It's a bird, it's a plane....

[pbray]

Normally I avoid celebrity gossip, but this one I have to pass on. Nicholas Cage and his wife have named their new son "Kal-el".

Yes, the Superman reference is intentional.

Comments

[jlawrenceperry.livejournal.com]

and people worry about the Supreme Court...

[head shaking]

[fancythat2.livejournal.com]

Hmmm...giving your kid an odd or flat out bizarre name does not make for an easy childhood. I was saddled with something out of the ordinary and prone to mispronunciation and found it quite a trial. (If you are curious about my name, I'll email it to you);-)

On the flip side, I'm glad I wasn't named Julie, Lisa, Jennifer (sorry Ms. Dunne) or Michelle because there were multiples of those names in almost every class I had.

[jennifer-dunne.livejournal.com]

No offense taken. That's why I use "Jennifer" -- because there was always a "Jen" and "Jenny" in all of my classes, too. :-)

But mine's actually a traditional family name. My grandmother was "named" Jenny. (That was the Americanization of her name) And Jennifer goes much better with Dunne than Jolanka. :-)

[fancythat2.livejournal.com]

My name is a feminine version of a family name from my grandma's family.
The male version isn't odd at all.

[fancythat2.livejournal.com]

Jolanka is a neat name. Is it Polish or Slavic?

[mistri.livejournal.com]

Perhaps there's something wrong with me, but I think it's kind of cool. But then there's a cruel part of me that wants to land any future-child-of-mine with a wacky name too...

[mistress-sin.livejournal.com]

i'm not sure if that is cruel or down right awesome. i think i'll wait until Kal-el is old enough and ask him.