Comments on: “Shithead” and other baby names

By: Cuser

Cuser — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:25:15 +0000

HAHAHAHA! Those three kids live right here! Well…I sure hope there aren’t three other kids out there with those names…

By: shi ' thead

shi ' thead — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 18:41:19 +0000

T-ea. Pronounced t DASH ea.

By: Clurd

Clurd — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 22:57:29 +0000

I don’t see any humur here.

By: Jimmy Cracked Corn

Jimmy Cracked Corn — Tue, 05 May 2009 15:34:35 +0000

I’ve never actually MET Simon Cowell, so I say he’s an urban legend too.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 05:45:09 +0000

IF ANYONE IS GOING TO BELIEVE THE SHITHEAD OR ORANJELLO BS, PLEASE CHECK OUT THE SNOPES LINK:

http://www.snopes.com/racial/language/names.asp

OR AT LEAST GOOGLE THE NAMES + URBAN LEGEND. THEY’VE BEEN URBAN LEGENDS FOR 20 YEARS AND THEY HAVE NEVER SHOWN UP ON A CENSUS. THIS IS HOW IT HAPPENS:

Someone, somewhere, makes this up. That person — we’ll call them person A — is untrustworthy, but another person — person B — is a bit gullible and believes them anyway. So they repeat it. Person C isn’t as gullible, but doesn’t realize how gullible person A is, and besides, the story is JUST TOO GOOD.

Gradually, this gets more complicated so that by the time Person F hears it, it’s too many steps to remember, so he’ll shorten it to “This happened to person E.” After all, Person E told him about it. It is human nature to decrease our number of levels of separation from an event. Eventually, it gets to someone nice and trustworthy, and they aren’t intentionally lying to you. They just decreased the number of levels of separation. They say it happens to someone they knew, when in truth, they’d been told it happened to a friend of a friend, and even THAT friend of a friend had undergone the same process.

So, regardless of whether that person is trustworthy in most matters or not, be aware that repeating this kind of racist trash makes you — and her — look kind of bad.

By: tigerbill

tigerbill — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 22:58:35 +0000

I knew a “Bama” and a “Rebel” (sisters) when I was in high school

By: aj grands

aj grands — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 04:09:37 +0000

shithead is not an urban legend…my dad, not my dad’s uncles cousins brother etc etc., my dad, was behind a guy named shithead on line at a bank. the conversation went like this
“whats your name”
“shithead”
“how do u spell that”
“S-H-I-T-H-E-A-D”
my dad, to himself, paraphrased: WTF???

By: Black Barbie

Black Barbie — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 08:09:03 +0000

I have to weigh in. Male and female were students at my school. (The parent thought the hospital had named them for her; really she was reading the card on their bassinettes that identified them as a boy and girl…yes, the staff had a good laugh about that one.) My good friend’s husband is a dentist and Shithead (pronounced Sha-theed) is a patient in his practice. And lastly, Nosmokin (pronounced Nas-mo-kin) was a baby born in my congregation. When I first heard the name, I thought it was a Muslim/Islamic/Arabic name or perhaps a combination of two such names. Imagine my surprise when the father explained that he’d been looking at the No Smoking sign in the hospital and decided to drop the “g” and give the baby a name. So unfortunately, these names are not urban legends. I wish they were…don’t you think Shithead has gotten tired of the snickers and the explanations surrounding his name?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 22:42:34 +0000

i think calling your kid wyatt is child abuse. a wyatt would have no future other than remaining locked up in his parents cellar, until he is 18 and adopts the social status of sewer mutant

