Talk:Naming/How to name a child

My thoughts regarding the subject of rendering a Name -esp. a child & most especially a thing yet w/out a Name --is of the utmost significance. To think -and I must now reference the Bible no matter one's faith and should not be taken lightly. It is,   at this time when I have real work to do ,an actual hindrence (yes my spelling is insufferable but bear w/ me please-)In Proverbs 22 (this being one Biblical source which I know in the Biblical sense as 'to have known a woman it in regard to in an intimate sexual way. 22 and I paraphrase-- A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches --names mean esp. in the Hebrew vision or rather in a cultural melieu-pardon the expression-i know it's not appropriate at all considering my very very insistence re. the act of rendering to that which is to be named- The author is obviously keenly aware of the one overlooked ,given to pay homage ,using the popular names for girls and boys at the time of their birth-whether chosen or not-the ancieents gave credibility to a name a brother or cousin blurts out-just kidding--since the 'gods' evidently spoke through the lips of someone yet to be 'defifiled' or corrupt--not yet by ritual-standards which seem to be inherently a 'cultural' given. I applaud the authors interest and cause and some of the titles in the outline or table of conteents are a good starting point--perhaps thru my own not taken literally from Proverbs 22 personal and having multiple origins culled from myth-history-personal sources --again the author may be aiming for a simpler audience-and quotidian is not such an adjective to imply any endeavor-esp. when one even attempts an effort such as this book-it is perhaps recklessly-noble to even consider the exploration of 'naming' -a gesture of such import that a mere mortal a man fashioned of mud by his Creator was trusted the task of naming-it seems to me a daunting task-and yes I thing God was not displeased at this --to name to identify by name--well at least it didn't require calculus - a name a word is a sound -vibrations as 2 violins playing disparate or in keeping w/in a perfect pitch. Which brings along 'alphabet' and 'number' --and then the mystery schools in ancient Greece -and then..I offer to the platform in closing this wordy(!!!) responsorial to NAME - well Pythagoras please hapless girl who always felt unique and impatient when her name-Suzan-s-u-z-a-n--was spelled w/ an S rather than that Z - and this was back in the days of conformity-as-bliss--mid 20th century America-````````