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Help[Opinions] Re: The strange names of some twins....
in reply to a message by mongoosestalker
How do you *know* it's not an urban myth? You said it yourself:
"Mom said my aunt knew someone"
As in "a friend of a friend of a friend of mine", which is the classic form of 'providence' for urban myths. It doesn't mean it's in any way true. Your Mum says she has heard it from your Aunt, who, if *she* wasn't just passing on a 'friend of a friend' story, as simply heard it from someone - an unnamed, unlocated someone - who could have been lying or pulling her leg, or whatever. The fact is that you don't know them, and your Mum doesn't know them. Chances are your Aunt doesn't either, but just *heard* of someone.
Besides, the "girl named Vagina" is an old, old myth. Here's some examples:
http://www.snopes.com/racial/language/names.htm
♦ Chrisell ♦
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. - J.R.R. Tolkien.
"Mom said my aunt knew someone"
As in "a friend of a friend of a friend of mine", which is the classic form of 'providence' for urban myths. It doesn't mean it's in any way true. Your Mum says she has heard it from your Aunt, who, if *she* wasn't just passing on a 'friend of a friend' story, as simply heard it from someone - an unnamed, unlocated someone - who could have been lying or pulling her leg, or whatever. The fact is that you don't know them, and your Mum doesn't know them. Chances are your Aunt doesn't either, but just *heard* of someone.
Besides, the "girl named Vagina" is an old, old myth. Here's some examples:
http://www.snopes.com/racial/language/names.htm
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. - J.R.R. Tolkien.
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It likely is an urban legend, but trust me, it happens. We have it on record at the hospital where I work and also at another I worked at during nursing school of babies named Ganaria (gonorrhea), Meconium, Female (feh-molly...a well-known urban legend, but it HAS happened in real life, too, trust me), etc.
~Heather~
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Sorry to be skeptical, but when you say it's "on record" in your hospital, have you seen the actual medical records with these names on them yourself? All three of these are so common as urban legends that I'm afraid I would have to see a certified copy of such a hospital record before I would believe it myself.
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For many of them, and some others that are just as bad, I've actually seen the baby and a copy of their birth certificate. Is that good enough for ya? :b
~Heather~
~Heather~
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