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Well, okay. They're still trendy. I know it's a sweeping generalization, but it's my gut instinct to call them trendy anyway because I'm so tired of hearing about people's Irish heritage, because about 90% of the people I meet have got it. It's pretty much the same reason I'm tired of hearing Elizabeth as a first name. Like how any conversation about middle names turns into "Elizabeth," "Marie," "Lynn," "Elizabeth," and "Elizabeth," any conversation I have about heritage turns into "Scot/Irish," "Scot/Irish," "Scot/Irish and part English" "I'm all Irish," "African and a quarter dutch," "Scot/Irish." Yeah, it's a cool culture worthy of respect.

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The pretentious argument may have been a bit of a stretch. Let's see if I can find a root for it deep within my subconscious. Hm.
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I think it has to do with the fact that most people I meet have a bunch of Irish heritage, and so the ones who name their kids impossible to pronounce (and I maintain this point. We are not taught Gaelic in schools) heavy clunky Irish names with cute meanings (and they are cute meanings -- little wolf, little hound, little poet, fire! I think this is another reason I dislike them, their meanings tend to be so damn cute) to reflect their Irish heritage (worthy of reflecting, of course, just extremely tiresome) bores the hell out of me and makes me want to say "Oh, aren't you special, you're Irish."

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And maybe it's basic and silly, but it bugs the hell out of me that Caiomhe or whatever is pronounced Keeva and it makes it almost impossible for me to be able to take it seriously.

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I think there are better ways to celebrate Irish culture than naming your kids after it.

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NOW. I say all this as an American. If I were living in Ireland it would be completely different.