A Generation of Delenns?

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From: Theron Fuller <tfuller at moon.jic.com>
Date: 9 Jul 1997 23:34:46 -0400
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Esore <esore at netcom.com> wrote in article <5p5uat$3m0_001 at netcom.com>...
> In article <5p4gjp$nep at linet06.li.net>, magick at li.net (Magick Man) wrote:
> >Tauni Arntsen Sandy (ishmael at cybernw.com) wrote:
> >: I plan to name our daughter Delenn, if we ever have one. [snip]
> >
> >This is something I just don't understand.  It seems to me that
> >a child's name is far too important to base on one's TV preferences.
> >No matter how much you love B5, haven't you considered that the kid
> >may not share your enthusiasm?
> >
> >Difficult as it may be to understand, some people hate B5 as much as
> >other people hate Trek.  Think about a show from your parent's time,
> >the one you consider the stupidest and most unwatchable, and imagine
> >how your relationship with your parents would be different if they had
> >named you after a character from that show.
> >
> >MM
> >
> 
> Our second child is due in August and if it's a girl we plan to give
Delenn as 
> a middle name.  Most people I've mentioned this to know nothing about
Babylon 
> 5 and their reaction is that it's a very pretty name.  I'm scoring
brownie 
> points with my sisters because both of them (Linda and Lillian) think I'd
be 
> naming it after them!
Well, she can join all those black kids from the previous generation that
got tagged with "Kunta Kinte" after their parents saw "Roots" on t.v.  (I
even know one poor kid that got named "George" after "Chicken George."  

Score even more important brownie points and give your daughter a middle
name based on one of the grandmothers.  Or do a little genealogical
research and pick a pretty name of one of your ancestors.  Hardly anybody
objects to having a family name, particularly one rich in tradition. 
Hardly anybody doesn't object to being named after some fictional
character, or some media star.  Particularly if it's a real dumb name like
"Delenn."

Anybody who remembers the Babylon 5 series is going to comment, "Oh,  you
were named after the bone-headed/horny character in the series.  Were your
parents really that weird?"

Regards,
Theron Fuller

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From: gfarber at panix.com (Gary Farber)
Date: 11 Jul 1997 12:54:35 -0400
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In <01bc8be1$74f5cea0$11149cce at tfuller.jic.com> Theron Fuller 
<tfuller at moon.jic.com> wrote:
[. . .]
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: even know one poor kid that got named "George" after "Chicken George."  

Your parenthesis is leaking.  

But you bring up a good point: naming someone "George" *is* pretty creepy,
and darn weird!  

What could the parents have been thinking to be so cruel?  

[. . . .]

Gary "has anyone told Mr. Johnsen?" Farber
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--     Gary Farber                         gfarber at panix.com
Copyright     1997                         Brooklyn, NY, USA

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From: George Johnsen <ndeiprod at earthlink.net>
Date: 11 Jul 1997 19:21:39 -0400
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Gary Farber wrote:

> : even know one poor kid that got named "George" after "Chicken George."
> 
> Your parenthesis is leaking.
> 
> But you bring up a good point: naming someone "George" *is* pretty creepy,
> and darn weird!
> 
> What could the parents have been thinking to be so cruel?
> 


Gary-

Can I see you in my office please?

George Johnsen
CoProd, B5

(PS- I think I was named after my great grandfathers, both of whom were
named George.  "Pretty Creepy" or "Wierd" it hasn't been, but I rarely
think about it except in therapy.....)
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