Plus Tomato of my eye doesn’t sound as nice
Remember when Zowie Bowie decided to go by his real name of Duncan Jones?
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.
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.
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.
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.
“That Apple. . .rotten to the core”.
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.
Yeah, Crabby Appleton’s parents didn’t like him much, I’m guessing…
I blame the lack of coffee, and typing on the phone.
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.)
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.
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”.
msmith537:
Eh, if that’s what he’s called, it’s probably short for “MuttonJeff.”
(bolding mine)“Sand-script”??
Don’t be fatuous, M.
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.
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…