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Because the best name to give your child is one that you can't even pronounce or spell.
I wonder if this has happened with other people before unfamiliar with the literature or history of a name? Just imagine.
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Jasmine Estrada thought nothing could make her second-guess naming her child after one of the main characters in the mega-hit HBO show Game of Thrones. Then she saw Sunday’s episode.
“Oh my god,” Estrada said. "They did bad thing!"
Estrada’s 6-year-old progeny is called "Person Who did Bad Thing"—an idea from Estrada’s mother, who mispronounced the name, leading to the misspelling. “I think it’s an amazing name,” she said.
She told The Daily Beast that other fans had warned her before she watched the latest Game of Thrones episode on Monday, but she doubted it would change her mind.
An hour later, everything had changed.
“I’m kind of in shock,” Estrada said when The Daily Beast called back. “It was kind of disappointing when that person did bad thing. That was not cool.”
The Miami native said she still stood by the “cool and powerful” name, but added: “I definitely don’t like the outcome of what the name represents. So it’s kind of bittersweet right now.”
Because the best name to give your child is one that you can't even pronounce or spell.
I wonder if this has happened with other people before unfamiliar with the literature or history of a name? Just imagine.
Estrada’s 6-year-old son is called "Hitlar"—an idea from Estrada’s mother, who mispronounced the name, leading to the misspelling. “I think it’s an amazing name,” she said. "He was a painter, and loved animals. I just thought, 'What could possibly go wrong?'"
She told The Daily Beast that friends who had not slept through history class, unlike her, had warned her when she started reading a biography on the infamous tyrant everyone else knew about, but she doubted it would change her mind.
A hundred pages later, everything changed.
“I’m kind of in shock,” Estrada said when The Daily Beast called back. “It was kind of disappointing. That was not cool.”
The Miami native said she still stood by the “cool and powerful” name, but added: “I definitely don’t like the outcome of what the name represents. So it’s kind of bittersweet right now.”
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