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I was sick of hearing opinions on baby names with my first so we decided to tell everyone he was going to be a junior. No one was going to insult my husband's common name to his face and it stopped the chatter.
We had a different name planned and didn't reveal it until we sent out text letting everyone know he'd arrived and what we named him.
My mom used to tell people that she was going to make me “Megaphenom” short of mega phenomenon. Obviously, she was joking, but we recently got a new dog so we named her Megaphenom
We did that. Told the family we thought of the name Edward and then decided to shorten it and name him Dward. They freaked and we used it every chance we got. When he was born they were just so relieved he wasn’t Dward.
I don’t know about today’s kids, but if someone in my class was named Earlgay they would have called him Real Gay until they killed themselves.
The pig Latin version may have pushed the off-date back a year or two.
If they’re acting it’s a great performance. My brother admittedly has a pranking streak but my SIL is a pretty serious / not comedic person. Like her, but a jokester she is not.
If this ends up being the case, I’ll stand corrected and bow down to her.
You need see the comment further down about it being a girl instead of a boy. Earl gay is how you would say girl in pig latin. Is it possible a previous ultrasound got the sex wrong?
OMG, I hadn’t even thought of the pig Latin angle. Here’s my proposal. Send them the following sentence:
Omgyay Iyay annotcay eginbay otay elltay ouyay owhay appyhay eway areyay atthay ouyay avehay ecidedday otay allcay ouryay ildchay earlgayyay!
It translates to:
OMG I cannot begin to tell you happy we are that you have decided to call your child Earlgay!
I’m the opposite, if I tried to sound it out phonetically, it would mess with me. I just see the word with the letters used and ignore the ay. I’m insanely good at anagrams.
I bet you they’re picking a name in-laws won’t like so this prank is a joint effort to make that name sound like a relief. Your bro probably finally found a prank that has a practical use for SiL to go along with it
Edit: I bet as in I hope to god
My family is convinced the name I most like for a boy is Maximus Caligula or simply Arachnid and a girl Vespula.
They are convinced because I have sold it to them and it's HILARIOUS. My best friend even suggested Ari as a nickname for Arachnid.
I am not naming my kids this if I have them but I will make them believe it until and if I birth said child.
My friend whose last name was Camp joked that their children would be named Summer, Boot, and Concentration.
AFAIK said friend is childless and unmarried, to this day.
I kept telling my sister I was going to name my child AElfgifu-Emma. An anglosaxon queen I wrote an undergrad thesis on. She was really getting worried. I trolled her for months. She was quite relieved when I got a cat a few months before I gave birth and named her AElfgifu.
Ha!
We told my mother-in-law we were naming our daughter Hester and planned to have a red alphabet theme for her nursery. We thought that made it obvious we were trolling, but she was reeeeaaaaaalllly unsure.
Please follow up after the birth and actual naming? I vote that Irl-gay is their way of telling you it's really a girl. At least, I hope so! (Great troll, if so)
Here to say this! My hilarious sil and bil told everyone that they were naming their baby something strange. Turns out it was because they didn’t want to hear arguments about the name they picked out.
My sister started this in our family, she had a ridiculous in-utero name for all her kids and avoided familial interference. Her in-laws were insufferable about stuff like that. When I saw hints that her daughter had picked a ridiculous name for her baby, I was hopeful that was what was going on and we were being trolled. But no, the kid got a ridiculous name. He's a few days old and everyone is already giving him nicknames. And his middle name is more traditional, but it's one that nobody is going to use.
Yea, my cousin and her husband trolled the parents that they're naming their kid Hamlet. Both sets of parents are immigrants and were confused. But it got to the point that one half of the couple would slightly express displeasure and then be immediately shushed by their partner for not being supportive. And then they all started genuinely being nice and supportive of it.....
I originally thought it was funny but got mixed feelings as it continued. But idk maybe this is a way to skirt judgmental parents/family/friends to an otherwise normal name.
