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Topic: Computer geek names son after software
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Leo Enticknap
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From: Loma Linda, CA
Registered: Jul 2000
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posted 02-02-2004 09:33 AM
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US father names son 'Version 2.0'
A proud US father and self-confessed engineering "geek" has named his son after a computer software term. Jon Blake Cusack, from Holland, Michigan, told local newspapers the US practice of adding "Junior" or "II" after a boy's name was too common.
So, when his son was born last week, he decided on the name Jon Blake Cusack 2.0, as if he were a software upgrade. Mr Cusack admitted that it took months to persuade his wife, Jamie, to accept the idea.
'Cool'
Mrs Cusack said she asked several friends if they approved of the name. All the men, she said, felt the name was "cool". However her women friends were less impressed. "I think the women will end up liking it," she said.
Mr Cusack told the Holland Sentinel newspaper he got the idea from a film called The Legend of 1900, in which an abandoned baby is given the name 1900 to celebrate the year of its birth. "I thought that if they can do it, why can't we?" he told the paper. "Besides, I had picked out the theme of the baby's room."
After little Jon Version 2.0 was born, Mr Cusack even sent a celebratory e-mail to family and friends designed to look as though he and his wife had created new software. "I wrote... stuff like 'there's a lot of new features from Version 1.0 [Mr Cusack himself] with additional features from Jamie'," he said.
And he is already planning for his son's future. "If he has a child, he could name it 3.0," he said. "The first [1.0] would have major revisions, then we have 2.0 and 3.0."
Link to story.
Given the extent of his obsession it's a wonder found the time (or a like-minded partner with which) to have children at all!
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Gracia L. Babbidge
Jedi Master Film Handler
Posts: 709
From: Bowdoin, Maine
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 02-03-2004 02:28 PM
In regards to middle names - the 'tradition' with the Babbidge men I'm related to, has been to give the son the father's first name as a middle name. My father is Paul Howard, my grandpa is Howard Forest, my great-grandpa is Forest Hubert, and so on and so forth.
For many generations they were only sons of only sons. However, I have two brothers. Courtney Paul, and Desmond R. My mother would have liked to have given Desmond the name Roland for his middle name, which was her father's name, but he made her promise to never name a child after him (he did not like his name)! The 'L.' you see to the left is for "Leigh". I also have a sister, Delilah Emerson.
The pediatrician my parents brought all of us to see for check-ups complimented my folks on the unique nature of our names. ![[thumbsup]](graemlins/thumbsup.gif)
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Dave Williams
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Posts: 1836
From: Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Registered: Jan 2000
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posted 02-03-2004 02:51 PM
As soon as four years old I refused to be called David, and insisted that I be called Dave, because my teachers could not pronounce it correctly. You would think that in Napa California, with all those Italians running around, that someone would get how to pronounce my name! It's pronounced Da-veed, not Day-vid.
When you are four, you get testy about those things. I could care less now, there isn't anyone left alive that pronounces it Da-veed anymore anyway, so who the hell cares.
I would have loved to have a moniker like 2.0. Just imagine the jokes that could be made about that!
Thank god my parents thought long and hard enough to make sure I had a name that was difficult to make fun of.
Ciao
Dave
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Randy Stankey
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From: Erie, Pennsylvania
Registered: Jun 99
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posted 02-03-2004 03:58 PM
In my family we also have a naming convention but it's not as formal as Garcia's.
Men in my family are simply named so that their initials are "R.W.S". My father's name was Richard Wallace, My brother's name is Ryan Wayne and I am Randall Walter. I also have a half-brother named, "Richard Thomas". Since he's a half-brother he is only subject to half the rule. ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
I also have a couple of relatives whose names are their initials. I have one cousin named, Christopher Joseph Snow. He goes by "C.J. Snow". I have an uncle, "J.W. Snow".
I see no reason people couldn't simply be given letters instead of names, a la "B.J. Honeycut" from the TV show "M*A*S*H" I once gave my cat letters instead of a name. It was named (lettered) "K.C.". People always used to ask me, "What does 'K.C.' stand for?" They'd guess things like, "Killer Cat", "Krazy Cat" and even one Deadhead swore that must mean, "K.C. Jones". I had a lot of fun trying to explain that he didn't have a name... Only letters.
There are a lot of good "letter-names" if you think about it: J.B., J.P, J.W., K.D., K.G., M.E., O.J., P.T., T.J., and the list goes on.
Naming a kid, "2.0" is kind of lame. I'm reminded of little Richie Petri, the kid on the old "Dick Van Dyke" TV show, whose middle name was "Rosebud" because his parents couldn't decide on which relative to name him after. At least Richie was only fictional! I agree that naming a kid, "2.0" will make him a laughing stock for the rest of his life... Or at least until he turn 18 years old and can change his name without his parents' permission. ![[Wink]](wink.gif)
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