Showing posts with label playing the name game. Show all posts
Showing posts with label playing the name game. Show all posts

Monday, September 28, 2009

son and daughter

In Iceland, the last names of citizens are based upon their sex and the first names of their parents. My dad´s name is Dave, so if I was Icelandic, my name would be Herb Davidson. If I was a girl, my name would be Herb Davidsdottir -- and I´d be the gangliest, most awkward looking female on this island.

Because of this unique naming system, Icelanders are listed by first name in the phone book.

Anyways, since I always love a good word game (when I was a teenager, I said I wanted to name my kid Nads, so I could yell Go Nads when he was playing hockey. Also, I friend in college once suggested I change my last name to Eaverstinks, and I laughed for about three weeks straight) I decided if I was an Icelander, I´d name my kid Blackhole.

Then, 20-30 years down the road, he´d have a son and his last name would become Blackholeson -- and would pay homage to early-90s Soundgarden.

Here are some other names I would toy with:
Herecomesthe
Iboughtitstraightcash
Roymun

The dottir part is a little more difficult.
All I could come up with was Paleblue, after the Carl Sagan book.

Let me know if you can come up with any others.