Really. If my brother (age 11) was home, I'd ask him if he knew. I bet he doesn't. I wouldn't be surprised if my 14 year old brother didn't know either. It's not really a common word; I've never met anyone who says things like "Oh we are experiencing such a nice zephyr today." I've never even heard it on the Weather Channel or anything.
Have you ever looked at your "OHFARTJOKE" logic on any other names? Let's try:
Brooke /
Brook -> small stream -> urine
John is a slang term for "toilet"
Everything dies in
AutumnWilliam ->
Willy -> Penis
My youngest brother is
Josh. Sometimes called Slosh, and sometimes called Juice. YES. ALCOHOLIC JOKES!
And imagine all the ways kids could tease
Tucker and
Ryder.
I could probably do more. You can probably find a way to tease anyone with any name. You are RIGHT: CHILDREN TEASE OTHER CHILDREN. What you don't mention is that CHILDREN
WILL TEASE OTHER CHILDREN NO MATTER WHAT THEIR NAME IS. Really.
Now, you say you have a word name and had to deal with "annoyance" all your life. Being annoyed is not the same
having the crap beat out of you.
Raise a well adjusted kid who knows how to handle being teased, and this shouldn't be an issue. If you have a little
Zephyr running home, crying his eyes out because someone said "Haha,
Zephyr means wind. Hahaha, wind. Windfart"* then you tell him it's not a big deal. Because it's not.
*And by the way, that joke was awful. I have no idea how a child would really tease a
Zephyr. IDK. "Oh i smell a zephyr, eew?"
This message was edited 6/11/2009, 9:46 AM