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In America, the name "Delilah" is apparently *8 times* more common than
the name "Gemma".
Which is odd really, considering that there are millions of people
called Gemma (I've personally met at least a dozen of them), and nobody
in history has ever been named Delilah (except in that song...)
Or perhaps it's just because we're talking about America? Apparently
about 30 years ago, "Brandy" was a very popular name...
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Invisible wrote:
> Which is odd really, considering that there are millions of people
> called Gemma (I've personally met at least a dozen of them), and nobody
> in history has ever been named Delilah (except in that song...)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delilah is not a reference to the song. As
for history . . .
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I have never heard of anyone named Gemma before.
- Slime
[ http://www.slimeland.com/ ]
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On 10/29/2009 7:05 AM, Invisible wrote:
> In America, the name "Delilah" is apparently *8 times* more common than
> the name "Gemma".
>
> Which is odd really, considering that there are millions of people
> called Gemma (I've personally met at least a dozen of them), and nobody
> in history has ever been named Delilah (except in that song...)
>
> Or perhaps it's just because we're talking about America? Apparently
> about 30 years ago, "Brandy" was a very popular name...
Americans like to pick the most obscure names from the Bible. That way
there's no chance anyone can mistake them for a Jew.
Mike
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On Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:05:33 +0000, Invisible wrote:
> Which is odd really, considering that there are millions of people
> called Gemma (I've personally met at least a dozen of them), and nobody
> in history has ever been named Delilah (except in that song...)
There's rather well-known Delilah in the Bible......
Conversely, I have never actually met someone with the name Gemma (I've e-
mailed one person with that name - someone at work - but I've never met
her).
So I could make a converse claim - that nobody in history has ever been
named Gemma. ;-)
Jim
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On Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:02:15 -0400, SharkD wrote:
> On 10/29/2009 7:05 AM, Invisible wrote:
>> In America, the name "Delilah" is apparently *8 times* more common than
>> the name "Gemma".
>>
>> Which is odd really, considering that there are millions of people
>> called Gemma (I've personally met at least a dozen of them), and nobody
>> in history has ever been named Delilah (except in that song...)
>>
>> Or perhaps it's just because we're talking about America? Apparently
>> about 30 years ago, "Brandy" was a very popular name...
>
> Americans like to pick the most obscure names from the Bible. That way
> there's no chance anyone can mistake them for a Jew.
Well, except for the Jewish Americans. ;-)
Jim
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On 10/30/2009 1:03 AM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> Americans like to pick the most obscure names from the Bible. That way
>> there's no chance anyone can mistake them for a Jew.
>
> Well, except for the Jewish Americans. ;-)
>
> Jim
And Catholics. I forgot them.
Mike
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On Fri, 30 Oct 2009 01:13:59 -0400, SharkD wrote:
> On 10/30/2009 1:03 AM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>>> Americans like to pick the most obscure names from the Bible. That way
>>> there's no chance anyone can mistake them for a Jew.
>>
>> Well, except for the Jewish Americans. ;-)
>>
>> Jim
>
> And Catholics. I forgot them.
>
> Mike
LOL
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Jim Henderson wrote:
> There's rather well-known Delilah in the Bible......
Sure. But she's not a real person. ;-)
> So I could make a converse claim - that nobody in history has ever been
> named Gemma. ;-)
Heh, well, maybe it's only popular in the UK.
On the other hand, most people have names like "Sarah" which
(apparently) means "princess". Naming your daughter Delilah is... hell,
why not go the whole hog and name her "Satan" or something? :-P
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On Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:55:03 +0100, Invisible <voi### [at] dev null> wrote:
> Naming your daughter Delilah is... hell, why not go the whole hog and
> name her "Satan" or something? :-P
Apparently, some people have tried. I could not immediately find a link to
that particular incident, but these are somewhat related:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6937327.stm
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2009/01/13/2009-01-13_report_child_named_adolf_hitler_removed_.html
--
FE
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