Mom: Southwest Airlines agent mocked 5-year-old girl's name 'Abcde'...they apologized

[FJO]

Egotistical fathers cruelly condemn their sons for a life time being a 'junior' by giving them their own name.

 

[rightwinger]

should the person be fired?

Mom: Airline agent mocked 5-year-old girl's 'Abcde' name

Abcde will probably end up changing her name, much like Johnny Cash whose dad wanted to teach him to fight and named him "Sue".

Abbie.

 

[rightwinger]

Egotistical fathers cruelly condemn their sons for a life time being a 'junior' by giving them their own name.

That is why I gave my son a different middle name

 

[rightwinger]

Mocking a child is never the right thing to do.

It’s one thing to be amused by the spelling of the name. It’s another to be so unprofessional as to post about it on social media.

The agent shouldn’t necessarily be fired but she should face disciplinary action.

Laughing at a funny name is a natural reaction and the blame rests with the mother

Should not have been posted

 

[harmonica]

the agent needs to be fired
if he/she is dumb and immature enough to do that, what else will he do?

Their job!!

Greg

what?? this guy is an idiot......no--he won't do the job well/etc if he is an idiot

 

[Taz]

It 's a dumb name worth mocking.

 

[Carl in Michigan]

It 's a dumb name worth mocking.

Sure you wanna say that? I'm guessing she's African

 

[Carl in Michigan]

While mocking children is generally considered in poor taste, lots of people on social media aren't particularly sympathetic to the family, who chose to name their child a five-letter sequence that is also the first five letters of the alphabet.

How uncommon is the name, though? Turns out it's not even one in a million.

There are, at minimum 373 women and girls named Abcde in the US. There are probably closer to 400.

 

[Taz]

It 's a dumb name worth mocking.

Sure you wanna say that? I'm guessing she's African

She should be deported. asap. We already are full up on retards in the US.

 

[martybegan]

Airline 'sorry' for mocking girl's name

"
Southwest Airlines apologises for mocking girl's name"

Usually when you see something about a US airline in the news, it's them doing something stupid.

This time I feel it's justified.

Southwest Airlines has apologised after a member of its staff mocked a five-year-old girl's name.

Traci Redford and her daughter, Abcde (pronounced ab-si-dee), were en route home to El Paso, Texas, from California's John Wayne Airport when the incident occurred.

Right..... here's the deal.

1) ce and ci can be pronounced like se and si. This comes from Latin via French via the 1066 Battle of Hastings and William the Conquerer taking over. Any Spanish speakers will know that ce and ci change to become soft sounds.

2) c+ consonant is ALWAYS a K sound.

So, her parents are dumb as hell thinking their daughter is ab-si-dee, when in fact she's abk-dee at the very best.

3) If I saw that, there's no way in hell I wouldn't be splashing it all over the internet.

I can't wait for Chlamydia to board that airline.

Parents who give their kids funny names should not be offended if people laugh

Someone summed up this situation perfectly: "If you have to say "my child's name is "X", it's pronounced "Y"" then you don't have a leg to stand on when someone either mixes it up or makes fun of it.

You mean like Siobahn? (shi-VAHN) Or Guenhwyvar? (GWEN-i-veer) Possibly Sean? Maybe Aoife? (EVE) Perhaps Saoirse? (SEER-sha) Or Nguyen? (NIM)

And yes, I have known people with all these names.

Yes. if they mix it up, you don't get to be mad at them.

 

[Jarlaxle]

Egotistical fathers cruelly condemn their sons for a life time being a 'junior' by giving them their own name.

Urine idiot.

 

[FJO]

Egotistical fathers cruelly condemn their sons for a life time being a 'junior' by giving them their own name.

Urine idiot.

Piss off, Junior!

 

[Jarlaxle]

Egotistical fathers cruelly condemn their sons for a life time being a 'junior' by giving them their own name.

Urine idiot.

Piss off, Junior!

You're adorable, kid.

 

[rightwinger]

The poor little girl better get used to being mocked

 

[blastoff]

If you name your child Abcde you should not be offended if people do a double take

The child has a difficult life ahead of her.....Don’t blame Southwest

Only until she is 18, then she can legally change her name to fix the situation.

Yep. And I’d steer her in the direction of Figehige as an alternative.