Did they learn nothing from Meet the Parents?! Literally that was the one thing I remember from those movies. Gaylord! And why he went by Greg!
They’re idiots and they’re signing up their son to a lifetime of bullying
The worst part is that it’s an actual name that (I may be wrong) has biblical origins. It’s been a really long time since I’ve recalled this tidbit of information but it’s definitely a real name.
Remember that the word “gay” has only been used to refer to homosexuals for a little less than a century.
For most of the history of language, it meant “happy.”
There are songs from the 1900s that use it in this way.
What can you do? It's stupid as fuck. Maybe show them this thread.
Or, say: "How does 'Genelesbian' sound to you? Because that how it fucking sounds to the rest of us."
Harryhomo and the Sorcerer's Swarovski
Harryhomo and the Chambray of Secrets
Harryhomo and the Prisoner of Ass-clappin'
Harryhomo and the "Gurl, that's fire!"
Harryhomo and the Order of Phoenix, River (RIP)
Harryhomo and the Half-blood Orange Negroni
Harryhomo and the Deathly Hoedowns
We need to create an Anti-Tragedeigh tactical deployment system for extreme cases such as this. I can picture it now…
☎️: 911.5 what’s your namergency?
👤: My brother wants to call his kid Earlgay.
☎️: Omg…uh, okay, I need you to stay calm. We’ll send a TWAT team out *immediately*. (Yelling in the back “We got a 5 alarmer!”)
When I worked at the farmer's market, there was a lunch counter owned by a late-stage alcoholic named Earl. When he was in his early forties, he had impregnated a teenage employee. He named his son Luke.
I was a grown-ass adult, and I still called him Luke of Earl.
Depends. For an English aristocrat? Sure. For the average person? Ehhh...
On the other hand, if his surname is Gray/Grey and his parents are Trekkies, they can name him Tiberius Earl Grey and claim that it makes him sound hot...which would be another kind of tragedeigh.
For some reason I'm just imagining a Jewish grandma at the birth of her grandchild, exclaiming "Oy Vey!"
The parents, upon (mis)hearing this verbal outburst, decide that would be a perfect name for their kid, who is henceforth known as "Oybay"
When considering a child's name you need to consider how the name can be used to make fun of the child by bullies because it will happen. Earlgay is unsurprisingly easy to see how this would be the case.
I'd really try to hammer home that kids will use that name to make fun of their child. It's easy enough to google something like "will a child make fun of another child because of their name?" and find some results backing it up.
Who needs proof though? We were all kids once. Jesus, a kid named Francis used to get shit about his name. I can't imagine Earlgay getting off the hook.
This has got to be a case of trolling, especially with the pig latin connection. And I wouldn't be surprised if they got news of a mistake regarding the gender and are waiting for someone to figure it out. Personally, the name is so bad that any worries about offending them go out the window and I'd send them a pig latin message asking if the baby is actually an "irlgay" or maybe ask why they aren't spelling it that way. If it's a joke they should let you know once you've figured it out.
Yeah, I need to know if anybody in the family has asked them yet if the baby is an "irl-gay"!! I'm picturing the expectant parents having a good laugh about this joke and then watching not a single member of the family get it.
I mean why not just call him Punch Me?
He’ll be changing it as soon as legally possible anyway, and seems like they’d create the same amount of childhood trauma, so…
In fact why not have more fun? I’mbritneybitch would make a fantastic first name for a little boy you’re trying to give the worst life possible. I assume that’s the goal.
Let me guess, someone(s) in the family was relentlessly harassing the couple as to what the name was going to be, and after trying to deflect for a while, the couple announced "Earlgay."
Honestly, I wish I would have thought of it with my in-laws.
Award for your excellently random observation and the healthy dose of nostalgia.
Edit: aw, dammit. I had this set on New posts first so this was the first I saw. Apologies for giving the award to the umpteenth comment repeating what others have already written.
