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Makes sense. Kids that get teased alot do tend to be angry, unhappy kids and that could lead to them acting out.
Oh well. Probably worth it for the joy parents recieve by screwing a kid over with a special name.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/boos...in-a-name.html
That last part is interesting too.Researchers looked at names given to boys born in one state from 1987 through 1991. They devised a popularity name index, with the most popular name having a PNI of 100, and extremely unpopular names a PNI of 1. Michael, for example, the most popular name during those years, has a PNI of 100, while names such as Alec, Ernest, Ivan, Kareem, Malcolm, Preston and Tyrell have a PNI of about 1. None of the names was associated with where the boys were born, their last name, family situation, or the demographics of their parents.
They also obtained names of men in the state's juvenile justice system from 1997 to 2005, noting their first and last names, date of birth, sex, race and family living arrangements. Half the names in the entire population of the state had a PNI of more than 20, but half the juvenile delinquents had a PNI of more than 11, leading researchers to conclude that compared with the general population, a greater percentage of juvenile delinquents had unpopular names. The study appears in the March issue of Social Science Quarterly.
But they stop short of suggesting a direct cause and effect between having an odd name and being a crook. Family dynamics and socioeconomic status could come into play, such as coming from an abusive home, income, healthcare, child care and education.
That's because other studies have shown that those with unpopular names may have a higher likelihood of being disadvantaged — having poor parents, for example. Another study suggested that mothers who are less educated are more likely than better educated women to give their children unusual names.
Fucking Hunters and Blakes robbing all our convenience stores.
I dislike the dumb 'unique' names parents give to kids these days.
At least in India. Everyone's trying to find ancient sanskrit words to name their kids with and most of them are either really hard to pronounce or just sound stupid. I have a nephew whose name is "Arawanara" I have no idea what that means but I feel like an idiot every time I have to say it out loud.
Austin, Dallas, Hunter and Jaylyn are names that seem to show up in court a lot around here.
Hence my plan to name my son Hugh G. Cox will never not backfire.
Wait, what?
Too sexy?
Yeah, I think the last part makes pretty clear that there is a bit of a racial aspect going on here, though they don't want to say it.Originally Posted by Thudpucker
The Alec's aren't the ones in Juvie, it's the Tyrell's. This isn't a cause and effect thing. This is 'Black people give unique names, and black people are more likely to end up in the system'. My favorite name I saw on a kid (I get to know about 1000 kids a week at work, so I see a lot of names) was LeMongello. And his brother, I kid you not, was Orangello. (Lemon jello and Orange jello)
Is it ironic or concidence that three out of four of those names are also cities/towns in Texas?
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Believe it or not there are millions of poor, undereducated white people in the US too. I don't see anything racial about this personally.
You think ridiculous names are uncommon among white trash?
They should probably avoid 'Wayne' as a middle name.
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