Dipshits ruin another child's life (maybe)

[MajGenl.Meade]

I think the three of you should take a road-trip together.

[dales]

I'm all for it.

BSG can drive, Jarl can navigate, and I'll fall asleep in the back.

[Econoline]

[dales]

YEAH!

[BoSoxGal]

We'll need a couple of these for the back windows of Jarl's Challenger.

[Jarlaxle]

We'll need a couple of these for the back windows of Jarl's Challenger.

Bosco can ride in the trunk.

How about one of these?



Will it clash with this, though?

[Gob]

Having a non-traditional name can be tough, especially for young children who are particularly susceptible to bullying.

One little girl experienced this first hand when getting ready to board a flight in Southern California. The five-year-old from Texas was with her mother at the John Wayne Airport in Orange County when she was mocked by a Southwest Airlines employee for her unusual name.

Abcde Redford's mother Traci told the local news station ABC 7 what happened at the boarding area. When the agent saw the little girl's name, she began laughing and pointing at Abcde and her mother while giggling with her employees about it. Traci said that her daughter's name is pronounced "Ab-city" but clearly the employee thought it was funny because it is the first five letters of the alphabet.

Not only did the gate agent laugh with her co-workers about the name, but she even went so far as to take a picture of the boarding pass and post it on her social media account. The boarding pass also showed the entire last name, giving Abcde no anonymity in the situation.

Traci was understandably furious about this exchange. She took it upon herself to scold the gate agent for laughing at her daughter, explaining that the little girl could also hear what was going on.

While it is not certain if the insensitive agent is still with Southwest Airlines, the company did apologize for the name shaming.

[Bicycle Bill]

What's even funnier is that her middle name is Fghij — pronounced 'FIH-jij'.

Seriously, though, you have to wonder what those parents were thinking five years ago.  About all I can come up with is that they must have been drawing letter tiles at random from a Scrabble game.

-"BB"-

[Guinevere]

I was bullied for my unusual name, and insisting it be pronounced correctly. But I survived and thrived. Whatevs.

[Bicycle Bill]

I was bullied for my unusual name, and insisting it be pronounced correctly. But I survived and thrived. Whatevs.

While the name is uncommon (currently 2200th or so in baby name popularity), it's not all that unusual, especially if you know the Arthurian legend.  And it's making something of a comeback over the past thirty years or so, when it was only the 10,000th most popular name.
And I presume it's pronounced GWIN-iv-eer.

-"BB"-

[Guinevere]

Not my real name.....

[Joe Guy]

Traci said that her daughter's name is pronounced "Ab-city" but clearly the employee thought it was funny because it is the first five letters of the alphabet.

Despite her mother's objections, her father insisted on giving her that name. He is a typical alpha-bet male.

[dales]

Not my real name.....

Karen?

[Guinevere]

Not my real name.....

Karen?

Definitely not.

[RayThom]

... While the name is uncommon (currently 2200th or so in baby name popularity), it's not all that unusual, especially if you know the Arthurian legend.  And it's making something of a comeback over the past thirty years or so, when it was only the 10,000th most popular name... And I presume it's pronounced GWIN-iv-eer.

BB, haven't you ever gone to a FtF where Guin has been present?

Her real name is Jessica Pearson. I thought everyone in here knew that.

And it's pronounced JESS-i-ca.

[Bicycle Bill]

BB, haven't you ever gone to a FtF where Guin has been present?

I have been to exactly ONE FtF in the nearly twenty-five years since I first started posting on the internet.  It was at the Minnesota State Fair back in 2001, in the days of the old Cafe d'Arte, and it was where I met Katherine (Katie Barefoot).  And she and I were the only ones to show up.

That's it.  Other than that it's been bupkis.  Zip, zilch, zero, nothing, nada.

-"BB"-