if you could choose a new name.....

[Undead_Stagehand]

That just reminded me of "Seinfeld," where George wants to name a child "7."

Well, some...interesting...technology for the digital world of message boards would be something akin to a digital flamethrower...for pesky trolls. Of course, that's kind of undiscriminatingly violent, but perhaps useful.

Meh, I need to brainstorm. ::Mental clouds of thunder and lightning::

Ooh, what about some kind of cyborg interface for those times when you can't articulate what you're thinking about? With surgery, a kind of screen could be attached on top of a person's head which they would control at will to display what s/he is thinking about--like a halo of brainpower. Such an invention could (and probably would) be subject to a veritable metric tonne of abuse. Perhaps we'd find out how truly vapid some people's minds are.

Now that's just 1984 scary.

[Izraphael]

Uhm...

Izraphael?...

[She_Is_My_Sin]

I'd change my username to Sims. I don't like my username, I used it on another forum when I was 14 and obsessed with Nightwish.

I wouldn't change my birth name. It's better than what my parents originally had planned - Electra.

[Breathless Horror]

Originally Posted by Izraphael

Uhm...

Izraphael?...

Woah, totally didn't know we had you. As you may be able to guess, I think your name is beautiful XD

[Illathrael]

Caroline.
Or Isabelle.
When I was born, "Ashley" was the popular name, and my mother thought it'd be funny to use the French spelling so that no one could spell my name.
I'd rather have an older, steadier, feminine name.

[LaBelleDameSansMerci]

I'd probably change my name to Sophie or Charlotte.

[Crying_Crimson_Tears]

I love the name Sophie.

[Noumi]

Originally Posted by Murasaki eyeliner

kamisha sounds beautiful

Ah, yes. I made it up. That´s actually the name I want for my child if I ever have one.

[Mir]

If you want a child, I can donate the sperm if needed.

[Noumi]

Thanks, Mir, but I don´t want kids right now. I have some issues to solve first XD .

[Aaroneet]

In real life, I would rather be named Michele; that was the name my mother ruled out before she came to my real name. As for my username? Probably Eleventh Muse.

[Wormboy]

Jillian: That was playing in my head while clicking on the link.

Oh and to a good chunk of you all, your names that you suggested assure me that your children will get the shit kicked out of them in school. Midnight Lunisia? Are you fucking kidding me? Zion or Kamisha? Do you know about Zionism? Deacon Daggerheart? Is your entire life comprised of bad RPGs? LunarraStar? That sounds like an Anti-Depressant. Liusaidh? What? Katharos? You better be Greek. Sir Canvas Corpsey: You are insuring that you're entire family will be mercilessly flogged for the rest of time. Azkadelia or Kestelle? Do you ever have good ideas CCT? You better be Muslim to name your kid Izraphel, much less yourself. Q? That's a letter, not a name.

I find naming your children names that belong to polarly different cultures from your own pretentious (for lack of better word) beyond all means. If you are a white, Southern Californian family with English roots, you do NOT name your kid something like Olga, or Margarita, or Chun Li. It's absurd.

What happened to REAL names? Edward, James, Jacob, Charles, Samuel, Aaron, William, Amy, Victoria, Catherine, Karen, Susan, Margaret, Ashley, Jessica, Samantha, etc.?

I had a college classmate who wanted to name her child Maple Eucalyptus. EVEN AS A PLANT THAT WOULD SUCK. I nearly decked her.

[Sir Canvas Corpsey]

You'd think so but I'll still name my daughter Freya if I have it my way, honoring my roots and all.

Every person I've talked to, including the "jock" type friends I have at school seem to like, and if anyone flogs my family, I flog them back two-fold. =_=

[She_Is_My_Sin]

Originally Posted by Wormboy

What happened to REAL names? Edward, James, Jacob, Charles, Samuel, Aaron, William, Amy, Victoria, Catherine, Karen, Susan, Margaret, Ashley, Jessica, Samantha, etc.?

