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[Opinions] Kingston
Gwen S and her hubby named thier son this....i guess its because of Jamaica and all her rock steady influences...
i hated it first...but now......WDYT?
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I thought it was a bit weird and interesting at first and wasn't too keen on it, I quite like it now. I love Gwen though, so that helps! I think King would be such a cute nn.
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I'm from a little city called Kingston in Canada, and it's definitely not cool enough to use as a namesake for my kid. But I don't hate it. I think the nn King (which I hear their using) is completely pretentious and self-absorbed.
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I actually think that it is a quite cool name. I would never actually use it though, it's more of a guilty pleasure.Kristen~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Shake Your Body Like A Bellydancer.
Here is where you are
There is where you want to be
But you can't get there from here ♥
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yeah i guess if we were poprock stars we could indulge ourselves a bit more lol
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I don't like it. I don't really like Gwen Stefani, either, because of the awful quality of her music, particularly in the last few years. Ugh. It makes my skin crawl to see what starts as a mediocre ska band crank out garbage like the Bananas song. Anyway, little rant over. I thought I'd mention it because it probably influences the way that I look at her naming choices. I don't mind -ston or -ton names as a principle, or place names when they meet my personal criteria for using a place name, but the potential for this name to have the nickname "King" turns me off. I'm not big on names that sound like regal titles, I guess.

Motherland fatherland homeland native land.
It’s all the same. What the hell good to you
is your native land after you’re dead? Whose
native land is it after you’re dead?Dalton Trumbo, JOHNNY GOT HIS GUN
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Yea, I didn't care much for the solo stuff she did. I did like the first No Doubt album. And I used to really admire her voice on the songs she did with Sublime. In general Kingston just sounds too surnamey to me. And I agree, King is a weird title/name for a kid.Not the worst celebrity name ever, but I'm not celebrating it either.
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Dalton Trumbo ?wasnt he a black listed director or writer ?just curious
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Yep.He was a screenwriter and novelist and one of the "Hollywood Ten." Ironically considering it was an anti-war novel, he stopped JGHS from being published until WWII was over (something like that; I forget the details) because of fearing conveying some sort of anti-Allied sentiment.

Motherland fatherland homeland native land.
It’s all the same. What the hell good to you
is your native land after you’re dead? Whose
native land is it after you’re dead?Dalton Trumbo, JOHNNY GOT HIS GUN

This message was edited 7/28/2006, 4:26 PM

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ah, thats what i thought.
My son's name is Dalton too :)
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I like it!It's definitely less usual and it has a cool feel to it. I'm kind of tickled to learn that you used it. :-)

Motherland fatherland homeland native land.
It’s all the same. What the hell good to you
is your native land after you’re dead? Whose
native land is it after you’re dead?Dalton Trumbo, JOHNNY GOT HIS GUN
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It's my husbands middle name... we always liked it, so it was only natural when it came time to name a boy :)anyway, i hijacked my own thread lol
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Well..i kept my feelings aside...i feel the same about her music...i dont know her personally, so i cant comment on her, per se...but i like the name Kingston and its roots as a place name...which is a little ironic seeing that i dont like place names or "royal" names :)
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I have heard dogs being called by this name. I have always liked it ... for a dog. But, now, I kind of like it. I think that it ould be cute if his nn was King. (Even though that is ALOT to live up to)
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I like it and I think Gwen is so cool. I wonder if he has a middle name.
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His full name is Kingston James McGregor Rossdale. I like Kingston and James, but not McGregor. I'm not a big fan of last names as given names.
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I like Kingston James more. maybe McGregor is a family name or friend.can you imagine if she had a girl? I wonder what names were on her list?
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Sorry, I didn't see that his full name was already posted!
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He has two ...Kingston James McGregor Rossdale
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i like the name even more now with the whole thing together.....for a pop star she could have gotten much freakier (in a bad way)
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