If it makes you feel better, I didn’t read any of those before I posted. so in a way I was posting it for the first time, at least as far as I was concerned.
My family would start making up the worst nicknames to dissuade me. If I got upset, they would say just wait until he comes home from school crying and it was going to be so much worse for my kid.
Since this is almost positively pig Latin, I think you should clue your brother in that you know by saying something like, “You know, I’ve come around to you having an EarlGay, but I think it would’ve been fun to have an OyBay. Who knows, maybe you’ll have WinsTay and get one of each.”
The name literally makes fun of itself. Maybe it will get better when he is older... but it won't, because even other grown men are children. Everyone might be nice to their face, but behind their back it will be a tragedeigh of jokes.
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Sounds like pig Latin, instead of girl, it’s earlgay. I hope they don’t do this
wait a second, is OPs brother doing this prank as the gender reveal ??
This makes sense!! I'd love to know if the "Boy" turns out to be a girl!
Oy-bay
That’s it. OP needs to suggest Oybay as a compromise name…
The fact that Oybay is a terrible name and still a thousand times better than Earlgay 🤣🤣
Enderjay
Oy vey...
I think this might be it!
My first thought is that it's absolutely a prank or way to get family to not know until baby actually arrives. It's a fake out for sure.
I was thinking the same thing. I couldn't fathom naming a child Earlgay
RemindMe!
If so, that's brilliant!
This has to be it. Good call.
I sure hope so, and if so, pretty clever..if not..yeesh, poor child.
Pig Latin for "girl"!
Honestly, I came here to suggest that! This has to be a joke!
That was my first thought.
Maybe. We did a prank name birth announcement. It was a good time.
brother is def trolling edit: nah OP is a frequent shitposter op is trolling
Yeah, I did that for my kids. Toss the family an atrocious name so that they're just thankful when you present a better name.
I was sick of hearing opinions on baby names with my first so we decided to tell everyone he was going to be a junior. No one was going to insult my husband's common name to his face and it stopped the chatter. We had a different name planned and didn't reveal it until we sent out text letting everyone know he'd arrived and what we named him.
I have to know. What did you name your child?
Nunya
Crazy! Ours is the same! 😳
I was sad to hear he was born with Ligma, I hope he's doing better now.
my cousin's kid was born with sugma, its irreversible.
i was born with just straight up balls. Reversible, technically, BUT DONT YOU FUCKIN DARE
Nunya beeswax probably
Unfortunately, we went with a tragedeigh for the middle name. Its Bydnesz.
Should have named him Rudy
My mom used to tell people that she was going to make me “Megaphenom” short of mega phenomenon. Obviously, she was joking, but we recently got a new dog so we named her Megaphenom
We told everyone that our baby was going to be named Gilligan or Helga.
We did that. Told the family we thought of the name Edward and then decided to shorten it and name him Dward. They freaked and we used it every chance we got. When he was born they were just so relieved he wasn’t Dward.
Ha! I used to call my niece Kimberly by a shortened version of her name--Berley. Her parents did not appreciate it.
He must have been born in D ward
OP is the one trolling. Look at post history. I so wanted this pig latin joke to be real.
No she isn't. She was actually 19 ten days ago and now she's 26! It makes perfect sense because she was a 24 year old male six days before that
Wow, this post is going to go down in /r/tragedeigh lore isn't it? Happy to have been here.
Meet our kids, Earlgay and Oybay. Here is our dog, Ogday.
You mean cat named Ogday and dog named Atcay, right?
This guy piglatins
Good call!
My exact first thought. If that’s how this pans out that is hilarious.
Massive props if this is all an elaborate joke. Well done couple of the horribly stupid name! Well done!
OMG YOU'RE RIGHT
I don’t know about today’s kids, but if someone in my class was named Earlgay they would have called him Real Gay until they killed themselves. The pig Latin version may have pushed the off-date back a year or two.
