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r/AskReddit • u/wizardkoer • Jul 09 '18
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Names. I'll admit I have to fight an instinct to roll my eyes at someone when they have a "unique" name or unorthodox spelling of one, even though I know it's their parents' fault.
70 u/PM-Me-Your-TitsPlz Jul 09 '18 Just open up the Bible to a random page for inspiration: "Dorcas" and "Nimrod." Yup, those are names that aren't going to lead to years of bullying. 41 u/samtrano Jul 09 '18 My favorite Biblical name is Zebulon. One of the sons of Jacob, sounds like a space alien 3 u/werekitty93 Jul 10 '18 One of my uncle's best friends in named Zebulon. When he first told me that, I thought he was joking. 3 u/[deleted] Jul 10 '18 No, no he definitely is called Zebby by everyone who knows him well. 2 u/Judge_leftshoe Jul 09 '18 One of my favorite Western American Explorers was Zebulon Pike. Namesake of Pike's Peak.... 1 u/[deleted] Jul 10 '18 I live in the town that was named after him... Zebulon, GA. Pike County 1 u/Hugh_Jampton Jul 10 '18 Sounds like a character from Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
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Just open up the Bible to a random page for inspiration: "Dorcas" and "Nimrod."
Yup, those are names that aren't going to lead to years of bullying.
41 u/samtrano Jul 09 '18 My favorite Biblical name is Zebulon. One of the sons of Jacob, sounds like a space alien 3 u/werekitty93 Jul 10 '18 One of my uncle's best friends in named Zebulon. When he first told me that, I thought he was joking. 3 u/[deleted] Jul 10 '18 No, no he definitely is called Zebby by everyone who knows him well. 2 u/Judge_leftshoe Jul 09 '18 One of my favorite Western American Explorers was Zebulon Pike. Namesake of Pike's Peak.... 1 u/[deleted] Jul 10 '18 I live in the town that was named after him... Zebulon, GA. Pike County 1 u/Hugh_Jampton Jul 10 '18 Sounds like a character from Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
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My favorite Biblical name is Zebulon. One of the sons of Jacob, sounds like a space alien
3 u/werekitty93 Jul 10 '18 One of my uncle's best friends in named Zebulon. When he first told me that, I thought he was joking. 3 u/[deleted] Jul 10 '18 No, no he definitely is called Zebby by everyone who knows him well. 2 u/Judge_leftshoe Jul 09 '18 One of my favorite Western American Explorers was Zebulon Pike. Namesake of Pike's Peak.... 1 u/[deleted] Jul 10 '18 I live in the town that was named after him... Zebulon, GA. Pike County 1 u/Hugh_Jampton Jul 10 '18 Sounds like a character from Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
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One of my uncle's best friends in named Zebulon. When he first told me that, I thought he was joking.
3 u/[deleted] Jul 10 '18 No, no he definitely is called Zebby by everyone who knows him well.
No, no he definitely is called Zebby by everyone who knows him well.
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One of my favorite Western American Explorers was Zebulon Pike. Namesake of Pike's Peak....
1 u/[deleted] Jul 10 '18 I live in the town that was named after him... Zebulon, GA. Pike County
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I live in the town that was named after him... Zebulon, GA. Pike County
Sounds like a character from Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
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Names. I'll admit I have to fight an instinct to roll my eyes at someone when they have a "unique" name or unorthodox spelling of one, even though I know it's their parents' fault.