Thread: Stupid Names
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Old 12-15-2005, 10:21 PM
PoBoy321 PoBoy321 is offline
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"But because the story fits in with what's already believed about the shortcomings of whichever group the mother is supposedly part of, the tale will be re-told and believed anew."

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So based on that statement, Snopes has just made it impossible that anyone would ever have a ridiculous name? Also, I would tend to give the word of a Stanford sociologist some weight.
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