Wayne may have in mind the kidnapping of a child named Montana in
Melbourne the other day - by a moronic redneck couple who renamed the
child after a car (Kia). They abandoned the child quickly once it
became common knowledge that the father was a member of a local
'family' - you don't mess with the Barbaro clan.
I understand that the French simply refuse to register silly names, in
the interest of protecting the child from parental idiocy. How
sensible. Personally I find weird and misspelt names to be a fairly
good indicator of low IQ and culture among my students.
AndrewF
On 15/08/2004, at 11:35 PM, Chris Barker wrote:
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> Strange ....
>
> Chris
>
> On 15 Aug 2004, at 13:20, Wayne Harridge wrote:
>
>>
>> Dunno if this is just an Oz phenomenon or not, but there seems to be a
>> fashion here for naming children (particularly girls) after USofA
>> states. Is this widespread, does it happen in the USofA itself ?
>>
>> A bloke I worked with named his daughter "Indiana" (I thought that was
>> a
>> boy's name anyhow !), another bloke I worked with named his daughter
>> "Montana" and I heard a woman talking in the tea room last week, she
>> said her sister was naming her daughter "Dakota" (South/North - I'm
>> not
>> sure !).
>>
>> ...Wayne
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