[QUOTE=expat;1877885]Sorry Roryrory, I have to agree with you for the wrong reasons! You can count me in as one of the 'snobs'! Having a fairly broad range of experiences to draw from, I feel in a large percentage of cases it is quite possible to make a number of educated assumptions about a individual's socio-economic roots from the name they were given.
As a poster made an example of earlier, there's Kimmie's 'Eppohnee-Reigh' or however the hell it got butchered off as a caricature of a certain wedge of society. Another poster suggested that the results might be a little different depending on if you polled The Age readers -vs- Herald Sun readers. I couldn't agree more. Perhaps a sample of names from more affluent suburbs -vs- more rough suburbs might give a similar result. End quote
I agree and disagree. I think if you're totally, totally going to mess with the spelling so it doesn't even look like you have any grasp how to spell, people are going to think your parents were strange, BUT, strange comes from all walks in life, not necessarily stereo-typical wouldn't want to live in that street bogans (like Kath & Kim) for eg.. Ie - If I came across a Prince Michael or a Fifi-Trixibell I would think their parents were obviously nutcases, but then hey, they were rich celebrities. So I think the same goes with messed-up spellings - you never can tell KWIM.
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Maz and Skye - I also have to join the group disagreeing with you. I feel (and this is my opinion which I am entitled to seeing this is a thread about opinions) that people giving their children unusual names to somehow make their children more different or special says less about the individual merits of the child and more about the parents' perception of themselves as 'common' or 'ordinary' and needing to pretend their child is something better or more interesting. Why not let the child be known for his or her own talent or attribute than as 'the kid with the bizarre name'? End quote
Ouch. Well, I'm going to play the ' I sure as hell hated having 1 in 10 girls I seem to meet through life with the same name as me card', so I can totally understand why some people prefer to give their kids unique names. In one group I am known as Sarah #2. I may not personally want to name any kids say Nebuchadnezzar-spartacus myself, but everyone would know who they were if their name came up on your mobile phone without wondering which of a possible 5 it could be.
PS - I don't know why my quoting got so messed up in reply.
Last edited by sas85; July 8th, 2009 at 08:09 PM.
: tried to fix weird quoting
I agree and disagree. I think if you're totally, totally going to mess with the spelling so it doesn't even look like you have any grasp how to spell, people are going to think your parents were strange, BUT, strange comes from all walks in life, not necessarily stereo-typical wouldn't want to live in that street bogans (like Kath & Kim) for eg.. Ie - If I came across a Prince Michael or a Fifi-Trixibell I would think their parents were obviously nutcases, but then hey, they were rich celebrities. So I think the same goes with messed-up spellings - you never can tell KWIM.
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