Ghetto Ass Names

What makes an actual word an word? Isn't the basis of creating an word is putting together syllables that sound pleasing to the ear.

I met an white gentleman joining the Army about 2 months ago with the name of Morgan Captain Coke Rum. Dead serious, I thought it was an joke at first before his recruiter confirmed it by saying "Doesn't he have the most bad ass name you've ever heard?"

 

I disagree, it's ghetto when stars/whites/etc do it too.

 

Negroes always fall back on the old "white people do it too" defense

If both your parents are rich, famous white celebs, chances are you won't be putting your resume on monster.com and be praying for a callback

I'm sure Gwyneth Paltrow's kid Apple won't have any trouble finding work when the time comes, unlike your average hoodrat with a fucked-up name

 

Sharkeisha

 

Every name I can think of is a combination of syllables that have their respective roots in words from the language of the people that make the sounds. I'll be the first to admit that I have not consulted a linguist on this point, however.

You have a point in that among primordial mankind the first sounds that were uttered were in some sense arbitrary because they were the first sounds used to signify objects. However, subsequent developments were built on actual meanings, and not arbitrary. I don't care if someone names their child 'Bubblegum', 'Licorice', 'Gibberish' or whatever. I just prefer words that actually mean something. That's what makes a language a language - the cumulative meaning and value attributed to a collection of sounds uttered by a cultural/linguistic group. If people want self-validation, I would much rather have names from actual African cultural groups. They at least are part of a continuum and have a meaning.

Great example, 1449225!

Pilot = person who guides a vehicle; Inspector = one who inspects/looks over

Dam = structure to block water flow; niesha = ????

 

Pilot Inspector has actually been spelt Pilot Inspektor so no it's not a proper word, so qualifies as ghetto.

Actually I dislike this name because it has no thinking around it, it's just plain stupid, like picking your kids name from an Ikea instruction manual.

 

Agreed

 

Lmao wtf

 

Negroes in the 21st century always refer to other negroes as 'negroes' when speaking condescendingly to one another.

How a person chooses to name their child is a personal thing. Some may be swayed by conformism, some may be more cultural. The whole 'ghetto name' thing is just as stupid as telling a black person they have a 'white name'. I don't understand why a persons name is so important that we must fit it into a genre.

 

Names are very important imo and should be chosen with care, on paper before you meet a person, a name is usually the first thing you will see about them.

No matter how we want things to be different and for people not to make judgement's based on such a minor thing, certain names generate an image in someones mind.

I handled many CVs when I was manager for a Plant and Tool hire company, so a name like John Baker conjured up images of a Pasty faced man from Gravesend.

It's not right, it's not fair but unfortunately it's how things are right now.

But as these made up or unusual names become more popular with the general population I'm sure that mindset will change.

 

Andddd another one. :smt043

One day in the future we won't be judged by our names, cars and pigs will also fly. Keep hope alive

 

Andddd another what? You don't know shit about me, Richard Bare.

 

I've handled resumes too, and I can honestly say, the name has been the least important thing on the resume. Things like, inconsistent punctuation, blatantly misleading information, bigdickdaddy@yahoo.com as a contact email address have much more bearing, IMO.

I, unfortunately, have an extremely conformed name. I have a British surname (thx slavery) and my first name is of Hebrew descent. I think it would have been quite nice if my parents had opened a book of African origin names as opposed to worrying about finding a name that would not disqualify me from a corporate job.

 

No I never discounted someone because of a name, it wasn't the kind of job where we give a shit to tell the truth.

Maybe it's just me, but I always had a preconceived idea of who was coming in for interview.
I had a Kenny and a Tom in once and I can honestly say the Kenny was everything I envisioned.
Surnames also were a tell, I had an Abu Sada in once and I expected her to be golden and beautiful and she was.

 

I'm of German heritage so I have a German maiden name (and my married name is German as well), but I have an Irish first name. No thought given to my German heritage (not that that bothers me). My mom just liked a name she saw. Same with my sister. *shrugs*

 

He knows what you're talking about I don't know why he's playing dumb. People are so damn petty and love to be around what they consider normal. No one wants to take a meeting with someone whose name you are constantly having to think about how to pronounce.
Bottom line it will hinder more than help

 

You and me both, brother. You and me both. :smt031

 

Any of those would potentially deter me from giving an applicant an in-person interview (it's amazing to me how many resumes I run across with blatant grammatical errors, or an email address that's completely inappropriate).

A name however, will not. My name is unusual (albeit not as unusual as some of the names listed here) but if anything, it's proven to be more of a conversation starter than a deterrent

 

One because its not that unusual and two lets be fair you're a cute white girl. The rules of the game are completely different for you
Daquan Jackson is gonna have a much harder time than Fiona Miller