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"Oranjello" - Yes, I can verify. Buddy of mine went to school with "Oranjello" and his twin brother - "Lemonjello". Cant make this stuff up!!!

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Abcde's mom may be nuts, but that gate agent is another level of disturbed, making fun of a 5yo and posting it on facebook.....
Ummm, no.. She was NOT making fun of the child.. But yes, obviously shouldn't have posted it.
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Frank Zappa still wins the price for kids names...Moon Unit, Dweezil, and Diva Thin Muffin.
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Mom needs to never have another child.

Poor kid dragging the baggage of her idiot mother for her entire life.

Justifiable homicide.
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One of my buddies used to have a dog named Artie. Or that is what I thought it was until I saw the dogs tags. It was RD. It stood for Replacement Dog. Short, simple and funny. But it was dog.

I was lucky growing up with the simple name of Glen. No one ever came up with a twisted version of that for a nick name or insult. It does not rhyme with much, and has no other names tied to it like many names.
A buddy of mine had a black lab named Oprah.
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Huh???? A phone book that lists people by the first name?????
Aarons Anchors.
Located just down the street.

(nice try tho you underestimate my powers of rationalization. muhahaha)
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You would think he would go by Richard but no...

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You know in Australia...EVERYONE is known by their nickname.

My friend, Jimmy Lane, who was there in the 80's with the pro surf tour, was dubbed "Lois".

The head judge from Australia - Terry Day - was "T'day". His brother, pro surfer Greg Day was "G'day".

And Al Hunt...because he is big...was just called "Fatty Al"....

The people who live there have the best sense of humour than anywhere in the world, hands down.
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Would Abcde be known as "Alphabet"?
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"Oranjello" - Yes, I can verify. Buddy of mine went to school with "Oranjello" and his twin brother - "Lemonjello". Cant make this stuff up!!!
Danville, Virginia? They were in my ex wife's yearbook.
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You know in Australia...EVERYONE is known by their nickname.
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First - this may be the first forum I've seen that didn't reference the Key and Peele skit.

Second, while I appreciate her defending her daughter, the first person that was mean to the kid was the person who named her ABCDE and then didn't give the kid the nickname Abby. (When her little sister LMNOP comes along, just call her Ella.) I don't get people that chain a 50lb weight to their kids and then complain that gravity is the problem.
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A buddy of mine had a black lab named Oprah.
In memory of Richard Pryor...I'm gonna use "N***** Please" for my next Lab....

LMNOP > Ellamenopi > Ella works....that's been my favorite "run" for years
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At Starbucks, I like to give the name Aswipe when I order a drink and watch them squirm with the spelling. Then it’s fun to watch the barrista squirm with the pronounciation. Usually, they don’t call out a name when it’s for Aswipe...
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Watching "The Price is Right" when I was a kid, one of the contestants' names was "Aquanetta". Bob Barker had a laugh and the lady didn't seem to mind.
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Southwest employee is a grade A beotch for making a public scene in person and on social media. Not the kid's fault that mommy gave her an unusual name. Probably should be fired and should consider a career that doesn't involve face to face interaction with the public in a retail type environment.

I sure as hell wouldn't name a kid Abcde, but unless you all want to legislate what names are acceptable which quite a few countries do, it not anyone's business other than the parents.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naming_law

I might be in favor of such legislation. Its at least 1 step in the direction of requiring a certain level of responsibility in those who wish to bring a child into the world.
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Certain things make a buzz.

That buzz vibrates to those around.

If the original buzz is big enough it keeps spreading.

It is like getting mad that a deck chair in the sun is hot.

When people encounter things out of the ordinary it is memorable.

Memorable gets shared to those around.

It is just simple social physics that an unusual name will generate social vibrations and echos.
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Is the Southwest employee the deck chair that was hot in the sun? The small child with a "buzzworthy" name is the hot sun? And we can't hold this adult accountable for their behavior when confronted with this small child who happened to have an unusual name? They just couldn't keep their mouth shut...like a deck chair can't help getting hot in the sun?

Not sure if that's what you mean by this Haiku.

Agree that an unusual name inevitably creates a reaction, but the employee's reaction was laughing and pointing. That's plain old bad manners, like pointing and staring at someone who is severely deformed. Using the deck chair/sun analogy, we shouldn't be mad at someone who laughs and points at a severely deformed person.
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EIEIO .....farmer's kid
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