greencoder
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Just curious, because my surname is close to Ismail (a muslim name) and I live in Europe.
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Does a person's name or/and surname affect how you feel about them?
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quickwhips
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I don't care what's someone name is as long as they tell me how to pronounce it and aren't a fuck up. If they are a fuck up leave me alone.
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Patrick S.
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There's actually a phenomenon called "Kevinism" here in Germany. It's basically the observation that people from very lower class households, who typically live on social welfare, tend to name their children with foreign, non-German names. Very common names in these househods are for example: Kevin, Justin, Dustin, Jason, Chantal, Cindy. If your name is Kevin, typically you'll be bullied in school, and later in life have it tougher to find an education or job.
As an anecdote, in my job, I often go to homes where the German Caritas houses children who have been taken away from problematic families, and I often witness those kids being assholes to each other and their tutors, and 99% of the time when I hear their names becuase they're shouting at each other or being hearded in by a tutor, they're names from the examples I mentioned above, or other English/Exotic sounding names.
As an anecdote, in my job, I often go to homes where the German Caritas houses children who have been taken away from problematic families, and I often witness those kids being assholes to each other and their tutors, and 99% of the time when I hear their names becuase they're shouting at each other or being hearded in by a tutor, they're names from the examples I mentioned above, or other English/Exotic sounding names.
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Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
Anyone with an animal related username is A-okay in my book.
dr_octagon
Banned
Gary Gibbon is not a monkey journalist
Reality Czar
Banned
Not really. I've run into people with my name. One time he was really conscious about it, and was always joking about us both having the same name. I was like, uh, yeah, wow.
A killer name is a killer name. Dick Wolf. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. But someone can have a cool name and just be another rando. It doesn't make a difference.
Sometimes extremely good things have dumb names. Like The Beatles. If you are good enough, the name will not matter.
A killer name is a killer name. Dick Wolf. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. But someone can have a cool name and just be another rando. It doesn't make a difference.
Sometimes extremely good things have dumb names. Like The Beatles. If you are good enough, the name will not matter.
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Mistake
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It’s very interesting how names work in different cultures, especially ones that don’t originate from there. I usually found that names say more about the parents than it does about the person with it
EverydayBeast
thinks Halo Infinite is a new graphical benchmark
Names do a great job of giving someone an identity all wrestlers get a new name more times than not.
DESTROYA
Member
Didn’t help in your case , maybe you should change your user name to EverydayBot.
ArtemisClydeFrog
Banned
Barack HUSSEIN Obama, we all know how many folks that triggered.
For the most part, obviously the name doesn't matter. If you're a Tess or Skyler you can go fuck yourself though.
For the most part, obviously the name doesn't matter. If you're a Tess or Skyler you can go fuck yourself though.
Alright
Banned
I've got a pikey surname and no matter how or when I try, Pontins is always fully booked.
Seriously though, everyone thinks the Irish are pissed up aggressive, punchy idiots. We are, but it holds you back when it comes to jobs. I have to apply using my middle name to even have half a sniff.
OT: "What is in a name? A rose by any other name would smell as sweet"
Shakespeare got that one wrong. Names do affect us. If some guy called Fred once bought you and your mates a round of drinks out of the blue, any future Fred's you meet will be met with a natural positive and warm attitude. Or, if you were mugged by a fella called Gary, you would be weary when meeting any future Garys
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InterMusketeer
Member
Yes. Certain names just invoke a feeling of a certain kind of person. You can only meet so many assholes who happen to be named Wesley before you start noticing a pattern. Names can also tell you something about the kind of household people grew up in. It's getting easy to identify hipsters for example, when you see babies get named "flower" or other such nonsense.
Husky
THE Prey 2 fanatic
I don't think so. I hope not. Maybe if someone introduces themself as Lucifer Morningstar I'll find them a bit too cringe.
fuck yes...
NecrosaroIII
Ask me about my terrible takes on Star Trek characters
I've never met a Scott or a Stephanie that wasn't a little bitch.
I've never met a Vanessa or Veronica I didn't want to fuck.
I've never met a Vanessa or Veronica I didn't want to fuck.
SebastianShaw
Member
Thats pretty cool as a social phenomenom, much less to the kids. Where im from kids with foreign name usually are seen as high society
synchronicity
Member
Names, like all language/mental labels, carry connotations that can vary from person to person, culture to culture. So sure, names have impact for good or bad, depending on the one(s) doing the interpreting of the symbols.
levyjl1988
Banned
I remember my yearbook was full of Singh, Zheng, Ali, Lieu, etc you would think that they were all related. The most common last names lack imagination. It's even worse when your name is Jaspreet Singh, so common of a name it causes confusion. Attendance was hell and hilarious as half the names were Jaspreet Singh. Yeah, I lived in a brown neighborhood.
German Hops
GAF's Nicest Lunch Thief
Absolutely.
but I thought Singh was a royal name.
eddie4
Genuinely Generous
You want to hear a real name? Eddie. Eddie is a real name. Whatever happened to Eddie? He was here a minute ago. Joey and Jackie and Bobby and Phil. Tommy and Danny and Bill.
What happened, Todd? And Cody, and Dylan, and Cameron, and Tucker. Hi, Tucker. I'm Todd. "Hi, Todd! I'm Tucker." Fuck Tucker; Tucker sucks.
And fuck Tucker's friend, Kyle.
Yeah. There's another soft name for a boy. Kyle. Soft names make soft people. I'll bet you anything that ten times out of ten, Nicky, Vinny and Tony will beat the shit out of Todd, Kyle, and Tucker.
- George Carlin
but no, I don't care about people's names, as long as they're not dicks.
What happened, Todd? And Cody, and Dylan, and Cameron, and Tucker. Hi, Tucker. I'm Todd. "Hi, Todd! I'm Tucker." Fuck Tucker; Tucker sucks.
And fuck Tucker's friend, Kyle.
Yeah. There's another soft name for a boy. Kyle. Soft names make soft people. I'll bet you anything that ten times out of ten, Nicky, Vinny and Tony will beat the shit out of Todd, Kyle, and Tucker.
- George Carlin
but no, I don't care about people's names, as long as they're not dicks.
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