Apparently, (and brace yourselves, people) a US study has posited that boys with more "uncommon" names are more likely to end up in gaol, or run afoul of the law, or some such.
Hmmm... So what you're saying, you clever science types, is that young 'uns with, shall we say, names we might equate with a lower socio-economic group, like "Biyliinda" or "Sha-niya", or "Chiffon Amber" ( it happened yesterday, have a look, right here in lovely, downtown Botany) or oh, I don't know, "Jaiden / Jaydyn / Jai'deen", they might end up feeling the not so gentle end of the law enforcement stick?
Genius.
Not to be all Kath and Kim about it, but are these crazy, made-up names and spellings not almost solely the province of the population known as "bogan"?
So. NO SHIT, brainiacs.
Prove me wrong, kids. Prove me wrong.
(You'll be pleased to know that in a stunning "fuck you", I broke a nail as soon as I posted this. Kudos, higher powers! I have been punished for my snobbery!)
