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Tamisha is actually a very simple name.... I work with people with wayyy more complexity in their names....

 purplefood wrote:

 hotsauceman1 wrote:
They just seem like fake names that where made up by random syllables

Aren't all names essentially that?
I mean my name has lost any of the meaning it may have once had.
Calling them 'fake' is just a bit silly. Now they may sound silly but that's a whole different kettle of fish, there are loads of names that sound silly.

 Grundz wrote:

 purplefood wrote:

 hotsauceman1 wrote:
They just seem like fake names that where made up by random syllables

Aren't all names essentially that?
I mean my name has lost any of the meaning it may have once had.
Calling them 'fake' is just a bit silly. Now they may sound silly but that's a whole different kettle of fish, there are loads of names that sound silly.

EXACTLY!

My foot is delicious. OMNOMNOMNOMNOM.

Apologies to all who read this before my common sense got hold of me. I was totally wrong.

 purplefood wrote:

 hotsauceman1 wrote:
They just seem like fake names that where made up by random syllables

Aren't all names essentially that?
I mean my name has lost any of the meaning it may have once had.
Calling them 'fake' is just a bit silly. Now they may sound silly but that's a whole different kettle of fish, there are loads of names that sound silly.

Rupert is one such name that sounds silly, so is Jos, Christopher, and Thomas.

Is that particularly horrifying?
I mean, god forbid a person has slept with more than 1 person...

As a side note, Jos is pronounced "Yos-yos-yos".

 Alfndrate wrote:

 purplefood wrote:

 hotsauceman1 wrote:
They just seem like fake names that where made up by random syllables

Aren't all names essentially that?
I mean my name has lost any of the meaning it may have once had.
Calling them 'fake' is just a bit silly. Now they may sound silly but that's a whole different kettle of fish, there are loads of names that sound silly.

Rupert is one such name that sounds silly, so is Jos, Christopher, and Thomas.

And that is coming from a guy who has a sound effect for a name...

Gitzbitah wrote:
There is actually a much more horrifying and pragmatic reason for many of those combo names. You put part of the father's name in there so you can keep the baby's daddy straight when you have 3 or 4 from different fathers.

Awful, isn't it?

I have tremendous sympathy for any kid with a name like that.

I don't get what you're trying to say.

 purplefood wrote:

 Alfndrate wrote:

 purplefood wrote:

 hotsauceman1 wrote:
They just seem like fake names that where made up by random syllables

Aren't all names essentially that?
I mean my name has lost any of the meaning it may have once had.
Calling them 'fake' is just a bit silly. Now they may sound silly but that's a whole different kettle of fish, there are loads of names that sound silly.

Rupert is one such name that sounds silly, so is Jos, Christopher, and Thomas.

And that is coming from a guy who has a sound effect for a name...

:-D

 Cheesecat wrote:

Gitzbitah wrote:
There is actually a much more horrifying and pragmatic reason for many of those combo names. You put part of the father's name in there so you can keep the baby's daddy straight when you have 3 or 4 from different fathers.

Awful, isn't it?

I have tremendous sympathy for any kid with a name like that.

I don't get what you're trying to say.

Black women don't have morals and sleep with whoever so they have many kids by many fathers, black fathers of course who don't stick around so you have to use tricks to remember their name because you only met them that day and got pregnant with their kid before they left the next morning.

Maybe I'm just reading too much into this and see casual racism when it isn't there.

I sure with the poster could clarify this...

 Cheesecat wrote:

Gitzbitah wrote:
There is actually a much more horrifying and pragmatic reason for many of those combo names. You put part of the father's name in there so you can keep the baby's daddy straight when you have 3 or 4 from different fathers.

Awful, isn't it?

I have tremendous sympathy for any kid with a name like that.

I don't get what you're trying to say.

You know, I went looking for some articles to support my presumption, and found nothing. I am just wrong about this, and would urge you all to ignore my previous posts. I am deleting it for the good of us all. I apologize for my racist assumption.

The point is there are people who put those names into a negative context. Like in the OP. PArents should realize this and not give them non-names

Who'd want to work for a guy with an impossible to pronounce silly Ashkenazi name anyway?

 hotsauceman1 wrote:
The point is there are people who put those names into a negative context. Like in the OP. PArents should realize this and not give them non-names

There are people that will put people who watch shows about ponies in a negative context.

Parents should realize this and not let their children watch MLP.

Because when people judge you, it's your fault for doing something that they can judge you for.

