to her name, and she has plenty of first-hand experience.
"I've never announced my name to anyone without being asked to repeat it at least twice," she wrote. "I also get a lot of lascivious comments: 'Ooh, you're a juicy piece of fruit, aren't you, young lady?' 'I'd like to take a bite out of that peach ...' 'Look at those peaches.'"
While Geldof says life hasn't always been "peaches and cream" for her, she does see an upside to an untraditional moniker, according to the Daily Telegraph. "It's unusual, it's exotic, it's not boring. It also gives me [or so I like to think] an air of mystery."
And she lists some other unusual children-of-celebrity names that make her feel Peaches isn't the worst thing one could be branded, such as David Bowie's son Zowie and Prince Jackson, son of the Gloved One.
Her own sisters make the list: Fifi Trixibelle, Little Pixie and Heavenly Hiraani Tigerlily. And despite the teasing she's endured, Geldof writes that she plans to continue the tradition when she has kids.
"I'll probably end up calling it Grape."
FoxNews
'Fruity' Celeb Baby Names Irk Singer's Daughter
Thursday, May 27, 2004
At least one person in Britain isn't happy movie star Gwyneth Paltrow and her rock-star husband, Coldplay's Chris Martin, decided to name their newborn daughter "Apple."
Peaches Geldof, daughter of a rock star herself, lamented the practice of goofy celebrity-offspring names in the Daily Telegraph of London Wednesday.
"I am named, as you may have noticed, after a fruit," wrote the 14-year-old daughter of Boomtown Rats singer Bob "Live Aid" Geldof . "I'm not Jane or Sarah or Samantha: I am Peaches. This doesn't make sense to me at all."
Young Geldof said Apple Martin has a lot of teasing to look forward to thanks to her name, and she has plenty of first-hand experience.
"I've never announced my name to anyone without being asked to repeat it at least twice," she wrote. "I also get a lot of lascivious comments: 'Ooh, you're a juicy piece of fruit, aren't you, young lady?' 'I'd like to take a bite out of that peach ...' 'Look at those peaches.'"
While Geldof says life hasn't always been "peaches and cream" for her, she does see an upside to an untraditional moniker, according to the Daily Telegraph. "It's unusual, it's exotic, it's not boring. It also gives me [or so I like to think] an air of mystery."
And she lists some other unusual children-of-celebrity names that make her feel Peaches isn't the worst thing one could be branded, such as David Bowie's son Zowie and Prince Jackson, son of the Gloved One.
Her own sisters make the list: Fifi Trixibelle, Little Pixie and Heavenly Hiraani Tigerlily. And despite the teasing she's endured, Geldof writes that she plans to continue the tradition when she has kids.
"I'll probably end up calling it Grape."
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I read that, I think on www.badbabynames.blogspot.com.
Peaches is pretty funny because at least here in the US, it's a common name to give an orange cat! In fact, our cat Buddy's mother is named Peaches.
Peaches is pretty funny because at least here in the US, it's a common name to give an orange cat! In fact, our cat Buddy's mother is named Peaches.
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Agree.
Zander has a cat named Peaches...too bad he's male. :-D (They didn't know!)
Zander has a cat named Peaches...too bad he's male. :-D (They didn't know!)
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Who's Zander? I adore that name!
Kate Suzanne
Daughter of Ron & Sue,
Sister to Colton, Heather, & Anna.
Kate Suzanne
Daughter of Ron & Sue,
Sister to Colton, Heather, & Anna.
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as I said before...
It's a good thing cats don't usually acknowledge that a name has anything to do with them. Your friend's cat has thus saved himself a lot of gender issues and identity crises.
It's a good thing cats don't usually acknowledge that a name has anything to do with them. Your friend's cat has thus saved himself a lot of gender issues and identity crises.
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I'm not sure about that.
Peaches is quite sure he's a dog, and doesn't understand that he isn't.
Peaches is quite sure he's a dog, and doesn't understand that he isn't.
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