Re: [Mid] Funny Names.....

On Thu, 4 Dec 1997, Krysta Sutterfield wrote:
> I have heard [urban legend??] of 2 new mothers, apparently fairly
> low in education, one of whom named her daughter Female because that was
> what she saw written on the birth certificate, and the other named her
> daughter Vagina because she thought it was a pretty word. I _think_ some
> kind social worker or nurse eventually talked to the second woman and
> Explained Things...

        Well, urban legend or not, I do indeed know a young lady named
Female. Pronounced feh-MAH-lay. Darned if I know ... but there does seem
to be a huge flock of young African-American girls my age or younger with
... ahem, imaginative names. Most of them seem to be syllables strung
together for no particular purpose other than sounding neat - which,
actually, is a pretty darn cool way of naming a kid, if you think about
it. Well, as long as you *do* think about it, I suppose. :->

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