March 13, 2005
Seriously.
Say what you will about my future son D'Artagnan, Dan Rather's son has the weirdest name around.
Posted by Karol at March 13, 2005 08:30 PM | TrackBackTechnorati Tags:
maybe it's one of those boy named sue kind of things?
Posted by: candy girl at March 14, 2005 02:06 AMPerhaps, the j is pronounced as y - Danyack. Now that makes sense.
Posted by: michael parker at March 14, 2005 08:30 AMD'Artagnan?
Posted by: Gib at March 14, 2005 09:04 AMOr a reference to the musketeer in 17th century france.
Posted by: Nick Saunders at March 14, 2005 03:46 PMit's probably a nickname, like john john.
Posted by: Dawn Summers at March 14, 2005 04:01 PMOutstanding "Waiting for Guffman" reference (if that's what it was). And thanks for the link.
Posted by: Mike at March 14, 2005 06:17 PMThe problem is you Yankees like to sound out every syllable in words (English aint a phonetic language y'know?) and make it Dan Jack, and put emphasis on the J anc K.
As for the silliest names, I know someone who called her sons: Leonardo and Donatello. After the artists I guess, so no doubt they'll be changing their names when they reach 18 and as for old paperwork with their birth names... when the evil shredder attacks, they'll be cutting documents to cover their tracks.
