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Comments Related To: A Boy Named Sue?: On the Rank and Popularity of Surnames and Given Names

By: vernoncrumrine send a private message
Dallas : TX : USA | 5 months ago  
If you ever listened to the man-in-black, Johnny Cash, then you will remember his huge Billboard 100 hit, "A Boy Named Sue", which he recorded live at San Quentin prison...
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    Posted By BorderExplorer BorderExplorer | 5 months ago
    I'm glad I read it all the way through. The third to the final paragraph was "worth the price of admission" all by itself! ;-) Sue does not sound like a particularly presidential name. Don't know if it is true, but I once heard of parents who named their son Senator so that he'd get preferential seating on airplanes, etc.
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    Posted By vernoncrumrine vernoncrumrine | 5 months ago
    Glad you got your "money's worth". I never was fond of having to make refunds. ;)
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    Posted By TanyaT TanyaT | 5 months ago
    I grew up eith the name Tanya in the deep south and while to me being told that I should have been named "Sunshine" in the way guys over 6'4" get tagged with "Tiny" - found set apart almost daily because of its (yhen) uniqueness. I remember naming my panda bear "Julie" because it was plainedt (but still pretty) name I knew. So what do I do when presented wity my beautiful little one. . "Tiger". . .seems you can only fight DNA so much. plus he was meant to have that name.
    Thanks for the reminder
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    Posted By Changez Changez | 5 months ago
    Hilarious bit about the Bush Administration. I have to look that up. Speaking of, where did you find this name ranker. Looks like something worth checking out. I also wonder where Johnny Cash comes in - must be fairly rare.
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    Posted By mona37 mona37 | 5 months ago
    i don't know about common but i have heard of a couple of funny names.names that have meaning in a language but sounds funny to others. Like in arabic we have the name jawaher which actually means jewelery ! hahaha wow, i would want be very careful while picking out names for my kids!

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