Thatababy by Paul Trap for September 09, 2021

at least she wasn’t born in Blue Ball, Pa.

And my son Santa Monica and my daughter Inglewood. Actually those aren’t half bad.

Since we’re discussing geographical names for children, I’ve a step-nephew named Zealand (no, he wasn’t born in the province of the Netherlands which in turn is the namesake of that New country in the South Pacific).

My goat’s names are geographical – I love geography! There is Carmel, Dresden, England, Ferndale, Havana, Hastings, Hazeleigh, Hopedale, Helena, Helsinki and Heaven.

There other son is named Alderaan.

Ya know, I was gonna list some other town names – just from here in Pennsylvania – that would be questionable…but nah. I’ll let yinz all do a Google maps search.

alternate names for the daughter including state/province where the town is located…Flat, TxHippo, KyBowlegs, OkFertile, SaskatchewanMeat Cove, Nova Scotia

When I went to Australia, there were a ton of names which I wasn’t familiar with.

“But she goes by Ruth”.

It’s a good thing they didn’t come up with Greece.

Happy child

A couple I knew named their daughter Sedona, after enjoying a trip to the Arizona city.

At least her name isn’t Newark

do I see a groundhog in her future?

Dredges up an old, old memory – school days. I recall a short story by, perhaps, Mark Twain – where a boy was named after a city (I thought in Florida) that was cause of embarrassment as he grew up. Trying to google, but so far no luck. Anyone have a recollection of this story? – Cheers!

She should just sue her parents on the grounds of cruelty.

I knew a girl named Mari Juana Smith. I wonder what influenced her parents?

Nobody used Florence as a name for people until Florence Nightingale’s parents named her for the city where she was born in Italy. Her sister was named Parthenope.

Ah, Lincoln, Capital of Nebraska. By far the best city, can all we agree?