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		<title>By: Christine N. Davis</title>
		<link>http://mightyredpen.wordpress.com/2008/03/13/babys-got-a-bad-bad-name/#comment-4887</link>
		<dc:creator>Christine N. Davis</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Mar 2008 13:29:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hey! I work for a McWeeny. (Okay, I don&#039;t report directly to him, but still.)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey! I work for a McWeeny. (Okay, I don&#8217;t report directly to him, but still.)</p>
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		<title>By: Franca Richard</title>
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		<dc:creator>Franca Richard</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 00:03:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Very funny topic, name is important, :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Very funny topic, name is important, <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: baby boy</title>
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		<dc:creator>baby boy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 18:21:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>God I&#039;m happy my name not McWeeny.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>God I&#8217;m happy my name not McWeeny.</p>
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		<title>By: Jen</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jen</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 00:44:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I went to nursing school with a girl whose name is Charity Bang.

Granted, her parents aren&#039;t native English speakers, but still! Didn&#039;t they have any friends who could warn them away from naming their daughter something that amounts to a euphemism for &quot;pity fuck?&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I went to nursing school with a girl whose name is Charity Bang.</p>
<p>Granted, her parents aren&#8217;t native English speakers, but still! Didn&#8217;t they have any friends who could warn them away from naming their daughter something that amounts to a euphemism for &#8220;pity fuck?&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: cookiezim</title>
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		<dc:creator>cookiezim</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Mar 2008 16:25:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I work at an organization with a large membership.  My favorite name in our database is Flossie May Gums!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I work at an organization with a large membership.  My favorite name in our database is Flossie May Gums!</p>
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		<title>By: TootsNYC</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2008 18:40:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>There&#039;s a story about an obstetrician in a southern city, I want to say New Orleans, who suggested highly offensive but sophisticated sounding names to his minority (read: black) patients. 

Names using body parts, particularly those from the reproductive system.

I had thought it was true, and I was trying to find a reference, but can&#039;t.

I *did* go to high school w/ Ronci Still. He pronounced his name &quot;raunchy.&quot; We used to joke that on his tombstone it would say, &quot;Still, Ronci.&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There&#8217;s a story about an obstetrician in a southern city, I want to say New Orleans, who suggested highly offensive but sophisticated sounding names to his minority (read: black) patients. </p>
<p>Names using body parts, particularly those from the reproductive system.</p>
<p>I had thought it was true, and I was trying to find a reference, but can&#8217;t.</p>
<p>I *did* go to high school w/ Ronci Still. He pronounced his name &#8220;raunchy.&#8221; We used to joke that on his tombstone it would say, &#8220;Still, Ronci.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: mightyredpen</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2008 17:47:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>See now, Gopher, I totally hear you on the urban legend thing except that my friend who was a teacher and knew these kids was a nun and she would &lt;i&gt;not lie&lt;/i&gt; about this, would she?

Matrayback, thanks for visiting! Maybe I should have checked out your book before I named my kids! Okay, just kidding . . . excuse me, I have to chase after Gorgonzola, he has a marker in his mouth . . .</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>See now, Gopher, I totally hear you on the urban legend thing except that my friend who was a teacher and knew these kids was a nun and she would <i>not lie</i> about this, would she?</p>
<p>Matrayback, thanks for visiting! Maybe I should have checked out your book before I named my kids! Okay, just kidding . . . excuse me, I have to chase after Gorgonzola, he has a marker in his mouth . . .</p>
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		<title>By: Gopher</title>
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		<dc:creator>Gopher</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2008 17:09:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The tale of the children LemonJello and OrangeJello is urban legend.(It&#039;s always someone who knew someone who knew someone...) Snopes.com breaks it down here: http://www.snopes.com/racial/language/names.asp</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The tale of the children LemonJello and OrangeJello is urban legend.(It&#8217;s always someone who knew someone who knew someone&#8230;) Snopes.com breaks it down here: <a href="http://www.snopes.com/racial/language/names.asp" rel="nofollow">http://www.snopes.com/racial/language/names.asp</a></p>
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		<title>By: matrayback</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2008 16:39:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hey! I&#039;m the author of the book that NYT article was about, &lt;i&gt;Bad Baby Names&lt;/i&gt;. You and Moondog could fill a thousand emails with names from this book, which lists a bunch of names people really have had throughout history (like Meat Bloodsaw). If you or your readers want to know more, come to my blog, www.badbabynames.net. Thanks for picking up on the article.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey! I&#8217;m the author of the book that NYT article was about, <i>Bad Baby Names</i>. You and Moondog could fill a thousand emails with names from this book, which lists a bunch of names people really have had throughout history (like Meat Bloodsaw). If you or your readers want to know more, come to my blog, <a href="http://www.badbabynames.net" rel="nofollow">http://www.badbabynames.net</a>. Thanks for picking up on the article.</p>
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