tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202150793869184289.post1205239907403987069..comments2023-09-24T05:45:23.811-05:00Comments on Paleoglot: Illegal baby namesGlen Gordonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02440249042894225949noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202150793869184289.post-76306531746963036532011-02-08T20:30:50.876-06:002011-02-08T20:30:50.876-06:00I decided to delete Mordrigar's well-meaning t...I decided to delete <a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/15905659012488502823" rel="nofollow">Mordrigar's</a> well-meaning tip about some hokey, politically motivated studies because I wished to avoid pseudoscience on my blog. Despite my strategy, we've still gone down this path. So let's roll with it.<br /><br />First, I think that anyone who honestly believes that the selection Glen Gordonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02440249042894225949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202150793869184289.post-4582824900861465592011-02-02T13:43:20.527-06:002011-02-02T13:43:20.527-06:00"I sincerely hope you're saying this in j..."I sincerely hope you're saying this in jest or ironically. '<br /><br />I intended it ironically as an insult to Celtophobic Francomaniacs.<br /><br />"Please clarify what you mean by this."<br /><br />It's a form of forced assimilation.<br /><br />In reference to your Rossignol example, Chinese parents in the US reportedly often try to find English-sounding that will Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07187836541591828806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202150793869184289.post-76435201415794175652011-02-02T11:31:07.209-06:002011-02-02T11:31:07.209-06:00Ha ha. You think any of this is really for the bab...<i>Ha ha. You think any of this is really for the baby's sake?</i> <br /><br />Of course not! It's the parents trying to make a statement. In regards to names such as Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssqlbb11116, the statement is "LOKE @ WUT I CAN DO LOLOLOL", or a variant thereof.<br />Unusual names aren't necessarily a problem, however. For example, a couple I know named Casey Goransonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15515485425230479050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202150793869184289.post-77433759708178330662011-01-31T14:55:49.286-06:002011-01-31T14:55:49.286-06:00Ha ha. You think any of this is really for the bab...Ha ha. You think any of this is really for the baby's sake? This is to keep numbers up on "our Kind Of People". That's what this kind of nonsense is about. If we let Breton parents register their children with Breton names, it is an insult to Napoleon himself!Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07187836541591828806noreply@blogger.com