Tuesday, April 19, 2005
Name-calling

I read Sunday's paper gen Y section about teens with unique names. Headline speaks for itself, like why on earth would their parents give them such names? Well, coming to think of it, its not that bad. No, seriously. There was this guy by the name of Fonzarelli. I think thats a smackass nice name! Like when you introduce yourself, everyone goes "Hi I'm Mary.. Hi I'm Johnathan.. Hi I'm Siti.. Hi I'm Muthu.." and YOU go "Hi I'm Fonzarelli"

WHOA.

That is sure to turn some heads, bat some eyelids and clean some ears.

Some others are Grandville, Otard, Assumpta and Pony.

But I still think Fonzarelli is a damn nice name.

I think when you give your child a unique name, it can go either way. People will either go WHOA or people will raise their eyebrow in disbelief. Some evil ones will poke fun at your name, of course. I've had friends with really nice and unique names too. But none too outrageous. Particularly in Crescent, I've heard so many names that I never knew existed. But they're really nice names, I must say. Names like Eugenia (if you're reading this, NOTHING), Afsheen (whom the teacher ALWAYS mispronounces), Shimada (which I think is really nice) and of course my dear friends Sahibah, because I thought her name was the Malay version of Scrabble (my linguistic proficiency in the said language is HIGHLY debatable), and Hody.

My sister says hers is unique because she's the only one on Friendster with the name Amelina.

Yeap, those names are nice, yet unique. But not too outrageous. See, normal people can do it, but celebs always take it a step higher. I'm sure all of you have heard the name of someone's son, which I won't comment, scared I kena sue. Or, -wait- those who name their sons after David Beckham. My goodness. I bet there are a million of Davids or Beckhams around. That's just a lack of originality man. Name your son Botticelli or something.

Oh man, the name Fonzarelli is still ringing in my head. It has a nice ring to it.

But something which I detest is when someone makes fun of another's name. That should never be done, kids. Even in the name of fun. Its fun for you, but never fun for the poor kid with the name. No matter how outrageous the name is, the kid is stuck with it forever. So don't make his life a living hell, ok.

Now I feel bad. Because in Sec3, I had a friend named Anna. Me and another girl would go around telling others that Anna was really smart as a kid because she could already spell her name backwards.