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I like that name... Armando... Armando Anderson... that could work!

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Armando is also Italian. (Actor Guy Williams had the nifty birth name of Armando Catolano.)

There's nothing to say that Mom Anderson isn't Spanish, Portuguese, or Italian (or from Mexico, or from Central or South America), or of such a family that immigrated to the US.

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In fact I was born in Britain, raised in Canada and have been told many times I have a North Eastern US accent - Maine, Vermont, New Jersey.

So you are correct Amethyst he could come from any location and pick up the accent. An adult with a good ear could easily pick up and speak fluently any accent they wanted.

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RI And I thought my brother had the monopoly on Little Mermaid Jokes.

CD, I've only been to Texas a handful of times, and never any deeper, but if I hear a southern accent I'm talking in that accent. I can pick up most any, if I work on it. British is a little hard, but when I talked with SJ a few weeks ago, I had to really force myself to keep from answering her back with an Australian accent after awhile. So I know just what you're talking about.

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I'm chuckling reading through this thread!

We too have the trend of abbreviating names, here, although I'm one, together with my DH, who emphasises on the fact that names must be pronounced in full!

Our main problem, in naming kids, is that we have to be careful what name we choose ... apart from our local, traditional ones (most of them related to saints), there's a trend of choosing foreign names, which, when abbreviated, they could be heard as offensive terms in our own language! I won't even start to list such names, as there are many! And, poor he, or she, who have been named so as they're always targeted for bullying!

A silly choice of mine ... maybe, Kozo ... Kozo Anderson!

(At first, I just threw out the name as one related to Kozaburo, but then, out of curiousity, I've made a search and found out that there's also a hippo character named Kozo!!)

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I did not stereotype. I'm aware of female names such as 'Concepcion' and 'Pilar'. The ones ending in 'a' and 'o' tend to be derived from Latin names. Other names come from words and terms (just as in other languages).


Now, depending on how far in the future one sets a fic, Anderson could be multi-ethnic in ancestry. 'Armando Anderson' might have an Italian or Spanish ancestor, or 'Armando' might have joined the name pool as a result of Italians and Spaniards being among the ancestors of the people on his world.

Of course, he could have a 'nerdy' or 'sissy' name and be able to kick butt. "That's MISTER Gaylord Anderson, jackass." Uttered while demonstrating how the human arm does NOT bend.

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The person who brought up his subject with me to begin with came up with another one. What if his parents were hippies, and named him 'Security' ? Then he would be Security Anderson... or Chief (of) Security Anderson...

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Among the names I have encountered in life:

Ivory Hunter (male)
Sterling Justice
Major Coates
Hampton Kicklighter

Honestly, some parents should be smacked before they're allowed to name their children.

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Well, some idiot in this country gave his son the name 'Adolf Hitler', and his daughter's middle name is 'Aryan Nations.' But he's not a racist (he says).

Crap like that is one reason for the laws. And they're probably concerned about cultural heritage. As if a few people naming their kids after characters on imported TV shows is a sign of disaster.

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