Kimya Dawson ([info]kimya_dawson_) wrote,
@ 2006-09-17 23:15:00
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in case you were wondering
http://users.livejournal.com/kimya_dawson_/245570.html?thread=4120898#t4120898

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[info]dizrythmia
2006-09-18 06:33 am UTC (link)
The person most certainly does make the name. And I believe Panda will do so with grace. She's so beautiful and has such a lovely name, I personally think she will be a cool enough kid to love that her name is so unique and special and interesting. Good choice.

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[info]dizrythmia
2006-09-18 08:30 am UTC (link)
Ps - my name is Chandler and it's never been a problem for me. It's more likely that people will recognize Panda for her name and distinguish her from all the other boring children. Thank god she isn't an Ashley or a Heather.

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[info]hobbledehoy
2006-09-18 06:36 am UTC (link)
i'm so happy.

i saw this in a parking lot at some point and had to take a picture of it for you.



saul williams (whose daughter is named saturn) has the lines
Let your children name themselves and claim themselves as the new day for today we are determined to be the channelers of these changing frequencies into songs, paintings, writings, dance, drama, photography, carpentry, crafts, love, and love.


and it's wonderful. as, i'm sure, is saturn, and as panda, and hava, and hundreds and hundreds of kids and adults with "weird" names who are perfectly happy, thanks.

-puck

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[info]waxpumpkin
2006-09-18 06:59 am UTC (link)
That's pretty messed up that someone would go and comment about the name of your child, and do it behind a mask. It's not like you named *their* child Panda. Though either way, I really liked your reply. I duobt I would have handled such a comment with that amount of tact.

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[info]charlotte21
2006-09-18 07:20 am UTC (link)
That was a beautiful response you gave. You are absolutely right: a name does not make the person, it's the person who makes the name. I myself have a rare name (Flora). Some people love it and some hate it, but I don't care. I'm head-over-heels in love with my own name and that's all that matters. Panda is awesome and there's nothing on earth that can hurt her, most certainly not her adorable name.

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[info]danox
2006-09-18 08:58 am UTC (link)
i like your answer

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[info]lineallowsfor
2006-09-18 11:25 am UTC (link)
I agree with you. What's the difference if her real name is Panda or if it was Julia and you called her Panda as a nick-name? She can still use her middle name for professional or school reason, which is what many people do anyway. I think Panda is beautiful and sweet.

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[info]kimya_dawson_
2006-09-18 03:06 pm UTC (link)
i have had people say that we should've had that be her nickname and we could just CALL her that. that makes no sense to me.

anyone who knows me knows how i feel about the middle man.

i am a cut to the chase kinda lady.

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[info]smellyrag
2006-09-18 01:21 pm UTC (link)
the whole name issue aside (although i do think panda is an adorable name), why is it necessary for random people to criticize people they don't know? that's the one thing i hate about the internet. it enables so many assholes all over the place to take out their shit on nice, loving, friendly people. i truly hope you don't let crap like that get you down, because like you said your daughter is beautiful and perfect and you love her and thats REALLY all that matters.

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[info]kimya_dawson_
2006-09-18 03:05 pm UTC (link)
it's okay. i'm pretty tough. i've got good friends.

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[info]zombie_funk
2006-09-18 02:24 pm UTC (link)
my daughter's name is Raven Amorette Burns-Gibson. She's six years old and she loves it, the whole damn thing.

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[info]kimya_dawson_
2006-09-18 02:59 pm UTC (link)
yeah, see. there are so many names that could be associated with something else, but who says "hmm, everyone is going to think of a bird when they hear raven".

it's just lovely. that's it.

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[info]squirtlle
2006-09-18 02:26 pm UTC (link)
your response was beautiful
it made me cry into my sleeve

i wish my name was panda, especially if i had a mama like you

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[info]spacecommee
2006-09-18 02:35 pm UTC (link)
My son's name is Dagon and my daughter's name is Holland. They are 9 and 2. We have yet to see them suffer or be mistreated because of thier names. My son get's upset when I introduce him by his nickname, Dag, becuase he wants people to know him by his full name (first and last.) And my daughter has a different last name than her brother. They are happy, loved and healthy.
A rose by any other name would smell just as sweet.
-Romeo
See!
-Arolia
P.S. Try googling MY name and see what comes up. It's birth given, i swear it! :)

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[info]on_a_hill
2006-09-18 02:44 pm UTC (link)
that's funny to me. :)

people are so weird sometimes. if you put an adorable kid in front of them and say "This is my child, Bumbik Rooplestein Jones" they wouldn't have a problem with it. It's a PERSON, not a name. How silly.

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i dont comment often....
[info]eggplant_lovah
2006-09-18 03:21 pm UTC (link)
i love the name Panda. my middle name is Eden and I always wished it was my first name. ha

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[info]beachgrass
2006-09-18 03:27 pm UTC (link)
I'm going to name my kids:
Polar
Grizzly
Black
Kodiak

get it?

like... Polar Baribeau.
Bear-ibeau, right?
pretty awesome I know.

