norskog@fortune.UUCP (06/26/83)
#N:fortune:21600001:000:214 fortune!norskog Jun 24 20:42:00 1983 Name it Lance(Lancia?) What? You don't want to name your daughter after a car? Lance Norskog Fortune Systems megatest!fortune!norskog hpda!fortune!norskog harpo!... sri-unix!... amd70!...
gll@mb2c.UUCP (07/05/83)
Judging from the title, someone wanted a non-sexist
name to call their unborn child. Having one myself (seven
weeks to go and counting), I will give you my solution. I
call my baby "Generic". This implies no name - no sex.
It's also cute and trendy and fits my lifestyle. (One of my
favorite pastimes is finding new generic products in the
grocery store.)
As to what we are actually going to call our baby, my
husband and I haven't agreed on a name yet. We haven't even
agreed on when we should talk about it. We both have dif-
ferent ideas/traditions for names and this is causing some
conflict. Relatives and friends nervous because it is tak-
ing so long to decide on a name. I am threatening to actu-
ally name our child Generic and nickname it Genie if it is a
girl and Eric or Ric if it is a boy. Needless to say, my
husband is appalled at the idea but people have turned
unusual names into an asset and the nicknames are very nor-
mal sounding.norskog@fortune.UUCP (07/08/83)
#R:fortune:21600001:fortune:21600002:000:188 fortune!norskog Jul 7 20:31:00 1983 An unusual freako name is a terrible thing to do to a child. Lance Norskog Fortune Systems megatest!fortune!norskog hpda!fortune!norskog harpo!... sri-unix!... amd70!...
bernie@watarts.UUCP (07/14/83)
I kind of like that idea (naming a child "generic"). You could dress him in black and white, perhaps with little bar codes on her baby bonnet...