# North West is a totally acceptable name **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 26, 2013, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-west-is-a-totally-acceptable-name/661929 "2013-06-26T00:12:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Namkcalb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c89c15/32.png) [@Namkcalb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Namkcalb)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2013, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-west-is-a-totally-acceptable-name/661929/61 "2013-06-27T13:21:07Z")
> [@Frylock](#): > > Yes. Tomatoes are exactly as sweet and have the very same wholesome connotation as apples. No difference at all. Plus Tomato of my eye doesn’t sound as nice ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2013, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-west-is-a-totally-acceptable-name/661929/62 "2013-06-27T13:43:42Z")
Remember when Zowie Bowie decided to go by his real name of Duncan Jones? ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2013, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-west-is-a-totally-acceptable-name/661929/63 "2013-06-27T13:54:00Z")
> [@Frylock](#): > > Yes. Tomatoes are exactly as sweet and have the very same wholesome connotation as apples. No difference at all. I know right! Tomato, that’s not even in the ballpark of Apple. Tomato would be a silly name. Banana on the other hand… Sweet…wholesome… what’s not to love? ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2013, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-west-is-a-totally-acceptable-name/661929/64 "2013-06-27T14:04:16Z")
> [@Hampshire](#): > > I know right! Tomato, that’s not even in the ballpark of Apple. Tomato would be a silly name. > Banana on the other hand… > Sweet…wholesome… what’s not to love? And the word is well known as connoting silliness and lack of dignity. I mean are you being willingly obtuse or what? Words connote. It’s a very simple thing I thought we all knew. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2013, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-west-is-a-totally-acceptable-name/661929/65 "2013-06-27T14:42:12Z")
> [@Frylock](#): > > And the word is well known as connoting silliness and lack of dignity. > > I mean are you being willingly obtuse or what? Words connote. It’s a very simple thing I thought we all knew. Yea, well, I think Apple is pretty silly too. Cute for a baby in the same way as calling them Sweet Pea or Gumdrop. “My sweet little Apple is ready for a nap” sounds alright. “Apple Martin is here to interview for the firms internship” is a bit goofy you’d have to admit. ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2013, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-west-is-a-totally-acceptable-name/661929/66 "2013-06-27T14:44:46Z")
Ah, I posted that thinking you were **Hail Ants** , so I was assuming it was meant as a defense of that poster’s previous post. But you’re not **Hail Ants** so you may have been just joking and nothing else. If that’s the case, my apologies! And even if it’s not the case, the adjective “obtuse” cannot validly apply. ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2013, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-west-is-a-totally-acceptable-name/661929/67 "2013-06-27T14:45:51Z")
> [@Hampshire](#): > > Yea, well, I think Apple is pretty silly too. Cute for a baby in the same way as calling them Sweet Pea or Gumdrop. “My sweet little Apple is ready for a nap” sounds alright. “Apple Martin is here to interview for the firms internship” is a bit goofy you’d have to admit. I honestly don’t see the goofiness. “Pilot Inspektor,” which I also like, I can nevertheless admit will take some living up to. “Apple,” while fairly unique, doesn’t strike me as goofy or hard to live with in any way. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2013, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-west-is-a-totally-acceptable-name/661929/68 "2013-06-27T14:54:15Z")
> [@Hampshire](#): > > Yea, well, I think Apple is pretty silly too. Cute for a baby in the same way as calling them Sweet Pea or Gumdrop. “My sweet little Apple is ready for a nap” sounds alright. “Apple Martin is here to interview for the firms internship” is a bit goofy you’d have to admit. “That Apple. . .rotten to the core”. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2013, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-west-is-a-totally-acceptable-name/661929/69 "2013-06-27T15:00:37Z")
I see nothing wrong with it, my dog is named _North_ ETA Sorry I don’t really have a dog and if I did I’d come up with a better name than that. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2013, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-west-is-a-totally-acceptable-name/661929/70 "2013-06-27T15:16:33Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > “That Apple. . .rotten to the core”. Yeah, Crabby Appleton’s parents didn’t like him much, I’m guessing… ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2013, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-west-is-a-totally-acceptable-name/661929/71 "2013-06-27T16:00:07Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Dweezil. Zweezil is silly! 😛 I blame the lack of coffee, and typing on the phone. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2013, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-west-is-a-totally-acceptable-name/661929/72 "2013-06-27T16:13:06Z")
