| The Worst Baby Name Book Ever | 
 enlarge | Author: David Narter
Publisher: Cumberland House Publishing
Category: Book
List Price: $9.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:   (4 reviews)
Sales Rank: 339316
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 192
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 5 x 0.4
ISBN: 1581824564
Dewey Decimal Number: 818.602
EAN: 9781581824568
ASIN: 1581824564
Publication Date: March 2005
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Product Description
This comprehensive guide to what not to name your baby offers parents a little comic relief from the baby names dilemma. If you try hard enough, you can find something wrong with every name you can think of and that is what the author has done with "The Worst Baby Name Book Ever". From traditional names to modern names, Narter points out what is wrong with every name. For example:- Crystal: You're going to name your baby after a shiny rock? Hey, everybody has money troubles but you can't be that desperate. Show a little dignity.- Doug: You can always count on a guy named Doug...to bore you to death. He'll be the only kid in the first grade to declare his ambition to sell life insurance. And so the never-ending search for the perfect name continues...
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 Good for a laugh! May 9, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Take some time out and enjoy a funny take on baby names! Naming a baby can be a stressful job....this book won't let you take it too seriously!
*cough* January 3, 2006
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
You ever have someone tease you for something and, as sometimes happens, you have a retort ready for them that was pretty funny? And have you ever thought of something even better to say later on when it's no longer relevant? That's almost what this reminds me of.
The book, by itself, is funny, but it's overshadowed a bit by it's predecessor, Don't Name Your Baby. The author himself is fairly witty and creative, so it was a little mind boggling to see him re-hash the same idea he had for the previous book.
Both are quite funny and I still stand by what I said about over sensitive individuals not knowing how to take a joke deciding to rip apart what is clearly a funny book, but I think next time we should be allowed to expect something different, and he should expect it as well. Damnit. It's like AC/DC in that they mimmic their own music in every song...c'mon Narter, you and I (and many others) know you can do much better than that!
Throw that curve ball!
 I Thought This Book Was Horrible!!! November 28, 2005
2 out of 19 found this review helpful
I reserved this book from the library curious to see what names were in this book. What I found out was that pretty much every possible name was in this book. Now there are some pretty horrible names out there, but a lot of the names in this book are common names that have been around for a long, long time. Maybe I should lighten up a bit, but I was a tad offended when I read what the author wrote about my name, my husbands name and my daughter's name (we all have pretty common names). The only name he really didn't have anything bad to say about was David which is good for him seeing it is his name and my father since it's his name too. Other than that all of my family and friends' names were knocked.
 A refreshing alternative with a healthy dose of humor to lighten a tense situation July 4, 2005
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
So many baby names books are on the market, and so much tension revolves around locating the perfect name assignment, that it's a relief to read David Narter's The Worst Baby Name Book Ever, a refreshing alternative with a healthy dose of humor to lighten a tense situation. Hundreds of names and hilarious sidebars tell what each name evokes, its origin, and likely sources of childhood teasing resolving around the selection. So if you pick a name from The Worst Baby Name Book Ever, it'll be with full knowledge of the likely consequences.
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