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Friday, July 25, 2008 12:00 AM

What's in a bat-crap-crazy name?

Should the state prevent parents from giving their kids humiliating names?
Kate Harding

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  • Friday, July 25, 2008 07:43 PM

    This might not count...

    ...because I did my best to get the parents-to-be to change their minds, but they were going to name their baby boy Sevin. The name doesn't seem too bad, until you do some research and discover that Sevin is the commercial name for Carbaryl (1-naphthyl methylcarbamate), a common insecticide.

    I am ashamed to admit it, but if I ever have twins I'd be mightily tempted to name them Alpha and Omega.

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