Observation: people who give all their children names that start with the same letter tend to be

[arbusto_baboso]

ego monsters. Discuss.

[StrongBad]

1. I've made that judgement before.

Don't like to stereotype, but that's been my personal experience.

[Mr. Ected]

2. Yeah, that really gets under my skin

They're all totally alliterate.

[OmahaBlueDog]

3. No, they just want to save on monogramming

Seriously, Mrs. OBD is from one of those families, as is a close friend of mine, and neither are from families fitting that mold. It was just a cute thing to do -- that's all.

[Deja Q]

4. Hmmm, that grill peddler doofus... or Bill Cosby, of whom do you reference?

:evilgrin:

I'm thinking the grill peddler -- Bill Cosby seems too intelligent to use the tactic out of vanity...

[EvolveOrConvolve]

5. Didn't George Foreman give all his 83 kids the same name?

(I assume he's the grill dude you're talking about).

[Deja Q]

10. Ah, yes- thank you much! It was George Foreman... I think he changed his name

to George Foreclosedbrain...

[zonkers]

16. I think George is a pretty smart, successful and decent guy.

[jmowreader]

22. You ever read the genealogy of the Bach family?

The Bachs of classical music fame were descended from one Johannes Hans Bach. He had two sons, Heinrich Bach and Christoph Bach.

Heinrich had four children: Johann Christoph, Johann Michael, Johann Nicolaus and Maria Barbara.

Christoph had two children: Johann Ambrosius and Johann Christoph.

Johann Ambrosius had two children: Johann Sebastian and Johann Jacob.

Of all these Johanns, only one ever produced any known children. Johann Sebastian married Maria Barbara Bach, and had two children, neither of whom was named Johann. When she died, he remarried Anna Magdalena Wilcke and went on a tear, having six children, three boys and three girls. The boys were Gottfried Heinrich, Johann Christoph Friedrich and Johann Christian. The girls were Elisabeth Juliane, Johanna Carolina and Regina Susanna. Of this generation, only two married. Johann Christoph Friedrich married Lucia Elisabeth Munchhusen and had three children, two girls and Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst; he married and had two girls. Elisabeth Juliane married a man named Johann and had one son, who they also named Johann.

I mean, come on: Johann is a perfectly fine name but this is ridiculous.

[Xipe Totec]

6. Guilty n/t

[jeff30997]

7. Hey Xipe...

how are Xylophone,Xenadrine and Xanadu these days ? :P

[Xipe Totec]

8. eXcellently, eXcellently

Thanks for Axing!

:hi:

[jeff30997]

11. Lol!

:toast:

[Ptah]

9. You say that like it's a bad thing.

[Shell Beau]

12. My husband's mom (or I guess I could say mother-in-law)

:eyes: made sure that his and his sister's name had the same amount of letters. :wtf: Their first and middle names. WEIRD!

[Xipe Totec]

15. Half my male ancestors are named Jose Antonio

Reminds me of the novel, 100 Years of Solitude, where most of the male characters are named Jose Arcadio.

I used to laugh at that.

Then I did some genealogy and realized how common that practice was....

[Haole Girl]

13. George Carlin had that as part of his routine...

wish I could quote it verbatim.

[latebloomer]

14. Guilty!!

And this is how it happened-

My husband and I both have names starting with M. We named our son an "M" name because we liked it. Then we thought our daughter would feel left out if she didn't have an "M" name, so we gave her one. Now she says she wouldn't have minded :shrug:

[Kat45]

17. I know a couple of families like that, and the letter is "J."

I know two families, both in my church, in which everyone's name begins with "J." I always found that weird, and it also makes it hard to remember their names. I think one family's son is Jamie, the other one, I forget. The other day I was trying to think of the father's name and it took me a while to remember that it's Jeff. Making matters worse is that it seems that a majority of the boys in church have names beginning with "J."

[jmm]

19. "J" names are big in my family

There's no special reason for it like with the Duggards. "J" names just happen to be popular, especially on my mom's side of the family.

[SallyMander]

18. How has this thread gone this far without....

The DUGGARS!!! :scared:

[Kali]

20. my 2 sisters and I have first names that start with the same letter -

you might be able to describe one parent as as egotistical, but not the other by a long shot.

[kaiden]

21. . . . my brother and his wife in Kansas.

And even the dogs and cats in that family all have names beginning with the same letter.

We don't talk.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

23. You mean like the Duggars? nt

[raccoon]

24. I think you're onto something. I know one person who did that, and she fits the description.

I think all tabby cats should be given a name that starts with "M", because they have an "M" on their foreheads.

I had one named "Molly." One that is hanging around the apartments now I call "Magnus."

[Vidar]

25. Only one I know that does that is my next door neighbor, one of the most selfless people I've known.

[PassingFair]

26. I have an Eleanor and an Elizabeth.

Named for queens, not because
of the "E".

Though it HAS saved time on marking
hand-me-down school supplies....

[suninvited]

27. My children are named

Michael and Melissa.

I picked my daughters name, my ex-husband picked my sons name. They just ended up with the same first letter by coincidence.

[femmocrat]

28. Nah.... all the kids in my family have names that start with the same letter.

My poor dad would call us "M-M-M-M .... what's-your-name!" LOL He didn't have an egotistical bone in his body.

I don't think it was intentional. We were given family names and it just worked out that way.

As a teacher, I usually get siblings with the same first initial mixed up, though.

[Moondog]

29. Amply alliterative?