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no_hypocrisy

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2. True story.

Reply to The Straight Story (Original post)

Sat Dec 31, 2011, 06:55 PM

Dec 2011

I taught at a nursery school/kindergaren in 1982. One set of parents had two children enrolled. The parents were a piece of work: they had loved Star Wars so much, they'd seen it 50 times. And named their kids accordingly.

The son, Luke, carried his name without any raised eyebrow. Not quite so for their daughter, DeeToo. (I'm serious!)

And now the punchline: their last name was Rabinowitz.

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Twilight's influence on baby names in Texas [View all] The Straight Story Dec 2011 OP

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OK, the second two I recognize as Spanish... badgerpup Dec 2011 #3

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So is chichiltictepetzacuxochitl Nahuatl? REP Dec 2011 #10

Yes, as a matter of fact, it is. Xipe Totec Jan 2012 #11

You guessed my next question! REP Jan 2012 #13

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And Xochiquetzal - Flower-bird Xipe Totec Jan 2012 #12

True story. no_hypocrisy Dec 2011 #2

This message was self-deleted by its author Warren DeMontague Dec 2011 #5

aren't most fans of that teens and preteens ? JI7 Dec 2011 #6

Well Texas does have one of the highest teen pregnancy rates in the country..... marmar Dec 2011 #7

Likely, not higher than the state I live in: Mississippi. :/ nt Selatius Jan 2012 #14

Actually it does tammywammy Jan 2012 #17

How odd would it be if my folks' generation got their baby names from popular movies Bucky Dec 2011 #9

Well, I guess it beats naming them after soap opera characters, which Cleita Jan 2012 #15

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