Edward
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There are some names that parents give their babies that they simply never think through. The child has to grow up with that tag and if it's anything like the poor little soul on a news report last night, it will be changed as soon as that child becomes old enough to do so. The baby was named: Urhyness (pronounced "your highness")
What cracked me up was the way the interview went, talking about Urhyness as though it was an everyday name, seriously. Thankfully, my name of Robert was never shortened to Bob or Bobby, but it was often cited as ROBERT!!! That's when I knew that I was in deep doo-doo.
First tiem I've heard that particular one. Names like Duke, Prince, Queen and so on have been popular for some time in some traditionally less privileged communities - the notion behind it is that they may be much lessl ikely to be givne those titles in life, but they deserve them no less just because of their community background. It does seen strange from the outside, but I find I appreciate it more knowing the reasoning.