Message: "Aaarrrghh!" - Behind the Name

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[Opinions] Aaarrrghh!

by Norah Namenerd

6/24/2011, 11:04 AM

Babynames.com really really sucks when it comes to meanings. A fun site, but not good at all for research. In fact, most sites stink when it comes to etymology. This is one of my pet peeves:

I even have a rant about it here:
http://www.namenerds.com/uucn/advice/namebook.html

BtN is one of the only sites i trust!

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- faelivrin

6/24/2011, 2:01 PM

I didn't know you managed Namenerds! (I should have guessed it ... Norah Namenerd ... but no).

Fun and informative article. And Charlotte = man-ette made me snort.

- Tuesday (trayc53)

6/24/2011, 1:02 PM

That was fantastic!

- Kit (guest) +5

6/24/2011, 11:09 AM

Looks like a great site. But it doesn't have the name Regan on there, unfortunately.

- Rachel Shaina (Evil) +4

6/24/2011, 1:37 PM

derp

missed the point entirely good job

try reading the actual article

This message was edited 6/24/2011, 1:38 PM

- Kit (guest) +3

6/24/2011, 1:56 PM

Um, I did read it. I get what the author is saying, but considering that's a baby name site and the author is telling us that baby books make up meanings for baby names, I assumed that the names on that site had meanings that were cited from sources. I then looked up their name list and didn't find one for the name I was interested in. Or should I have assumed the author of the site would publish meanings without sources right after an article on the index bashing that practice?

Try not being so rude if you choose to reply.

- Rachel Shaina (Evil) +1

6/24/2011, 10:58 PM

Norah Namenerd, who is posting in this thread, is the author of that post. In the post in which she provided that link, she also says "BtN is one of the only sites i trust!"

Look up Regan on BTN. See meaning. Understand the other sites are wrong, because THAT IS WHAT HER ARTICLE IS TELLING YOU, WITH ACCURACY. End.

And I will reply as I see fit, guest.

This message was edited 6/24/2011, 11:12 PM

- Kit (guest)

6/25/2011, 7:38 AM

Climb down off your perch, Oh Holy One. You don't intimidate me. Everyone else on this thread has managed to be civil, including the poster to whom you're referring. Give it a shot and maybe I'll give what you say the tiniest amount of credence. Until then, don't tell me what is "the end" and quit the inane "the sites are wrong because she's telling you they are" nonsense. I'm a free-thinking adult and don't need others telling me what is and isn't right.

Now, THE END! Geez, take a chill pill.

- beethoven (blaaarg)

6/24/2011, 2:31 PM

It's not really a baby name site, it's a site about names.

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