Dweezil is 43, Moon Unit 45, Ahmet 39, and Diva 33. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2013, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-west-is-a-totally-acceptable-name/661929/73 "2013-06-27T17:05:51Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Dweezil is 43, Moon Unit 45, Ahmet 39, and Diva 33. 😉 The Aristocrats! (BTW, it’s Diva Thin Muffin Pigeen Zappa and Dweezil’s actual name is Ian Donald Calvin Euclid Zappa.) ---
**Author:** ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2013, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-west-is-a-totally-acceptable-name/661929/74 "2013-06-27T17:09:11Z")
> [@bobkitty](#): > > I don’t care if the name is stupid (which it is). I don’t care if the kid will get teased (50/50 chance there, but they’ve got years before it’s an issue). My annoyance stems from the fact that they’ve made a ginormous deal over how they chose the name because nothing can top north, and the baby is the pinnacle of their relationship. All the more silly because it doesn’t even work: there may be nothing north of north, but there’s plenty north of north _west_… Like north. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2013, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-west-is-a-totally-acceptable-name/661929/75 "2013-06-27T17:15:07Z")
Sure, it’s acceptable when your classmates are Zuma Nesta Rock Stefani-Rosdale, Kal-El Cage, Heavenly Hiraani Tiger Lily Yates-Hutchence, Blanket Jackson, Audio Science Sossamon, Denim and Diezel Braxton, Harley Quinn Smith, Kyd Duchovny-Leoni an Bronx Mowgli Simpson-Wentz. Shit, I feel bad for the kid in that class names “Jeff”. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2013, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-west-is-a-totally-acceptable-name/661929/76 "2013-06-27T17:53:20Z")
msmith537: > [@](#): > > Shit, I feel bad for the kid in that class names “Jeff”. Eh, if that’s what he’s called, it’s probably short for “MuttonJeff.” ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2013, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-west-is-a-totally-acceptable-name/661929/77 "2013-06-27T18:39:28Z")
> [@Hail\_Ants](#): > > Tom Cruise is a reasonably intelligent, classy guy (even if he is a prophet of the great space lizard) so I can see him picking some pretentious, pseudo-intelligentsia sounding **sand-skrip** t like Suri. At least it still sounds like a female proper noun. (bolding mine)“Sand-script”?? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_jeffrey_lebowski/32/215_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2013, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-west-is-a-totally-acceptable-name/661929/78 "2013-06-27T21:39:44Z")
> [@msmith537](#): > > Shit, I feel bad for the kid in that class names “Jeff”. Don’t be fatuous, M. ---
**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 27, 2013, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-west-is-a-totally-acceptable-name/661929/79 "2013-06-27T22:05:49Z")
> [@msmith537](#): > > Sure, it’s acceptable when your classmates are Zuma Nesta Rock Stefani-Rosdale, Kal-El Cage, Heavenly Hiraani Tiger Lily Yates-Hutchence, Blanket Jackson, Audio Science Sossamon, Denim and Diezel Braxton, Harley Quinn Smith, Kyd Duchovny-Leoni an Bronx Mowgli Simpson-Wentz. > Shit, I feel bad for the kid in that class names “Jeff”. To be fair, Blanket Jackson’s name is actually Prince Michael Jackson II (his brother is Prince Michael Jackson I). Pilot Inspektor Riesgraf Lee, Moxie Crimefighter Jillette, Moroccan and Monroe Carey Cannon, Tu Morrow, Sparrow Richie Madden, Miss Maxwell Simpson Johnson, and Jermajesty Jackson all belong in the same class. Apple gets all the attention, but does no one else feel sorry for Moses Martin? That’s quite a name to live up to. ---
**Author:** ![Hail\_Ants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2013, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-west-is-a-totally-acceptable-name/661929/80 "2013-06-27T23:39:26Z")
> [@Frylock](#): > > And the word is well known as connoting silliness and lack of dignity. > > I mean are you being willingly obtuse or what? Words connote. It’s a very simple thing I thought we all knew. Yeah, I get that words convey feelings, images, emotion etc. and in that sense I guess Apple certainly isn’t the worst name in the world. The problem for me is when I hear the word ‘apple’ I immediately think of a ‘thing’, an ‘object’, the round, reddish piece of fruit, not its ‘sweetness’ or other positive feeling. Same as naming her ‘strawberry’ or ‘peach’ or ‘cherry’ (not to mention they sound like stripper names!) They’re not ethereal enough to be names of _people_ more than inanimate _objects_. But hey, one person’s hippie-mom is another’s trendsetter… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-west-is-a-totally-acceptable-name/661929.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-west-is-a-totally-acceptable-name/661929.md?page=5)