Baby names generated by a neural network at Stanford University
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in iceland, it’s hard to come up with a creative name for a newborn.
a government committee prevents parents
from giving babies names that it deems ‘too weird.’
the committee’s name – mannanafnanefnd.
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‘names are not always what they seem.’
-mark twain, following the equator: a journey around the world
i’ve been wondering.
were
greenland and iceland
somehow
mixed up in the naming process?
was the paperwork confusing?
did no one
catch the error until it was too late?
did someone
not have their glasses on?
was there a translation issue?
why did they not fix it ?
my theory is
that it would have been
too expensive and too much bother
to change all of the logos on the cocktail napkins
once they had already been printed.
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image credits: dailyenglish.in.th
having
named
all of
my
3 daughters
all close in age
with
names
that
all begin
with the letter
h
has caused
me to
rarely
if ever
call them
by their
proper name
at least
on
the first
or
the second
try
and
they’ve
all learned
over time
to just
answer
to
any of them
and
when they
all sign their cards
to me
love
your favorite daughter, h
i know i’ve done it right
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one thing they never tell you about child raising is that for the rest of your life, at the drop of a hat, you are expected to know your child’s name and how old he or she is.
– erma bombeck
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image credit: pinterest.com
I have my glasses on.... 