I had a college classmate who wanted to name her child Maple Eucalyptus. EVEN AS A PLANT THAT WOULD SUCK. I nearly decked her.

I guess it's just celebrities.

My mum sorts out medical records in our area and she has came across some totally absurd names in the past.

By absurd I mean names like Field, Magic, Pelican, Tooth, Strawberry, Purple and Foxy.

She had to check that they were not jokes, and to her disbelief they weren't.

[Underwater Ophelia]

Originally Posted by Wormboy

What happened to REAL names? Edward, James, Jacob, Charles, Samuel, Aaron, William, Amy, Victoria, Catherine, Karen, Susan, Margaret, Ashley, Jessica, Samantha, etc.?

Are those names real names because they common, or because they're white?

[Mir]

ba dum tish! haha.

[MollyMac]

*snicker*

Nail.

Head.

All the force of Ophie.

Damn.

[Underwater Ophelia]

Heh.

But really, in this world of increasing individuality and strangeness, who says it's weird to name your kids "Apple" or "Triptikana?"

[MollyMac]

No. but it can imply a lack fo foresight. It's cute to call a kid "apple" but it is hard to take an adult named "apple" seriously. One of my old classmates was Ginger Appleberry. Attorney at law. Yeah. Killer gal, but...

[Underwater Ophelia]

Originally Posted by MollyMac

No. but it can imply a lack fo foresight. It's cute to call a kid "apple" but it is hard to take an adult named "apple" seriously. One of my old classmates was Ginger Appleberry. Attorney at law. Yeah. Killer gal, but...

Hahaha.

I bet she was so hot.

[MollyMac]

She was, actually. Killer smart, sharp tongue, naturally curly red hair, small little voice and named... Ginger Appleberry.

[LetheanBlacklight]

Originally Posted by Wormboy

Jillian: That was playing in my head while clicking on the link.

Oh and to a good chunk of you all, your names that you suggested assure me that your children will get the shit kicked out of them in school. Midnight Lunisia? Are you fucking kidding me? Zion or Kamisha? Do you know about Zionism? Deacon Daggerheart? Is your entire life comprised of bad RPGs? LunarraStar? That sounds like an Anti-Depressant. Liusaidh? What? Katharos? You better be Greek. Sir Canvas Corpsey: You are insuring that you're entire family will be mercilessly flogged for the rest of time. Azkadelia or Kestelle? Do you ever have good ideas CCT? You better be Muslim to name your kid Izraphel, much less yourself. Q? That's a letter, not a name.

I find naming your children names that belong to polarly different cultures from your own pretentious (for lack of better word) beyond all means. If you are a white, Southern Californian family with English roots, you do NOT name your kid something like Olga, or Margarita, or Chun Li. It's absurd.

What happened to REAL names? Edward, James, Jacob, Charles, Samuel, Aaron, William, Amy, Victoria, Catherine, Karen, Susan, Margaret, Ashley, Jessica, Samantha, etc.?

I had a college classmate who wanted to name her child Maple Eucalyptus. EVEN AS A PLANT THAT WOULD SUCK. I nearly decked her.

We will name our children whatever the hell we please, and if they don't like it, then there is such thing as changing it legally

[MollyMac]

But they are stuck with it until 18, legal emancipation or guardian ad litem

[LetheanBlacklight]

Originally Posted by MollyMac

But they are stuck with it until 18, legal emancipation or guardian ad litem

true true.... but who says what *normal names* are, ya know? (I think I have a clue)

[MollyMac]

Normal? Depends on where you are from, you know? I think it's a regional and national thing.

My real name is Tracy. Pretty common here in the US. Common tends to equate to solid and not-threatening to most people. But i am often called Donnie-Bell, after a great aunt. Less common on the US proper, but more common down on the farm. I catch grief for it when I go into the city. *shrugs*

Then, there is little Pilot Inspektor Lee....

At least names with a historical significance has a solid story bette rthan "daddy got stoned".