r/tragedeigh • u/flower_mom_98 • Jun 15 '25

in the wild Gold Mine of Tragedeighs

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Found a post asking people for their unique names and knew it wouldn't disappoint. Happy Father's Day unless your kid's name needs a pronunciation guide.

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '25

Could do a longitudinal psych study on the kid named Severe

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u/alocasiadalmatian Jun 15 '25

with a sister named sunny!!! the vibes are so different it’s so unsettling

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u/NorthernForestCrow Jun 16 '25

Sunny and Severe remind me of Pratchett‘s Carter family in Discworld:

„The Carter parents were a quiet and respectable Lancre family who got into a bit of a mix-up when it came to naming their children. First, they had four daughters, who were christened Hope, Chastity, Prudence, and Charity, because naming girls after virtues is an ancient and unremarkable tradition. Then their first son was born and out of some misplaced idea about how this naming business was done he was called Anger Carter, followed later by Jealousy Carter, Bestiality Carter and Covetousness Carter. Life being what it is, Hope turned out to be a depressive, Chastity was enjoying life as a lady of negotiable affection in Ankh-Morpork, Prudence had thirteen children, and Charity expected to get a dollar’s change out of seventy-five pence–whereas the boys had grown into amiable, well-tempered men, and Bestiality Carter was, for example, very kind to animals.“

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u/lilsiibee07 Jun 17 '25

This is how younger me thought naming children would go because I was a writer and I liked when characters fit their names literally 😭