http://boingboing.net/2013/02/05/celebrity-influence-on-naming.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:47:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://boingboing.net/2013/02/05/celebrity-influence-on-naming.html#comment-1647329 Spodzilla Wed, 06 Feb 2013 01:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210940#comment-1647329 This is a fun way to kill some time - http://www.babynamewizard.com/voyager This is a fun way to kill some time – http://www.babynamewizard.com/voyager

]]> http://boingboing.net/2013/02/05/celebrity-influence-on-naming.html#comment-1647072 Antinous / Moderator Tue, 05 Feb 2013 23:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210940#comment-1647072 <i>"Say! Any of you guys know how to Madison?"</i> “Say! Any of you guys know how to Madison?”

]]> http://boingboing.net/2013/02/05/celebrity-influence-on-naming.html#comment-1646761 GawainLavers Tue, 05 Feb 2013 19:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210940#comment-1646761 How does "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madison_(name)" rel="nofollow">Madison</a>" fit in? How does “Madison” fit in?

]]> http://boingboing.net/2013/02/05/celebrity-influence-on-naming.html#comment-1646730 James Mallek Tue, 05 Feb 2013 19:28:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210940#comment-1646730 throw some quotes around that, otherwise it looks like Mark wrote the witty caption throw some quotes around that, otherwise it looks like Mark wrote the witty caption

]]> http://boingboing.net/2013/02/05/celebrity-influence-on-naming.html#comment-1646686 entireleaves Tue, 05 Feb 2013 18:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210940#comment-1646686 Yeah she could just be Persian or Arabic. Yeah she could just be Persian or Arabic.

]]> http://boingboing.net/2013/02/05/celebrity-influence-on-naming.html#comment-1646682 Russell Letson Tue, 05 Feb 2013 18:53:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210940#comment-1646682 Had a colleague named Farah--she was about thirty nearly thirty years ago. Maybe it's only the double-ell Farrahs who are victims of celeb-worshipping parents, and the single-ell women look back to the Persian tradition. Had a colleague named Farah–she was about thirty nearly thirty years ago. Maybe it’s only the double-ell Farrahs who are victims of celeb-worshipping parents, and the single-ell women look back to the Persian tradition.

]]> http://boingboing.net/2013/02/05/celebrity-influence-on-naming.html#comment-1646493 Robert Lockhart Tue, 05 Feb 2013 16:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210940#comment-1646493 No one mentions that these graphs are from wolframalpha.com No one mentions that these graphs are from wolframalpha.com

]]> http://boingboing.net/2013/02/05/celebrity-influence-on-naming.html#comment-1646491 katkins Tue, 05 Feb 2013 16:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210940#comment-1646491 Reruns! Reruns!

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