Posted on 11/30/2004 9:56:16 AM PST by COUNTrecount
And What Name Will Phinnaeus Have for Mommy? By Paul Farhi Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, November 30, 2004; Page C01 Congratulations, Julia Roberts, and you, too, Mr. Julia Roberts, on the birth of your twins, little Hazel and Phinnaeus. But our joy over your Blessed Event is tempered by a couple of questions. To wit: Hazel? And, more important, Phinnaeus? Willis sisters Scout LaRue and Tallulah Belle share a fairly sedate last name. Rumer also has it. (Kevin Mazur -- Wireimage) We know we don't live in a "John" and "Mary" (or "Paul") era anymore, that the traditional honor-thy-ancestors naming consensus of previous generations has collapsed under the weight of all those Caitlins and Connors and Briannas. But Phinnaeus and Hazel? Hazel is retro by at least a couple of generations. The world stopped having Hazels around the time it stopped having Berthas and Gladyses and Mildreds. The last time Hazel was heard from was 1961, when Shirley Booth played a busybody maid of that name in a sitcom of that name. Phinnaeus is even more retro, as in Old Testament retro, and more obscure than such OT running mates as Methuselah and Obadiah. But that's probably the point. Celebrity baby names these days are very . . . different. We say this not to pass judgment, but to point out one more way celebrities are not like the rest of us. The list keeps growing. Demi Moore and Bruce Willis are the parents of Rumer Glenn, Scout LaRue and Tallulah Belle. Gwyneth Paltrow and Coldplay singer Chris Martin recently begat Apple. Sylvester Stallone sired Sage Moonblood and Sistine Rose. Courteney Cox Arquette and David Arquette are the proud parents of Coco.
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Cerise is a character in a book by Anne Perry, IIRC.
"Hazel could grow on me. I'd shorten Phinneas to Phinn. That's not TOO bad."
I'm guessing Phinneas will eventually move to his middle name and ask people to call him "Walt".
The man LBJ beat in the 1948 Senate primary was Texas governor Coke Stevenson. (That was the race "Landslide Lyndon" won by 87 votes.)
1- Neo-Cin-Efrin
2- Le'mon Jel-lo (twin)
3- Li'me Jel-lo (twin)
4- VaJyna
(Names I came across working at the Children's Museum in college LOL!)
There is one minor pleasure we can take from this. There are companies out there that do nothing but scour the net all day every day, checking out blogs, forums and chat rooms for any mention of their clients. The service is intended for corporations that want to keep tabs on what the public is saying about them; insuring nobody's spreading libelous statements, finding out what people are saying about their new products, stuff like that. But many egotistical celebrities also subscribe to these serivces, both to find out what latest nasty gossip is circulating about them, and to find out what the public thinks of them in general from day to day.
So chances are that our favorite horsed-faced idiot is going to get a report in a few days, where she will be told that the entire nation is laughing derisively at her and her ugly little trophy children.
Enjoy your stretch marks, Julia! HAHAHAHAHA!
Nickname of the cross-dressing diplomat.
LBJ was named after a family friend whose last name was Linden. His mom changed the spelling to make it look more "aristocratic."
Yup. I am a devoted Onan-ist.
We have come across numerous Graysons, Harrisons, Chandlers, Brandons, Zacks and Chases.
Who knew I was such a rebel when I named my child.
Tell me about it. My kids' new school has over 1000 students, and my daughter is the only Sarah in the entire school! You would think I had named her Woodchuck or something. She has three Emilys in her class. My son is named Matthew and has a friend and one other classmate named Matt or Matthew. But we know five Connors, about six Ryans, two Harrisons, three Garretts, a few Tylers, and two Tates. My former boss named his two kids Madison (girl) and Parker (boy.) He has a very Jewish surname that does not go with either name at all. Yech.
My sister-in-law married a guy whose sons are named Declan and Kennan. Good names in Scotland but not in the USA. Then they had a daughter together and named her Isla! (Pronounced eye-la). Worst name ever.
http://www.howdydoodytime.com/cast_phineas.htm
Phineas T. Bluster
Buffalo Bob described Phineas T. Bluster, the Mayor of Doodyville, as a 'loveable fink'. He envied my stardom and did everything he could to claim the spotlight. Bluster caused a lot trouble for me and Buffalo Bob. Among his tricks: he hired a Dilly Dally lookalike to make mischief so his nephew would win a Good Conduct Medal. It was hard to stay upset with Bluster, he usually learned his lesson, admitted his mistakes, and reformed, at least until the next episode.
My 8-year-old's name is Thomas. We never met another boy named Thomas for the first 7 years ... not in preschool, Sunday School, Scouts, neighborhood ... and then last year, the first year we lived here, there were 4 Thomases in the 2nd grade Sunday School.
And given their usual support for abortion-on-demand, that's apparently all the respect they have for children.
Wolfgang and Jude. Have only met one Wolfgang since, no other Jude.
I still think children deserve a "real" name on the birth certificate. The families I've known who use the same name for generations "issue" each child a nickname at birth.
I don't think I've met a child with either of those names. You get the "uncommon, but not weird" prize!
Our boys are William, Thomas, Patrick, and James. We dare to be dull!
LOL...Well after those it's Mary, and Michael. Back to dull, and common.
Hazel? Phinnaeus?
Well, at least when they Google themselves twenty years from now, they will find their names unique, and not shared by half the human race. Like all those Justins and Jennifers.
Well I don't understand what all the fuss is about.
"Hazel Roberts" and "Phinnaeus Roberts" sound good to me.
IMHO, it would be better if the kids had their father's last name on their birth certificates, though.
(Of course, if Dad has a weird last name, I might change my mind on Hazel and Phinnaeus.)
Who IS "dad", anyway?
I haven't read any reference to him other than "Mr. Julia Roberts".
It's not Michael Jackson, is it?
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