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(no subject) - [info]kimya_dawson_, 2006-09-18 03:33 pm UTC
November rain... - [info]beachgrass, 2006-09-18 10:52 pm UTC
Re: November rain... - [info]kimya_dawson_, 2006-09-19 02:04 am UTC
Re: November rain... - [info]beachgrass, 2006-09-19 04:57 am UTC
Re: November rain... - [info]kimya_dawson_, 2006-09-19 05:13 pm UTC
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[info]lexanlet
2006-09-18 03:51 pm UTC (link)
My name is Kalila Nyla Alexandra Dalton. I'm half-white and half-Berber (folks who are a mixture of African and Arab). I was adopted by white people in the Midwest who wanted to give me "a name that would remind me of my heritage". Trouble is, Kalila isn't usually a name; it's a term of endearment for a female friend. Khalil, the male version, IS a name. And I grew up mispronouncing my own name.

I've definitely wished for a "normal" name at points, but I never get confused with anyone else. I think your daughter's name is beautiful, and if she gets sick of it, she can always change it. Hopefully she won't want to change it to Tiffany, like I wanted to when I was a little girl. Ew.

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[info]walkingsuicide
2006-09-18 04:04 pm UTC (link)
you know my name and you know how much i love it
it honestly only bothers me when people try to shorten it for claims that A, heavenly is to long or B, that its offensive ( yes ive been told be devout idiots my names offensive) to call me by my middle name because autumn seems more "common"
i'm far from common
having a name people have issues with kind of gives you a strength
a weird giggly "i rule" strength

between the ages of 3 and 6 i addeed the words little moon star
heavenly autumn little moon star hunt
and i believe all names should be adjuctive so when i breed, we're in for some interesting names

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[info]catgoturtongue
2006-09-18 06:58 pm UTC (link)
Kimya-

I wanted to thank you for sharing that. In high school I always went by the name Kay and recently I decided to return to my birthname, Karina. I ditched Karina in high school because, well, I wanted to be someone else. I wanted to be different, I wanted to reinvent myself; and I did. I loved who I became under the name "Kay". So as I switched back to Karina I began to worry that I was going loose all of the wonderful "Kay" spunk and life I had growing up. Somehow I felt that I had to change again when I went back to Karina. But reading those comments made me remember that a name doesn't mean anything. It was my own personality that made the name Kay seem so lively to me. It was the confidence I carried that made my friends invent such words as "Kaytabulous". And now I am sure the same can apply for Karina (Karinatabulous?). I don't know if any of this made sense to you, but thank you again. Those comments really opened my eyes and gave me the renewed confidence I really needed.

Best,
KARINA the proud

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[info]sunfireshine
2006-09-18 08:03 pm UTC (link)
that is so bizzare. i never knew there were good or bad names within the realm of possibilities....

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[info]shiny_objects
2006-09-19 02:46 am UTC (link)
Years ago, I met a lady named Panda (she trained me at a job I had) and I immediately thought it was the coolest name ever. She was really friendly and outgoing, and I remember thinking how much her name suited her.

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[info]_dearjohn
2006-09-19 03:25 am UTC (link)
In responding to your reply, my Aunt and Uncle did the same so that their child's name could be easily refferred to from both sides (Japanese and American).

In response to who ever posted that comment, seriously, Panda is the perfect name, ever.

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[info]ohgeeitsme
2006-09-19 10:13 pm UTC (link)
Being someone who has an "ordinary" name (Danielle Nicole Edmondson). I would love to have a name that has a lot of character. But you said it yourself.. the name doesn't make the person, the person makes the name. That's incredibly true and why I don't mind mine. I always said I was going to name my child something different but wonderful, but the other day I had this kind of reconnection with my family and decided that I liked Lou-Anna Ryder (Ryder was my great grandmother's maiden name, my grandma's name is Anna Louis). It's not the kind of name I would have ever considered before, very country, and I might change it a little in the future.. but I think it's beautiful and even more so when it comes from two amazing women. I've just come to a point in my life where I've realized how important my family is. Although I can't guarantee anything until I'm holding my child in my arms.. that's when I'll know (as cheesy as that sounds).

And Panda is a beautiful name. I love it. I'm sure she will too.

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[info]duckrabbit
2008-01-04 07:59 pm UTC (link)
Have you read Robert Frost's poem "Maple"? He has strong feelings about this subject!! (here's a website that hosts the poem)

My name is Ronni (I pronounce it ROW-nee in English), but people usually pronounce it "RAH-nee" on the first try and spell it "Ronnie." I think of myself as רוני (the Hebrew pronunciation) and it makes me lonely to remember that none of my friends can call me by the name I identify with.

My little sister decided she didn't like her weird name and went by Sam when she was in middle school. I hated that -- it was like she was trying to join up with the strangers. Anyway, she switched back, and then she wrote her college admissions essay about the whole name-changing experiment and then she got into the college she wanted, so.

The point is, having names that interact weirdly with languages is a familiar problem! Your family's way of handling it is different from my family's, but I respect that. Still, people who say that names don't matter at all are wrong. I would have been really different if my name had been Sarah or something else ordinary that works in both languages. My brother's name is Adam, and I think one of many many reasons we're so different is that he doesn't wear his foreign-ness on his sleeve like I do. (None of us have accents in English, so.) I think I would also have been really different if my name had been Panda or something unconventional-in-that-sort-of-way. Because of my name, most people assume I'm a guy before they meet me, and everyone finds out right away that my parents aren't from the US, and they often find out really soon after that that I'm bilingual.

Because of her name, Panda will have a story to tell people when they meet her. She'll have to explain to people that it's her real name, not a nickname. She'll get really good at telling whether people are saying "that's an interesting name" or "that's a beautiful name" as a way to make conversation or because they really mean it. Which means she'll get to know a lot about people right off the bat. That's a pretty cool thing right there.

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