ok, so I REALLY agree with this!

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I know someone who named ...

Submitted by Dawn on Tue, 04/01/2008 - 4:53am.

I know someone who named her daughter "Kndia"

can you guess how THAT is pronounced?

LOL!!! OMG!! that is TOO ...

Submitted by conanabanana02 on Tue, 04/01/2008 - 4:57am.

LOL!!! OMG!! that is TOO funny! its so true, though. there are so few black women that i know who have "normal" prounounceable name. luckily the gals i work with have good names. LaVerne is probably the most unusual name a black woman has here. and its not odd. i had a friend in grade school named octavia. another girl in my class was named Charisma (pronounced karizma).

how about on Martin....she-nay-nay. lol. (however her name was spelled).

dawn, i would pronopunce ...

Submitted by conanabanana02 on Tue, 04/01/2008 - 4:57am.

dawn, i would pronopunce that...

nidia. silent k.

did you read the comments ...

Submitted by mry_m on Tue, 04/01/2008 - 5:50am.

did you read the comments at the bottom? those people are all angry over something that is not real! right at the bottom of the story is the following message:

"Note: This article is satire, brought to you by the creative minds at The Peoples News. It’s not real, but we hope it made you think. "

but i sure wish that it was illegal to make up a name. i get some in here that i can't pronounce. what are these parents thinking?

i knew it wasnt real. ...

Submitted by conanabanana02 on Tue, 04/01/2008 - 6:39am.

i knew it wasnt real. especially when they wrote how the dads arent in the kids lives. i love how people can be so gullible.

yeah, I know it was a joke ...

Submitted by Dawn on Tue, 04/01/2008 - 7:06am.

yeah, I know it was a joke BUT it is THAT SERIOUS though!!

and she pronounces the name above as "Nadia"!!!!!!!!! WTF!!!

Dawn--true story-- when I ...

Submitted by Chubbymouse on Tue, 04/01/2008 - 7:34am.

Dawn--true story-- when I was teaching at a junior college-- I had a student who named her little boy Orangejulius. She said she copied it down at the mall and said it was pronounced Oran-juh-lus. All I could think of was that the boy might turn out to be a doctor or lawyer and would definitely have to change his name. BTW-- no surprise-- I'm sorry to say she quit school when she got pregnant again.

That article made me ...

Submitted by madmess on Tue, 04/01/2008 - 8:05am.

That article made me laugh. At first I thought it was true! There was a family in Texas with the last name, HOGG. They had two daughters and they named them, IMA and URA. The father, BIG JIM HOGG was a governer there!

Sorry madmess, but you ...

Submitted by eric1970cc on Tue, 04/01/2008 - 11:57am.

Sorry madmess, but you need to check yuor facts. The following comes directly from Wikipedia's page about Governor James Hogg:

"James Stephen "Big Jim" Hogg (March 24, 1851 – March 3, 1906) was a Texas lawyer and statesman, and the Governor of Texas. He was born near Rusk, Texas. Hogg is often remembered for naming his daughter Ima Hogg, an odd name which derived from a poem written by James' brother, Thomas Elisha Hogg. The rumor that she had a sister named "Ura" is an urban legend."

Being a Texan, I had to set the record straight...=)

Also, check out this ...

Submitted by eric1970cc on Tue, 04/01/2008 - 12:01pm.

Also, check out this webpage for more on this topic of stange names and urban legend:

http://www.snopes.com/racial/language/names.asp

I think this is an Aprils ...

Submitted by slappy on Tue, 04/01/2008 - 1:09pm.

I think this is an Aprils fools gag. If it IS I hope the name of the judge is made up because someone will be going to jail for basically slandering him. If it's real, THANK FRIGGIN GOD !!!!!!

Some people give some ...

Submitted by rkinne01 on Wed, 04/02/2008 - 4:12am.

Some people give some frickin twisted names to their kids. I went to acholl with a boy names Lamar, needless to say he got teased alot. Think before you name your offspring!