Yourhighness ... no, seriously, that's the kids name

Ms Flash,

My daughter has a teacher named Mr Butts. I'll have to ask her about the first name.

My classmate in Grade 5 was Harry Cox.

My two friends in high school, classmates, were George Chris and Chris George.

I was always pulling for a Russian kid named Alexander Polushin to make it (he'd be a biohazard in the corners).

Hockey being hockey, no one could talk about Corey Pecker without cracking up.

YHS, etc

 

Former Syracuse forward Keith Duany had a sister named Duany Duany.

 

White parents are national champions of giving their children the same names as other white parents -- but making up all manner of cockeyed spellings so as to be "unique." Also gives them an excuse to bitch at newspaper when writer doesn't just instinctively know that it's "Jaysone" and not Jason or "Kymburleigh" and not Kimberly.

On another note, I can remember growing up that some poked fun at black children being given names of often-obsure Old Testament figures -- only to have white parents years later find their inspiration in children's names not from the Bible or great literature, but from television shows, especially soaps.

 

It's true. My mom wanted to name me Jesus' Moonbeam, but my dad thought it was ridiculous.

 

Early 1980s, athlete in western Kansas, last name of Trail. First name — Dusty.

 

I was playing a PS2 baseball game with a friend in college without a thorough knowledge of the Indians roster.

Coco Crisp comes to the plate and I go "What the hell? They didn't know the guys name so they just made up 'Coco Crisp'?? Lame!"

Then Milton Bradly came up next and I almost tried to return the damn game.

 

Western Kansas parents = easily the stupidest in the world when it comes to "clever" or "original" names. I don't know how many ridiculous misspellings and spinoffs of the name Haley exist, but I'm sure I've seen them all.

 

Last season, within our coverage area, there was a Princess.

On another team across the county, there was a Jewelry.

Same team as Jewelry, there was a Quanedra. (Of course, she just went by Peanut, which made me smile.)

But my favorite area name does not belong to a player. Nope, chalk it up to a jovial, somewhat overweight white athletics director in his early 40s. Jimmy Hendricks.

 

Holly Wood

 

Former Northeastern Oklahoma A&M and Missouri Southern QB/S Kokaine Mothershed.

 

Have written about a cross country runner with the last name of Overfield and another who was named Crystal Beveridge.

 

So that's where that comes from. I had no idea.

And may I add Shadrack Kiptoo, a cross country runner at Oregon. One of the few names that ever reminded me of a Beastie Boys song lyric.