MORE FUN WITH NAMES
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Yes!I can now shout "Suck My Son Of Matthew!" in a crowded room and get away with it!
Posted by: SteveB | October 11, 2004 at 06:18 AM
Another headline that doesn't deliver the promised titilation......
Posted by: jamester | October 11, 2004 at 06:28 AM
My brother is named Matthew. Does that mean his first-born will be named . . . ?
Oh, Lord.
Posted by: Trystan Shout | October 11, 2004 at 06:29 AM
I'm relieved that the suffix -cock doesn't 'carry any diminutive force' (despite what I've been told personally).
Posted by: insomniac | October 11, 2004 at 06:33 AM
Hold the phone! Did I read this correctly? The story says:
"Actually, the unit "-cock" means exactly what it says: it describes that well-known barnyard fowl, sometimes called a ' rooster". From here on, tracing the general origin of the name is comparatively easy, since it can be recognised as partaking in both the nature of a nickname and as a term of endearment."
A "term of endearment?!"
I mean, most guys love their, um, you know, but puh-leeze!
Posted by: Trystan Shout | October 11, 2004 at 06:35 AM
There is nothing diminutive about my suffix.
Posted by: slowlayne | October 11, 2004 at 06:35 AM
Let's up this family never names a son "Holden" or a daughter "Sharon."
Posted by: Paul B. | October 11, 2004 at 06:40 AM
"...the unit "-cock" means exactly what it says..."
Mycock means "my unit can talk"?
Posted by: Confused | October 11, 2004 at 07:01 AM
No Paul, the daughter's name is "Cantfind"
Posted by: Christobol | October 11, 2004 at 07:26 AM
Foldmy?
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | October 11, 2004 at 07:30 AM
LoveMia??
Posted by: Mr.Fisher | October 11, 2004 at 07:45 AM
Sidonia?
Posted by: MeganBNL | October 11, 2004 at 08:05 AM
Hey, that's cool. One of my sons is named Matthew. I'm going to start calling him Mycock immediately. It's just so catchy.
Posted by: Gretchen C. | October 11, 2004 at 08:40 AM
"...its strutting walk, its appeal to its female counterparts, and, above all, its fighting spirit - are among those which, within acceptable limits, a father would be pleased to observe in his son and which society would deem admirable in any young man. As a compliment to both father and son, a community would bestow upon a youth the identity of being 'so-and-so's young cock'"
*snort!*
Posted by: Mike Weasel | October 11, 2004 at 10:01 AM
umm Mycock is my last name. and I don't even have one. I feel so so so dirty now...
Posted by: Mad Scientist | October 11, 2004 at 10:52 AM
*lying on the floor, laughing till I cry, helpless in a puddle of my own drool*
*wondering if I might drown*
*no longer caring*
You guys said everything I could have.. I take my hat off to you all
Posted by: Kat | October 11, 2004 at 11:13 AM
I have a friend, Jamie Heycock. No joke. diminutive
Posted by: andylichter | October 11, 2004 at 11:25 AM
Our local brewery makes a beer called "Matt's." The implications are frankly more than a little disconcerting.
Posted by: Pilsenerman | October 11, 2004 at 11:25 AM
Guys, Don't be scared, but there are little roosters in your pants!
Posted by: Jessica R. | October 11, 2004 at 06:30 PM
Is it me, or did anyone notice how the article carefully avoided any mention of manhood?
Also, I find it funny that the word unit and the word -cock appear not only in the same sentence, but right next to each other.
Only in an article such as this could you get away with such fowl language...
...sorry, had to say it.
Posted by: SchadeBoy | October 11, 2004 at 10:13 PM