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HelpDitto, especially . . .
in reply to a message by iris
. . . especially here in Australia, where parents get given a sizeable lump-sum assistance payment from the government when they have a baby. In some welfare-class sections of the population, it's quite acceptable to go have a baby because you want the deposit on a car and the baby bonus will cover that :-(
So yeah, calling a child Cash has definite "child as commodity or currency" overtones.
So yeah, calling a child Cash has definite "child as commodity or currency" overtones.
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haha
That'd be pretty funny. "... so we named him Cash, and his brother here is Cheque!"
I think in the US the same thing is going on because of the per-child tax deduction. When I tell folks I'm due on the 30th of December, they make a comment about hoping for birth before the year's up because then we can take the deduction for 2007. *eyeroll*
Anyway ... Cash on a grown man in the US just sounds, I think, sort of like a Johnny Cash tribute name... it has a sort of earthy, hardboiled feel about it, very butch but also tinged with glamour. (not my style at all, however)
That'd be pretty funny. "... so we named him Cash, and his brother here is Cheque!"
I think in the US the same thing is going on because of the per-child tax deduction. When I tell folks I'm due on the 30th of December, they make a comment about hoping for birth before the year's up because then we can take the deduction for 2007. *eyeroll*
Anyway ... Cash on a grown man in the US just sounds, I think, sort of like a Johnny Cash tribute name... it has a sort of earthy, hardboiled feel about it, very butch but also tinged with glamour. (not my style at all, however)
This message was edited 7/18/2007, 7:24 AM
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Mmm, I agree with this..Cash is nmsaa (nt(
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