By: Texican

Texican — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 02:08:38 +0000

Casual Observer, Though we’d like to think this stuff is made-up, it’s NOT. Sadly, children, sometimes illiterate children, name sometimes illegitimate babes. Many have made an effort to educate these parents (yeah, I’m sorry, they’re all negro) that these names handicap the individual saddled with them. In the US we have all sorts of legislation to prevent discrimination (on the basis of race) but these names effectivly negate any effort. I have had students who’s LEGAL name have been: Shithead (pronounced Shahtheed); Nosmo King (Jones); Dequalon; Darvon; Qualude; Charmin; A-Jax; Camry; Lexus; Montego; DeVille; Fleetwood; Riviera; Cadillac;
dom Perignon; Hennessy; Courvaier; Shanaynay; Monchico; Mister; Monte Carlo; Carpathian; Marquis; Trojan; Summer’s Eve; Suave; don Ho; Shaneequa; Shenetta; Desietta; Kotex; Platex; Victoria’s Secret; Bluetooth; Jaguar; Devontae; Sharquavion; the list is endless. I do know twins called Male and Female (pronounced Malie and Femalie. I appreciate good old fashioned Christian names but parents should have the right to name thier kid shithead if that’s what they want…my kid changed his name (my name) as soon as he was old enough to make other kids comply with his wishes.

By: casual observer

casual observer — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 08:01:46 +0000

Shithead is an urban legend. It’s not true. A friend of a friend’s cousin’s former room-mate’s old boss said that his 2nd cousin’s ex-wife from his first marriage worked in a hospital and she heard from a nurse on a different floor who’s friend worked in another state and she told her about a baby being born and named Shithead…

By: SERGIO.M.B

SERGIO.M.B — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 21:28:55 +0000

BULLSHIT IS UR NAME DAMN UR LAME

By: Kaitlyn Alma Laine

Kaitlyn Alma Laine — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 02:18:03 +0000

(My pet name-peeve is when people with extremely common and average last names like Laine, Korhonen, and Mattila strive for Ã¢â‚¬Å“originalityÃ¢â‚¬Â by giving their kids exotic foreign names. I know of a little girl who was baptised Christine Eve Elisabeth Laine. Her parents were completely Finnish, she had no foreign or even Swedish-speaking relatives or ancestry that anybody knew of.

I like good old Finnish names. My motherÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s second name is Tellervo, after the ancient Finnish goddess of the forest, and I think itÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s beautiful. I would love to give that name to my possible future daughter.

Speaking of weirdly spelled American names, I once met an American girl whose name was pronounced Ã¢â‚¬Å“HillaryÃ¢â‚¬Â but spelled Ã¢â‚¬Å“HilleriÃ¢â‚¬Â. I didnÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t have the heart to tell her that Ã¢â‚¬Å“hilleriÃ¢â‚¬Â mean Ã¢â‚¬Å“ferretÃ¢â‚¬Â in Finnish.)

Um well i live in canada and i am of finnish decent. my last name Laine which ive been told is common in finland, is not a common surname here, but is a common first name , but its not pronounced the Finnish way but english “lane” My father got fed up with people misspronouncing Laine that our family pronouces it “Lane” now instead of Laine. it was not a problem in the past as he grew up in a finn colony……but there are very very weird names…..i knew a kid whose name was Winter…..perhaps appropriate in describing climate , but not a name….also my first name is soooo common it makes me sick, i wish i has a more original name.

By: Kerry

Kerry — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 13:20:09 +0000

I’m an American looking for a name for my son that will honor the Finnish heritage on my mother’s side of the family. Oddly, though Americans are apt to name their kids some pretty stupid or insipid names, there is still somewhat of a stigma against very foreign-sounding names. Especially for boys–I think people are more accepting of exotic names for girls. I’d like a name that sounds masculaine and has an obvious pronounciation. Someone help me!

By: cindy

cindy — Sun, 20 May 2007 00:39:58 +0000

I know of a set of twin girls who are named Shithead and Shiteater (pronounced sha-teed and sha-teeter). They are black. According to the nurse who was present when the mother was discussing these names, she thought it was funny and was laughing while she filled out the birth certificates in the hospital. Where are Child Protective Services? This is child abuse, plain and simple. I also know of a little girl named Princess Udakidd! Ridiculous!