Is the banning of outlandish names an act of mercy?
Visitors are left to their thoughts, free to formulate their own questions in a space where they are not overwhelmed under an avalanche of exhibits with outlandish names.
Reporting to the militia leaders were dozens of rebel commanders, many of whom adopted outlandish names: Chuck Norris, One-Foot Devil, General Mosquito, and his nemesis, General Mosquito Spray.
To Ms. Zhu, who grew up in Shanghai and attended university in Australia before returning home to work as a translator, the widespread phenomenon of picking outlandish names can be traced to China's headlong integration with the West.
In later years, the company was known for producing extroverted cars with outlandish names like Sagaris (a Persian-era battle-axe) and Cerbera (a derivative of Cerberus, the three-headed hound of hell).
This is an astonishing alternate-history novel about a world with superheroes – while the Americans fulfil their cultural destiny by wearing garish outfits and adopting outlandish names, the British heroes owe more to Le Carré's glum, shadowy spies and work in the background of history.
Today Cirque has nine permanent shows in Las Vegas, Orlando, Toyko and Macau, plus another six touring shows all elaborate acts with outlandish names like "Mystère," "O" and "Ka" that are filled with costumed characters, dizzying acrobatics–and no animals.
The Junior Hockey Bible provides the basis for an alternative hockey language providing outlandish names for blowjobs, different sex moves like the Tony Danza, the Mystery Hand (grabbing the breasts of an unsuspecting victim who is being doubly penetrated by teammates), along with a sickening alternative known as the "Chili Dog".
This is a matter of established fact--one that is sad, given the reality that we live not only in a multicultural society but, also, a society of immigrant laborers: Patels and Nguyens, Aslams and Hernandez's--these are just a few of those outlandish names that move beyond the narrow scope of the watermelon world that this self-loathing one-time actress had in her cross-hairs.
Critics have been quick to point out that Raven-Symoné herself has one of those outlandish Watermelondria names--one of those names that don't follow the conventions of orthography or phonetics.