Or you know, people need to not have a mindset that a certain name = negative person or negative attributes.

 hotsauceman1 wrote:
The point is there are people who put those names into a negative context. Like in the OP. PArents should realize this and not give them non-names

Yeah I guess there are but if you had to cross off a potential name for every person who had the same name and did something bad or stupid there'd be no names left to use.
They aren't exactly traditional names as far as I know but frankly who cares? As long as it isn't totally outlandish or will stop them from having a life then does it matter? The guy in the OP was saying he would pass over African sounding names specifically just to avoid having to deal with the complexity of spelling. Assuming he isn't a bigoted idiot that means he's probably gonna pass over a lot of other names because they are too complex.
Incidentally, you probably shouldn't judge a person based on their name. That is a genuinely stupid and probably won't get you far in life. It's not so bad if you just think a name is silly but don't use that as an excuse to judge the person.

To be fair, it's not just because of spelling.

He also implied that somebody with an African sounding name comes with "a certain attitude".

That's even worse! He's stupid and a racist! Racist against names!

Damn evil nameists!

You know, you don't see the name Adolf much anymore?

 gossipmeng wrote:
Tamisha is actually a very simple name.... I work with people with wayyy more complexity in their names....

I was just thinking the same thing. Part of my job is to make people in 3 office towers passcards, and man, I will occasionally come across one with 20 characters or like 6 in a row without a vowel and my immediate (facetious) thought is "if I'm going to get through this without four typos I'm going to need more coffee".

Oh sure, it seems simple enough, and then you run into a Thanandathrananand...

Anyway, one culture's/society's 'normal name' is another's 'bat-gak crazy talk'.

So, he's only got something against african sounding names? He'd be fine with something like Hippotas-Agkhitheos Akanthinos?

Cuz I've just finished figuring the transliteration of my name and I suddenly feel insecure.

 d-usa wrote:
To be fair, it's not just because of spelling.

He also implied that somebody with an African sounding name comes with "a certain attitude".

What if someone has a name like, say Vladimir... but they spell it something like Wlademyr, or something, by his logic, he should pass them over, because they have a "tribal sounding name". I mean, I get that the "tribe" in this case would be from Rus, not Africa.

 Ensis Ferrae wrote:

 d-usa wrote:
To be fair, it's not just because of spelling.

He also implied that somebody with an African sounding name comes with "a certain attitude".

What if someone has a name like, say Vladimir... but they spell it something like Wlademyr, or something, by his logic, he should pass them over, because they have a "tribal sounding name". I mean, I get that the "tribe" in this case would be from Rus, not Africa.

No, in fairness he does specify Africa.
So it's just that one continent...
Assuming the name is genuinely African and not just American.

hotsauceman1 wrote:The point is there are people who put those names into a negative context. Like in the OP. PArents should realize this and not give them non-names

YEAH! feth all those people who aren't willing to name their children traditional English names, even when their heritage is a culture that is not English.


...seriously hotsaiceman1, consider your statement for a minute, and then decide if you want to delete it or not.

Internet. Another way to show everyone all over the world how dumb you are.....

edit

Grundz. Lets try not to be a "Hero" in calling other chuckleheads "Hero"

 azazel the cat wrote:

hotsauceman1 wrote:The point is there are people who put those names into a negative context. Like in the OP. PArents should realize this and not give them non-names

YEAH! feth all those people who aren't willing to name their children traditional English names, even when their heritage is a culture that is not English.


...seriously hotsaiceman1, consider your statement for a minute, and then decide if you want to delete it or not.

I maybe wrong but I think quite a few white people names aren't even European like I heard somewhere that the name "Ryan" is Arabic in origin.

 Cheesecat wrote:

 azazel the cat wrote:

hotsauceman1 wrote:The point is there are people who put those names into a negative context. Like in the OP. PArents should realize this and not give them non-names

YEAH! feth all those people who aren't willing to name their children traditional English names, even when their heritage is a culture that is not English.


...seriously hotsaiceman1, consider your statement for a minute, and then decide if you want to delete it or not.

I maybe wrong but I think quite a few white people names aren't even European like I heard somewhere that the name "Ryan" is Arabic in origin.

Probably.
Which makes the idea of 'white people' names really stupid.

Yeah, discriminating against someone because of their name is just stupid.

 azazel the cat wrote:

hotsauceman1 wrote:The point is there are people who put those names into a negative context. Like in the OP. PArents should realize this and not give them non-names

YEAH! feth all those people who aren't willing to name their children traditional English names, even when their heritage is a culture that is not English.


...seriously hotsaiceman1, consider your statement for a minute, and then decide if you want to delete it or not.

Im not saying please don't try and bypass the language filter like this. reds8n hem. Im saying dont be surprised when your kid cannot get a job. This goes for all people who try to be unique with names. you try to make something individual for your child. but you end up making it harder for them later in life. Like the WHITE ANGLO SAXION girl I met named Dorcus.