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I overheard an African-American mom talking to a friend on the phone, here was the conversation:
"His name is Kameron"
"Girl, you know I have TWO coworkers with kids named Kameron. One with a K and one with a C."
"Yah, you know his dad wanted to name him Kamron with no E, and I was like, what? Kam-Ron? No, its Kam-ron."
"Yah, he was like, 'the E serves no purpose'. It serves ALL the purpose! Kamron with no E looks ghetto. I want him to get a job and get into college."
I thought it was an interesting insight into people's perception of names. What do you think of her ideology?
"His name is Kameron"
"Girl, you know I have TWO coworkers with kids named Kameron. One with a K and one with a C."
"Yah, you know his dad wanted to name him Kamron with no E, and I was like, what? Kam-Ron? No, its Kam-ron."
"Yah, he was like, 'the E serves no purpose'. It serves ALL the purpose! Kamron with no E looks ghetto. I want him to get a job and get into college."
I thought it was an interesting insight into people's perception of names. What do you think of her ideology?
This message was edited 6/14/2017, 5:20 AM
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Cameron is best. For a boy.
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Maybe she should try to find him a nise kollege ...
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Like the other commenters, I prefer the Cameron spelling. Heck, if I'd been born a boy, that very likely would've been my name! (Either Cameron or Garrett, it was between those.)
I wouldn't say the E "serves no purpose", because Cameron has a very subtle schwa; but I understand accents can vary.
I do think it's sad, though, that someone whose name is Kamron (spelled that way) could have difficulty getting a job in this country because that's his name. It's an unfortunate reality that speaks to deep-seated prejudices in our culture.
I wouldn't say the E "serves no purpose", because Cameron has a very subtle schwa; but I understand accents can vary.
I do think it's sad, though, that someone whose name is Kamron (spelled that way) could have difficulty getting a job in this country because that's his name. It's an unfortunate reality that speaks to deep-seated prejudices in our culture.
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I agree 100 percent with your last two sentences.
I also agree with the subtle schwa--yet though no diphthong, do we phonate the space between the "m" & the "r", if such there were? yet since names are personal nouns, they may be pronounced and spelled to choice.
I also agree with the subtle schwa--yet though no diphthong, do we phonate the space between the "m" & the "r", if such there were? yet since names are personal nouns, they may be pronounced and spelled to choice.
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I agree with Felie, I prefer the original name.
Cameron is the best in my opinion. Kameron looks to trendy, Kamron looks ghetto. I've seen people spell it Kamyron and a girl, Khamirryne.
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Cameron is the best in my opinion. Kameron looks to trendy, Kamron looks ghetto. I've seen people spell it Kamyron and a girl, Khamirryne.
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Audrey, Martha, Bianca, Phoebe, Natalia, Jacqueline, Lorraine, Suzanne, Apolonia, Cecilia, Nancy, Olimpia, Elyse
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Hi !!!
I'm not American so my opinion is from an outsider...
I would use Cameron simply because I dislike variant-names. I prefer names more close as possible to the original ones if they are not Italian. This is because I have a clear philological attitude: I love languages so it is interesting to go behind in the past.
I think would be horrible to not give a work to someone because his name "looks ghetto" as she said (and obviously for any other situation with his/her origin). We live in a world completely different from the past: people change country everyday...nations can't no longer be identified with ONE people. I would be silly in 2017! So every problem with the origin of someone rings horrible to my ears.
I'm not American so my opinion is from an outsider...
I would use Cameron simply because I dislike variant-names. I prefer names more close as possible to the original ones if they are not Italian. This is because I have a clear philological attitude: I love languages so it is interesting to go behind in the past.
I think would be horrible to not give a work to someone because his name "looks ghetto" as she said (and obviously for any other situation with his/her origin). We live in a world completely different from the past: people change country everyday...nations can't no longer be identified with ONE people. I would be silly in 2017! So every problem with the origin of someone rings horrible to my ears.
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