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[Lucky Charm]

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@sallybusky wrote:

@Desertdi:

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@Desertdi wrote:

I know someone who named their son after an automobile brand.............

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There's a bit of symmetry here...100 years ago the auto brands were named after people - last names, anyway. "Say hello to our sons Jeep and Buick...and our daughter Toyota (she's adopted)."

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Mercedes has been popular.  Not sure which came first, the name or the automobile.

[candys mine]

I would hope the parents did some research into what they want to name their child.  Maybe they have and are seeing it from the native american history aspect.  the horse is most likely named for the area of the Palouse River where the Nez Perce tribe was located.  They took care in breeding their horses and what was refered to as A Palouse Horse eventually became " Appaloosa"  It was Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce people who said, " I will fight no more forever."  Peace.

[nunya]

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@Mz iMac wrote:

@ this whole thread.

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I'm sitting here cracking up too!!

[SaRina]

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@MoJoV wrote:

Seems like "old timey" names are now  trendy...Charlotte,Emily,Mable,Sophie.

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In first grade, one of my favorite books was "Mable the Donkey" ....so that would be a no-go for me.  :-D

[sallybusky]

@terrier3: Several years ago there was a short-lived soap opera called 'Capitol,' with a main character named Sloane. I always thought it was pretty; perhaps the person you mentioned heard it there.

[Mz iMac]

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@Lucky Charm wrote:

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Mercedes has been popular.  Not sure which came first, the name or the automobile.

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@Lucky Charm

The name came first.  There was an actress named Mercedes McCambridge who was born in 1916.

The Mercedes car was founded in 1926.

[candys mine]

@terrier3 These days I'd bet she's named after Ferris Beullers girlfriend.

[Reba055]

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@tends2dogs wrote:

We had a friend that when he was doing rotations during medical school he delivered babies.  This one particular woman giving birth was asked in the delivery room "what are you going to name your new baby girl?"  This is no joke, she said "Vag..... (the part of a female's body).  The people in the delivery room said "What did you say?"  She repeated it and then went on to say, I heard that word once and thought it was so pretty, I am naming my girl that.  Needless to say, they were all appalled.  This was in a very poor section of Detroit and when you think about it, it's pretty sad.

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@tends2dogs Wow. Speechless. Yes, very sad. 

[mstyrion 1]

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@tends2dogs wrote:

We had a friend that when he was doing rotations during medical school he delivered babies.  This one particular woman giving birth was asked in the delivery room "what are you going to name your new baby girl?"  This is no joke, she said "Vag..... (the part of a female's body).  The people in the delivery room said "What did you say?"  She repeated it and then went on to say, I heard that word once and thought it was so pretty, I am naming my girl that.  Needless to say, they were all appalled.  This was in a very poor section of Detroit and when you think about it, it's pretty sad.

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That is an old, racist urban legend debunked by Snopes.

Sad to see it repeated here. 

[Jacie]

After reading this thread, I guess I shouldn't have laughed all those years ago, at Moon Unit Zappa!