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HelpRe: Nickname "Tex", real name...?
in reply to a message by Natla
I don't know what Joel Madden naming his daughter Harlow has in common with an English person naming their kid Texas.
In the US, Texas is rarely if ever used as a full name. People who are given the nn Tex are given it because they are from Texas or seem like they are. Tex Ritter, for example. I don't know if he actually was from Texas, but he was a country-western singer so Tex fits with his image.
The only other famous Tex I can think of is Charles (Tex" Watson, one of Charles Manson's co-defendants. He really was from Texas. I'm willing to bet he wasn't called Tex while he lived in Texas.
In short, I think Tex is a silly name for somebody to be given at birth, regardless of where they're from.
In the US, Texas is rarely if ever used as a full name. People who are given the nn Tex are given it because they are from Texas or seem like they are. Tex Ritter, for example. I don't know if he actually was from Texas, but he was a country-western singer so Tex fits with his image.
The only other famous Tex I can think of is Charles (Tex" Watson, one of Charles Manson's co-defendants. He really was from Texas. I'm willing to bet he wasn't called Tex while he lived in Texas.
In short, I think Tex is a silly name for somebody to be given at birth, regardless of where they're from.
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Yeah, I find your attitude little rude and condescending. I mean, for Pete's sake! You only have to put two and two together to work this one out. Or, you know, google Harlow. Not difficult, hey?
I must agree that the American-English-place / British-American-place analogy does not really work, especially when she could have suggested the ridiculous name London used by anglophiles outside of the UK, which is equal to Texas in place-name-ness whilst keeping the analogy she was trying to create... but... really? Really? Google is your friend, if you don't know what people are going on about.
I also guess that she knows that Texas isn't a common name in America. She wasn't implying that, and it isn't popular here, either, so...
Anyway, to the original poster, whilst it would be insane to name your child Harlow in England, let alone London or... Manchester... Texas is far more place-y, and Tex screams Texas and... well, you know what I mean. I don't think there's much of a way around it.
I'm sorry to be aggressive, Rox-star, but you seem pretty rude anyway and your post was pretty aggressive-aggressive when all you had to do was google it! Then you'd have gotten the comment and learned something too. Have a nice day, eh? :)
I must agree that the American-English-place / British-American-place analogy does not really work, especially when she could have suggested the ridiculous name London used by anglophiles outside of the UK, which is equal to Texas in place-name-ness whilst keeping the analogy she was trying to create... but... really? Really? Google is your friend, if you don't know what people are going on about.
I also guess that she knows that Texas isn't a common name in America. She wasn't implying that, and it isn't popular here, either, so...
Anyway, to the original poster, whilst it would be insane to name your child Harlow in England, let alone London or... Manchester... Texas is far more place-y, and Tex screams Texas and... well, you know what I mean. I don't think there's much of a way around it.
I'm sorry to be aggressive, Rox-star, but you seem pretty rude anyway and your post was pretty aggressive-aggressive when all you had to do was google it! Then you'd have gotten the comment and learned something too. Have a nice day, eh? :)
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There's a place in England called Harlow.
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all right, but...
I doubt very much that Joel Madden was thinking of that place when he named his daughter that, if he even knew it existed. If he thought about it at all, Jean Harlow was probably what he thought of.
I doubt very much that Joel Madden was thinking of that place when he named his daughter that, if he even knew it existed. If he thought about it at all, Jean Harlow was probably what he thought of.
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But they weren't thinking about the place when they named her. I think they said one of them was a fan of Shalom Harlow and the other was a fan of Jean Harlow.
Doesn't seem comparable to me.
Doesn't seem comparable to me.
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Yes, I was comparing them as in American child with a English place-name / English child with an American place-name. I like the sound of Texas (rather than wanting to honour the state) but I appreciate it may still seem a strange thing for a non-American (or even non-Texan) to name their child, just like I find "Harlow" a strange name for a baby just because it screams "place" to me, regardless of how they chose it. Harlow may not be the best example, but I couldn't bring to mind anybody that had called their child London, Manchester or Stoke-On-Trent (!)
Overall though, I was just making a vaguely snide remark that didn't translate too well. ;)
Overall though, I was just making a vaguely snide remark that didn't translate too well. ;)
This message was edited 1/29/2012, 3:24 AM
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