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TDale313

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4. I saw this. She's a strong, very bright young woman

Reply to Feeling the Bern (Original post)

Tue Jan 19, 2016, 09:41 AM

Jan 2016

Isis is a lovely name- she was I'm sure named for the Egyptian Goddess (long before ISIL was a group) The name had been around for millennia and it sucks that this is (for now) what too many think of when they hear it.

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Child is relentlessly bullied because her name is Isis. [View all] Feeling the Bern Jan 2016 OP

Isis has been one of the most popular baby names for a long time. Renew Deal Jan 2016 #1

my kid has a dog name isis now called iris or some such dembotoz Jan 2016 #2

Just imagine how Daesh Connelly of Johnson City, New York feels! alcibiades_mystery Jan 2016 #3

I saw this. She's a strong, very bright young woman TDale313 Jan 2016 #4

Low IQ Americans. . . Feeling the Bern Jan 2016 #5

A lovely name ruined. Coventina Jan 2016 #6

I use dipshit. :) Feeling the Bern Jan 2016 #7

Reminds me of this: arely staircase Jan 2016 #8

I always liked the name Isis TlalocW Jan 2016 #9