# Kanye+Kim = North West ... Really???? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 21, 2013, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-kim-north-west-really/661555 "2013-06-21T14:41:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2013, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-kim-north-west-really/661555/41 "2013-06-22T00:23:59Z")
> [@Rhythmdvl](#): > > Not mad at the OP poster per se, but I fucking _hate_ threads with nondescript titles that end up feeding me gossipy filth. And you didn’t get that from the title starting with “Kanye+Kim”? Interesting. > [@lieu](#): > > I just learned that he’s that same guy that interrupted that girl’s acceptance speech because he thought some other chick’s thing was better during some show back whenever. Prompting the President of the United States to call him a jackass. On camera. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2013, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-kim-north-west-really/661555/42 "2013-06-22T11:53:48Z")
I’m sure that’s not the whole name. They’ll probably use a false last name, like “Smith”, to make it look like a real name: > **[Northwest Smith](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwest_Smith)** > > Northwest Smith is a fictional character, and the hero of a series of stories by science fiction writer C. L. Moore. > Smith is a spaceship pilot and smuggler who lives in an undisclosed future time when humanity has colonized the Solar System. > The stories are set in a milieu common to science fiction stories of the pulp era. All of the planets of the system are able to support life and have their own civilizations. Many of the intelligent races living on the planets have comparatively primitive ... ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2013, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-kim-north-west-really/661555/43 "2013-06-22T12:47:35Z")
> [@tonyfop](#): > > I wonder if Delta airlines would care, since they still own the trademark for Northwest Airlines, which they still used until 3 years ago… Doesn’t matter what they think, unless the child decides to start a self-titled airline. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2013, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-kim-north-west-really/661555/44 "2013-06-22T14:10:55Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > I actually like this as a name. Its looks Norwegian or something. In which case you would pronounce the “k”. ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2013, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-kim-north-west-really/661555/45 "2013-06-22T15:46:45Z")
Mom Kim+ Dad Kanye = Serial Killer. They could name him John Smith and he’s fucked either way. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2013, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-kim-north-west-really/661555/46 "2013-06-22T15:51:37Z")
> [@drm](#): > > Mom Kim+ Dad Kanye = Serial Killer. > > They could name him John Smith and he’s fucked either way. Naming her John Smith would make it worse. Unless she met a boy named Sue. ---
**Author:** ![even\_sven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dfb087/32.png) [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2013, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-kim-north-west-really/661555/47 "2013-06-22T16:20:01Z")
I can’t imagine why I would care about this. ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2013, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-kim-north-west-really/661555/48 "2013-06-22T16:28:24Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > Naming her John Smith would make it worse. > > Unless she met a boy named Sue. Meant to type Jane. Teach me not to proof. ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2013, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-kim-north-west-really/661555/49 "2013-06-22T17:03:10Z")
It’s almost like they’re idiots or something. (Predictive text rendered “idiots” as “odious”. Putting the “smart” in smartphone). ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2013, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-kim-north-west-really/661555/50 "2013-06-22T17:34:50Z")
Well, maybe she’ll know a hawk from a handsaw. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2013, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-kim-north-west-really/661555/51 "2013-06-22T21:19:30Z")
> [@Belowjob2.0](#): > > Hell of a lot better than Moxie Crimefighter, Moon Unit, or Dweezil. Less ridicule inducing, to be sure, than Blanket. I heard Moon Unit Zappa say, “It’s California. In school I had one of the _normal_ names.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-kim-north-west-really/661555.md?page=2)