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MrTerrorist
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Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2011 9:17 pm
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Well hopefully, the boy doesn't end up like what happen to Ace in One Piece.
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Megiddo
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Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2011 9:21 pm
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Shouldn't that be "given name" and not surname? I'm pretty sure surname is the last/family name. And Ace went with "Portgas" because it's his mom's family name.
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RestLessone
Joined: 02 Aug 2009
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Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2011 11:03 pm
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Well...Thank God it wasn't Portgas.
Ace isn't that common on these shores, either, though it does pop up from time to time. Especially with dogs.
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InnocentSorrow59
Joined: 12 Aug 2010
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Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2011 12:14 am
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That kid will grow up to be bad-ass.
Parenting, she's doing it right.
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enurtsol
Joined: 01 May 2007
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Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2011 4:21 am
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It's funny that Japan even has rules on what regular names a child can have.
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maaya
Joined: 14 Oct 2007
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Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2011 5:25 am
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enurtsol wrote: | It's funny that Japan even has rules on what regular names a child can have. |
I think, plenty of countries have that or used to have it until recently (France and Germany f.ex.). Japan is actually one of the countries where parents can chose and create names quite freely.
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TitanXL
Joined: 08 Jun 2010
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Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2011 6:09 am
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enurtsol wrote: | It's funny that Japan even has rules on what regular names a child can have. |
Something we should do to keep things like Pilot Inspektor from happening.
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geishageek
Joined: 28 Nov 2005
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Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2011 7:10 am
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Or something as silly as Moxie Crimefighter.. yes that is a child's real name. You can thank Penn Jillette from Penn and Teller for that. What is this world coming to? Although Ace really is not all that strange of a name.
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4750G
Joined: 24 Aug 2011
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Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2011 8:47 am
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Weird names. I love that topic. Years ago there was a news clip here about a mother who named his son Tamiya after the toy car. That kid's probably in grade school now, I wonder what he thinks. Parents have so much power over their children.
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Haterater
Joined: 30 Apr 2006
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Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2011 9:45 am
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I don't find Ace to be a strange name. But if its not common and kind of difficult to pronounce in Japan, I can see the problem. Hope this works out for the kid. Better than many other names out there that parents name their kids.
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Ulinox
Joined: 22 Aug 2009
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Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2011 10:39 am
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Well that least she didn't name him Gol D. Roger.
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Drac
Joined: 08 Apr 2005
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Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2011 11:03 am
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Or even Kal-El.
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Emma Iveli
Joined: 19 Jun 2005
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Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2011 12:02 pm
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Let's not forget Jason Lee's kid: Pilot Inspektor
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Dessa
Joined: 14 Jul 2004
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Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2011 12:05 pm
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Megiddo wrote: | Shouldn't that be "given name" and not surname? I'm pretty sure surname is the last/family name. And Ace went with "Portgas" because it's his mom's family name. |
I'm pretty sure that all of the One Piece names are written in Western order.
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ArsenicSteel
Joined: 12 Jan 2010
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Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2011 12:08 pm
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geishageek wrote: | What is this world coming to? Although Ace really is not all that strange of a name. |
In your section of the world maybe. Consider this, Said is a very common name in some parts of the world but it would be strange name that stands out on most non-Middle Eastern class rosters.
I am more interested in what names are officially banned though.
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