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Help[Opinions] How many small children know what a Zephyr is?
in reply to a message by Just Me
Really. If my brother (age 11) was home, I'd ask him if he knew. I bet he doesn't. I wouldn't be surprised if my 14 year old brother didn't know either. It's not really a common word; I've never met anyone who says things like "Oh we are experiencing such a nice zephyr today." I've never even heard it on the Weather Channel or anything.
Have you ever looked at your "OHFARTJOKE" logic on any other names? Let's try:
Brooke / Brook -> small stream -> urine
John is a slang term for "toilet"
Everything dies in Autumn
William -> Willy -> Penis
My youngest brother is Josh. Sometimes called Slosh, and sometimes called Juice. YES. ALCOHOLIC JOKES!
And imagine all the ways kids could tease Tucker and Ryder.
I could probably do more. You can probably find a way to tease anyone with any name. You are RIGHT: CHILDREN TEASE OTHER CHILDREN. What you don't mention is that CHILDREN WILL TEASE OTHER CHILDREN NO MATTER WHAT THEIR NAME IS. Really.
Now, you say you have a word name and had to deal with "annoyance" all your life. Being annoyed is not the same having the crap beat out of you.
Raise a well adjusted kid who knows how to handle being teased, and this shouldn't be an issue. If you have a little Zephyr running home, crying his eyes out because someone said "Haha, Zephyr means wind. Hahaha, wind. Windfart"* then you tell him it's not a big deal. Because it's not.
*And by the way, that joke was awful. I have no idea how a child would really tease a Zephyr. IDK. "Oh i smell a zephyr, eew?"
Have you ever looked at your "OHFARTJOKE" logic on any other names? Let's try:
Brooke / Brook -> small stream -> urine
John is a slang term for "toilet"
Everything dies in Autumn
William -> Willy -> Penis
My youngest brother is Josh. Sometimes called Slosh, and sometimes called Juice. YES. ALCOHOLIC JOKES!
And imagine all the ways kids could tease Tucker and Ryder.
I could probably do more. You can probably find a way to tease anyone with any name. You are RIGHT: CHILDREN TEASE OTHER CHILDREN. What you don't mention is that CHILDREN WILL TEASE OTHER CHILDREN NO MATTER WHAT THEIR NAME IS. Really.
Now, you say you have a word name and had to deal with "annoyance" all your life. Being annoyed is not the same having the crap beat out of you.
Raise a well adjusted kid who knows how to handle being teased, and this shouldn't be an issue. If you have a little Zephyr running home, crying his eyes out because someone said "Haha, Zephyr means wind. Hahaha, wind. Windfart"* then you tell him it's not a big deal. Because it's not.
*And by the way, that joke was awful. I have no idea how a child would really tease a Zephyr. IDK. "Oh i smell a zephyr, eew?"
This message was edited 6/11/2009, 9:46 AM
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I agree...i didn't even know what a Zephyr was until like this year and I'm 26...call me stupid but I just didn't.
Zephyr is about as good a name as any...in my town there is a little boy named Coy running around, along with a Maddux, a Boady, and a Julius, and Mavrick. So what's the big deal? Nowadays, there are so many odd names...the ones that will stand out are the Josh's and Ryan's because they are becoming less and less...
No kid is going to associate Zephyr with a fart...at all!
Zephyr is about as good a name as any...in my town there is a little boy named Coy running around, along with a Maddux, a Boady, and a Julius, and Mavrick. So what's the big deal? Nowadays, there are so many odd names...the ones that will stand out are the Josh's and Ryan's because they are becoming less and less...
No kid is going to associate Zephyr with a fart...at all!
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