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Will there be an explosion of stupid baby names when Yahoo Answers ends?
We trolls will no longer be available to comment on the fanciful made-up names that are so popular these days. How many kids will be stuck with career-ending ghetto names? How many will have to argue with their teachers over how their names are spelled?
3 Answers
- Tea for twoLv 43 weeks ago
You could always move to reddit. That seems to be more popular asking forum these days anyway.
- AmarettaLv 74 weeks ago
No, Yahoo Answers hasn't slowed the explosion of stupid baby names. They'll just get worse. Everyone wants their kid to have an unusual name in case they get famous.
- Anonymous4 weeks ago
Jobs aren't really concerned with names as they used to. Especially since there's a lot of growing businesses that's in desperate need for fulfillment. Learning students names shouldn't be that hard to accomplish either and is really something they're just going to have to get used to because, what if, they one day happen to have a student that's foreign? With a name that's common in their country, language, or family but not in English speaking countries? We're going to see a lot more of that these days and teachers are going to have to be prepared to pronounce names they never even heard of. If a teacher has a hard time with the first name they'll usually go by the last name or nicknames anyway. But I'm sure a student isn't going to snap and argue with the teacher for making a mistake (unless they were raised by crappy parents), they'll often let the few slide because it's understandable and teachers will usually catch on later. Regardless, one shouldn't accommodate their child's name for a teacher that'll probably forget about them the following year. I'd say chose whatever name you like for your child. It's no one elses child but the parents. If it becomes a problem later or if the child doesn't like it, the name could easily be changed.