Would you name your Kids after a Monkey Island Character?
Well looking on facebook and you see these groups saying if they have so many member then they will name their kid homer simpson or something like that.
so seeing who would name there Kid, Guybrush, lechuck,Elaine etc (naming them Voodoo Lady would be even weirder lol)
so seeing who would name there Kid, Guybrush, lechuck,Elaine etc (naming them Voodoo Lady would be even weirder lol)
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So, no. Sorry.
But some of the characters have more normal names. Names like Elaine, Stan, Murray, Morgan, etc. are perfectly normal, so you could name a kid one of those if you really think they should be named after a MI character. If the name suits the kid, that is.
Even names similar to fictional MI names could be fine. Like Guy instead of Guybrush, or Chuck instead of LeChuck.
But no, I wouldn't purposely name a kid after a MI character for the sake of it.
That said, I would LOVE to meet someone who has the same name as a MI character.
This being said, as was previously pointed, some Monkey Island names are just normal names.
Now, If you were asking about pets, then I guess it's a possibility. At least, just like fictional characters, they don't have to deal with it. It's not like they know what their names mean or care about people teasing them about it.
Yep, Meathook.
"Meathook, eat your dinner!"
Well not yet, but I've got cats named Guybrush and LeChuck.
"But I hate meat! It's cruel to the animals! I'm gonna be a vegetarian!"
Well, in that case you could rename him Lemonhead?
Hmm...
I'll have to get back on this one.
not even in the contex of an obvious joke
Mancomb is the best baby name....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIMgEEASoWQ
Well, Zeb and Barack are both actual first names... Granted, that only means more than a few people have that name, but just because you never happened to mean someone named that before doesn't mean it's not a name. My husband was the first ever person I met called Ian. I didn't know it was a name before but it has nothing "weird" about it.
I think it really depends on the name though. I can't see a problem with Elaine for instance, but Meathook or Mancomb as some others have stated for fun, would be pretty harsh to grow up with I can imagine.
Then of course you can get used to things that were weird to begin with. I can never get over girls named Madison. They're named "Matthew's son". And they're female! It's just weird. But obviously it's a normal name for a girl now so people won't go around calling her a transvestite if you call a girl that.
Anyway, I don't think unique names are inherently wrong by any means, but sometimes you just have to wonder. Like, I could see naming a kid Anakin. Sure, people would probably tease him about it but it still sounds like an actual name. And heck, I was teased all my childhood because of Alice in Wonderland, and Alice is a perfectly banal name.
If you call him Darth Vader, however, not so much.
I think we're used to hearing "Guybrush" as a name, so we consider it a name. But honestly, can you imagine someone called that? It's not any different from "Mancomb". We don't hear it as "Guy Brush" anymore, but people who aren't familiar to the series would.
Anyways, I think it's also worth noting that not everyone can change their names. I know it's easy in the US, but in France for instance you can for only a few reasons that are very restricted (your name is an insult, your name is Hitler, your name is impossible to pronounce), the name change is also restricted (only allowed a change a few letters in the last name, or to take another name from your family, i.e maiden's name of your mom). You also have the special case of getting married, when you're allowed to take your spouse's name or add it to yours. But that's quite a different kind of situation.
And as far as I know, none of these apply to first names (sex change is I think the only reason you're allowed to change your first name).
However you're allowed to use any of your given names as your first name. And your parents can give you as many as they want (there are people who have like 10. Then you're allowed to use your favourite one).
You have the option to use a "nom d'usage", that is if everybody has been calling you something for years, be it a pen name, an artist name or a nickname, it can be added to your ID as an a.k.a. That would allow you to "change" your first name but still the real one would be on your ID as such.
Seriously, name change isn't always as straightforward as it is in the US. Even being married, the last name that appears first on your ID card is your maiden name, your married name only appears as an "a.k.a".
...I need therapy, don't I?
My husband had a joke about calling his newborn Chewbacca (regardless of gender). I suspect this is a ploy so his parents accept it better that we don't have kids
Probably, but that was apparent long before now.
No, use insanity to your advantage.
Better than 'Rottingham'.
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...Oh, is that your last name?
I didn't mention it in my previous post, but I could quite happily name a pet after a Monkey Island character. I mean, why not? I've owned a guinea-pig named "Snoopy" before... the vet laughed at me. :rolleyes:
nooo please dont im fragile :P
Great discovery, Sherlock! But I would TOTALLY change my last name to Threepwood if my family wouldn't disown me if I did...!
That's not what I want. I want it to be my new name, and be it recorded what my name was before, so that it can be an important time in my life. When I got married my birth certificate didn't change to retroactively say I was born married, well I want the same thing!