Wednesday, February 8, 2006

Ridiculous, hypothetical dilemma

I would like to name a child "Conrad". However:

1) "Conrad Meadows" is kind of doofy-sounding. ("Conrad Aubrey" isn't any better, and it's a little difficult to pronounce!)

2) "Conrad" is too close in sound to "Connor".

Ah well. Conrad is the only character in Kyou Kara Maou with a reasonably decent name, alas. (Imagine: Gwendal Meadows!)

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Can't decide on a name? Add a little spice to your kid's name by changing it to a SPANISH name?

You might ask, how does one go about giving one's child a spanish name? Why, its easier than changing a tire! Let's go!!

For example, lets say you're child's name is boring, old John. Well, get ready to spice up your life and live 'in la vida loca' by changing that no fun name to "Juan Valdez"!

See folks, its just that simple, and in no time flat, your kids will be 'suaving' up their lives in no time flat! Asta la vista, baby!!

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Heather Meadows said...

You scare me.

I like a lot of Japanese names, but I wouldn't want to give my child one unless I adopted a Japanese child (highly unlikely). Same goes for any other obviously ethnic name, really.

There are names that have made the transition, like "Linda" (from Spanish, right?) and "Naomi", but the pronunciation tends to change when we borrow words from other languages, and that kinda sucks.