What is in a name....?
Some names I heard tonight made me think...whoa...what were his parents thinking-- or did they? I really need to start writing these names down.
Do our names in any way help to shape us into the people we are?
As many may know, I tend to 'go long' on names that stand out to me, that are different, unusual.
Which, yes, I know, is not a nice thing to do, yet that does not stop me. I am getting better, but....
One thing I wonder: You hear many names while watching sports. Names that stand out. Coco Crisp: This makes me want cereal. Okay, so what I wonder is....Would the centerfielder of the "Boston Red Sox" be discussed as much if his name did not have a "ring" to it. His numbers are decent, and, well, his team did win the World Series. But he had lost his starting job by then.
So, would he be as well-known if he were not nicknamed after a breakfast cereal?
Some names I heard tonight made me think...whoa...what were his parents thinking-- or did they? I really need to start writing these names down.
Do our names in any way help to shape us into the people we are?
As many may know, I tend to 'go long' on names that stand out to me, that are different, unusual.
Which, yes, I know, is not a nice thing to do, yet that does not stop me. I am getting better, but....
One thing I wonder: You hear many names while watching sports. Names that stand out. Coco Crisp: This makes me want cereal. Okay, so what I wonder is....Would the centerfielder of the "Boston Red Sox" be discussed as much if his name did not have a "ring" to it. His numbers are decent, and, well, his team did win the World Series. But he had lost his starting job by then.
So, would he be as well-known if he were not nicknamed after a breakfast cereal?
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