Couple names son Yahoo after meeting online

dr. what · Post by **dr. what** » 2005-01-14 03:18pm

BUCHAREST (Reuters) -- A Romanian couple named their son Yahoo as a sign of gratitude for meeting over the Internet, a Bucharest newspaper said Thursday.

Daily Libertatea said Cornelia and Nonu Dragoman, both from Transylvania, met and decided they were meant for each other following a three-month relationship over the net.

They married and had a baby this Christmas, whom they decided to name after one of the worldwide web's most popular portals. "We named him Lucian Yahoo after my father and the net, the main beacon of my life," Cornelia Dragoman was quoted as saying.

http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europ ... index.html

Tribun · Post by **Tribun** » 2005-01-14 03:22pm

Some parents are really dumb.
To give someone such an name.....

Mayabird · Post by **Mayabird** » 2005-01-14 03:31pm

And Gulliver realized that he really was a yahoo...

xcr · Post by **xcr** » 2005-01-14 03:52pm

At least they gae him a propper name as well

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2005-01-14 04:07pm

I'd rather be named "Sherlock".

Chmee · Post by **Chmee** » 2005-01-14 04:10pm

It seems safe to say that there's more than one Yahoo in that family.

Post by **RogueIce** » 2005-01-14 04:14pm

So when can we expect a little baby Stardestroyer running around, hmmmm?

SyntaxVorlon · Post by **SyntaxVorlon** » 2005-01-14 04:26pm

Nitram and Tevar, with little baby SDNet

Slartibartfast · Post by **Slartibartfast** » 2005-01-14 04:42pm

Well there was this dude here who named her daughter Neurona H2O.

But I don't know what the justification for this was. And he was fuckin' crazy.

salm · Post by **salm** » 2005-01-14 04:45pm

meh, better than "goldenshower".

mauldooku · Post by **mauldooku** » 2005-01-14 04:47pm

salm wrote:meh, better than "goldenshower".

I'm not even going to ask...

dr. what · Post by **dr. what** » 2005-01-14 04:51pm

When I was living in Toronto I met a guy who named his son Kal-el.....

Chmee · Post by **Chmee** » 2005-01-14 04:51pm

For some reason the thread is reminding me of Pulp Fiction:

Esmeralda: "Butch. What does it mean?"

Butch: "I'm an American ... our names don't mean shit."

Sir Sirius · Post by **Sir Sirius** » 2005-01-14 04:57pm

Maybe he'll grow-up to be like Australias gift to the world:

Yahoo Serious

Mayabird · Post by **Mayabird** » 2005-01-14 05:14pm

Slartibartfast wrote:Well there was this dude here who named her daughter Neurona H2O.

That problem may have started when this dude turned out to be female.

Nieztchean Uber-Amoeba · Post by **Nieztchean Uber-Amoeba** » 2005-01-14 05:40pm

I'm gonna name my kid Mozilla!

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2005-01-14 05:44pm

Nieztchean Uber-Amoeba wrote:I'm gonna name my kid Mozilla!

Sure you wouldn't prefer the beautiful name (to quote one moronic women) Placenta?

Nieztchean Uber-Amoeba · Post by **Nieztchean Uber-Amoeba** » 2005-01-14 05:45pm

Sea Skimmer wrote:
Nieztchean Uber-Amoeba wrote:I'm gonna name my kid Mozilla!
Sure you wouldn't prefer the beautiful name (to quote one moronic women) Placenta?

Fine. Mozilla Clitoris Firefox Testicles Robertson.

It just rolls right off your tongue, don't it?

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2005-01-14 05:59pm

Nieztchean Uber-Amoeba wrote:
Fine. Mozilla Clitoris Firefox Testicles Robertson.

It just rolls right off your tongue, don't it?

Yeah, and sort of like how rectangular boulders roll down steep mountainsides

Slartibartfast · Post by **Slartibartfast** » 2005-01-14 06:02pm

Mayabird wrote:
Slartibartfast wrote:Well there was this dude here who named her daughter Neurona H2O.
That problem may have started when this dude turned out to be female.

Ugh, typo. HIS daughter.

Darth Raptor · Post by **Darth Raptor** » 2005-01-14 06:03pm

Kids should be given a number or a state-issued random name until they come of age. Then they can pick whatever they want.

Mitth`raw`nuruodo · Post by **Mitth`raw`nuruodo** » 2005-01-14 06:13pm

Darth Raptor wrote:Kids should be given a number or a state-issued random name until they come of age. Then they can pick whatever they want.

I'd rather not be identified by a number, thank you. I like my identity.

And we can change it anyway. Legally at the age of 18, and easily enough among friends before then.

In 8th grade, I got a teacher to call me Jesus (Jee-zuhs. not hey-zeus) for a semester because I convinced her that was really my name.

Mayabird · Post by **Mayabird** » 2005-01-14 06:56pm

Come to think of it now, stuff like this makes the French way of allowing parents to name their children only names that are complied in an official list less silly.

Rye · Post by **Rye** » 2005-01-14 07:05pm

Mitth`raw`nuruodo wrote: I'd rather not be identified by a number, thank you. I like my identity.

Arguably, a number would be unique to you, whereas there's undoubtedly several people within walking distance of you with the same name they get called.

In 8th grade, I got a teacher to call me Jesus (Jee-zuhs. not hey-zeus) for a semester because I convinced her that was really my name.

Haha, you just reminded me of this time my mate Ivan was convincing people he was called Peter. There wasn't any particular reason for it, but it was well funny. There was also one time a dinner lady came over to him and said "Hiya Ivan, what're you up to?" and he said, quite calmly and convincingly: "Having a wank." I just about laughed my eyes out.

I bet this kid has a well sucky chat service.

Nieztchean Uber-Amoeba · Post by **Nieztchean Uber-Amoeba** » 2005-01-14 07:20pm

Sea Skimmer wrote:
Nieztchean Uber-Amoeba wrote:
Fine. Mozilla Clitoris Firefox Testicles Robertson.

It just rolls right off your tongue, don't it?
Yeah, and sort of like how rectangular boulders roll down steep mountainsides

Insult my boy again and I'll knock your teeth out!