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HelpIs it even necessary for me to say "Ditto"? ;-)
in reply to a message by Cora
As someone who spent her teen years in love with Japanese names, this is a bit of racism that bothers me immensely. All names are up for grabs...provided they have a Western European origin or from an ethnicity you clearly share?
I don't think so. If I want to use Ruxandra, or Shoshana, or Hanako, I have every right to do so--even if I'm not Romanian, Jewish, or Japanese. If I respect the culture and use appropriate names (the difference between Winona and Dakota), then I see no reason why they should be off-limits, even if my child would happen to be of predominantly German and Norwegian origin.
Array (still thinks Mercedes shouldn't even come into the picture, since it has never been an exclusively Spanish name)
I don't think so. If I want to use Ruxandra, or Shoshana, or Hanako, I have every right to do so--even if I'm not Romanian, Jewish, or Japanese. If I respect the culture and use appropriate names (the difference between Winona and Dakota), then I see no reason why they should be off-limits, even if my child would happen to be of predominantly German and Norwegian origin.
Array (still thinks Mercedes shouldn't even come into the picture, since it has never been an exclusively Spanish name)
This message was edited 1/5/2007, 7:47 AM
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I'll say it: Ditto!
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