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Topic: Hillary: The Most Poisoned
Baby Name in U.S. History |
Hillary: The Most Poisoned
Baby Name in U.S. History
New York Magazine, by Hilary Parker
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Original Article
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Posted By:MissMolly, 1/31/2013 6:20:32 AM
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| I’ve always had a special fondness for my name, which — according to Ryan Gosling in Lars and the Real Girl — is the case for most people. Plus, the root word for Hilary is the Latin word “hilarius” meaning cheerful and merry, which is the same root word for “hilarious” and “exhilarating.” It’s a great name. Several years ago I came across this blog post, which provides a cursory analysis for why Hillary is the most poisoned name of all time. The author is careful not to comment on the details
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Comments:
Fluff to go with your breakfast.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
Spidey, 1/31/2013 6:24:30 AM (No. 9149845)
the Clintons poisoned this name,even though it´s grating to begin with. There´s nothing hilarious or cheerful about Hillary unless you´re getting drunk with her.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Patchy Groundfog, 1/31/2013 6:37:14 AM (No. 9149856)
They´re so abhorrent they´ve actually managed to create a spillover effect i.e. multiple names have been ruined. Will anyone bother with Chelsea, Monica or Janet?
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Kitty Myers, 1/31/2013 6:43:04 AM (No. 9149864)
Whether it´s Hillary or Hilary, what the L.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Periwinkel, 1/31/2013 6:56:20 AM (No. 9149878)
What a waste of ink and time. It´s just too early!
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Jloophole, 1/31/2013 7:17:45 AM (No. 9149894)
"Fluff". That´s funny. Fluff like an anchor, OP. =). But it was interesting in a weird way. Statistics fascinate me; and baby names reflect the culture and time.
What I think is most telling is that if there is at least 50% of the population who admire Ms Hillary C, why aren´t (or didn´t) they name their daughters after her?
My conclusion: There are probably a lot of little aborted Hillary´s out there.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Garage Logician, 1/31/2013 7:53:39 AM (No. 9149975)
No worse than naming your kid Adolph.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Attercliffe, 1/31/2013 7:56:19 AM (No. 9149985)
I´m very close to someone named Hilary (born several years before Clinton). When she´s introduced or introducing herself, she waits a second for the grin to start on someone´s face and the mouth to begin opening and then says, with great forcefulness, With ONE L. It makes a difference.
True to her roots, she´s very funny and showed a wicked sense of humor long before Clinton came upon the scene. She once considered changing her name but was afraid someone worse would come along with whatever new name she chose. I mean, what would my friend have done if she had chosen Michelle?
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
offrope, 1/31/2013 7:59:15 AM (No. 9149995)
I thought Adolph was the most poisoned name ever. At one time it was a common name, at least in Germany.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
StormCnter, 1/31/2013 8:03:00 AM (No. 9150004)
#8: (grin)
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
StormCnter, 1/31/2013 8:03:22 AM (No. 9150005)
Sorry, meant #7
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
stablemoney, 1/31/2013 8:12:02 AM (No. 9150028)
The name calls up images of a screaming mental patient.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Quigley, 1/31/2013 8:49:08 AM (No. 9150111)
When I hear the name I instinctively want to duck to avoid a flying ashtray. And then I expect a goofy hillbilly guy to say "yes dear".
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
Sabrajet, 1/31/2013 8:53:28 AM (No. 9150122)
When naming your child first look at the Soap Opera Digest and avoid any name there-tons of Victoria´s, Ashley´s, Tara´s, Tiffany´s,Crystals, Ryan´s, Adam´s, Sean´s, came out of the Soaps!
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
Sanspeur, 1/31/2013 9:25:03 AM (No. 9150194)
Piaps´ parents could have called her .. Whatever..they just didn´t call her late to the trough... A rose is a rose.. She ain´t...
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
farmwife, 1/31/2013 9:36:07 AM (No. 9150225)
I can´t believe we have people with so little to do they have time for such nonsense! After all, at this point, what difference does it make?!
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
Axeman, 1/31/2013 10:45:16 AM (No. 9150393)
#6, Dolf Lundgren named himself that.
Adolph did not have such a precipitous decline.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
Skyliner, 1/31/2013 2:40:22 PM (No. 9150892)
Wull….
Here´s what ya do, pilgrims: Give ´em several names to choose from when they get older. They are free after all.
(Note: I did NOT say FOR free.)
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