What’s In a Name
I just read that Emma replaced Emily as the most popular girl’s name after Emily was on top for seven years. I have spent a lot of time thinking about good names that are not used, or under used. For example, as a tribute to the legal profession why not have a girl’s name like Subpoena (spelled Suppena) or Felony (spelled Fellanie). As a tribute to the commercial world how about Levitra or Neutrogena. We met a nurse who had a new welfare mother name her daughter Female, since that was written on the birth certificate. I have always thought it would be nice to pay tribute to modern technology. I can imagine Byron Inkjet Williams as a worthy name, for example. Adolph Manson Johnson would be another name sure to provoke discussion. Household supplies would also make good names. ShamWay Miller, or Babo Bennett or Tide Reese; what wonderful names!
Sir:
I resent your cavalier attitude toward names. My best friend from high school, Babo Jackson, was killed in Vietnam in 1968 at the battle of Duc Wok. I find nothing funny about his name, nor that of his brother, Comet.
Respectfully,
Darwin X. Lax