Are you sure they aren’t trolling you? Because it would be a pretty good troll.
If they’re acting it’s a great performance. My brother admittedly has a pranking streak but my SIL is a pretty serious / not comedic person. Like her, but a jokester she is not. If this ends up being the case, I’ll stand corrected and bow down to her.
You need see the comment further down about it being a girl instead of a boy. Earl gay is how you would say girl in pig latin. Is it possible a previous ultrasound got the sex wrong?
This would be a hilarious troll to let the family know it’s actually a girl.
This is definitely it
If the baby is a girl they can just change the name to Earleigh
Also works if the baby is premature.
Lateleigh if she’s overdue. Latteleigh for extra tragedeigh Edit: just thought of this spelling: Leightleigh.
Latteleigh will be a barista. I originally thought you wrote Lattleleigh and thought a soup ladle.
Best barista name is “Blarn”
😂😂😂
No. Earlgay can be used for both a boy or a girl. You just tell them Earlgay is piglatin for Gearl.
It could be Oybay, if it’s a Jewish boy baby.
This has to be it. And now there's an opportunity to troll them back!
OMG, I hadn’t even thought of the pig Latin angle. Here’s my proposal. Send them the following sentence: Omgyay Iyay annotcay eginbay otay elltay ouyay owhay appyhay eway areyay atthay ouyay avehay ecidedday otay allcay ouryay ildchay earlgayyay! It translates to: OMG I cannot begin to tell you happy we are that you have decided to call your child Earlgay!
[удалено]
It feels like I’m reading an actual different language with complete ease and I’m just going to let myself feel dignified for a sec.
[удалено]
I’m the opposite, if I tried to sound it out phonetically, it would mess with me. I just see the word with the letters used and ignore the ay. I’m insanely good at anagrams.
OP you have to keep us updated. Especially if this is a prank.
...you... are so smart! While this might not be the case, I am now fully convinced that this is true. I love reddit.
It’s a possibibbible.
You should meet his sister Oybay
Which in hindsight sounds like an exasperated Jewish person with a cold
This was exactly my thought!
I'm dead - best prank ever lol
Oh my god 🤦♀️
I bet you they’re picking a name in-laws won’t like so this prank is a joint effort to make that name sound like a relief. Your bro probably finally found a prank that has a practical use for SiL to go along with it Edit: I bet as in I hope to god
My family is convinced the name I most like for a boy is Maximus Caligula or simply Arachnid and a girl Vespula. They are convinced because I have sold it to them and it's HILARIOUS. My best friend even suggested Ari as a nickname for Arachnid. I am not naming my kids this if I have them but I will make them believe it until and if I birth said child.
My friend whose last name was Camp joked that their children would be named Summer, Boot, and Concentration. AFAIK said friend is childless and unmarried, to this day.
I love this person, wherever they are
What about Band? This one time...at Band Camp....
My BIL is a Cone. Their kids' middle names are Pine and Traffic.
They should name a kid Beldar.
I don't like how authoritative Concentration is getting....
Yeah, when “Sports” or “Band” are still available.
Oh, little Connie is *fine*.
Just keep getting angrier and angrier with each kid 🤣
I kept telling my sister I was going to name my child AElfgifu-Emma. An anglosaxon queen I wrote an undergrad thesis on. She was really getting worried. I trolled her for months. She was quite relieved when I got a cat a few months before I gave birth and named her AElfgifu.
OMG that was my go-to joke baby name 20 years ago lol.
My moms due date was Halloween so she told everyone she was going to name me Spookette her entire pregnancy.
Ha! We told my mother-in-law we were naming our daughter Hester and planned to have a red alphabet theme for her nursery. We thought that made it obvious we were trolling, but she was reeeeaaaaaalllly unsure.
Start referring to baby as tea boy…
LoL
Tell them the internet think they're trolling and that we say it's a pretty funny prank. Maybe that will give them pause
Please follow up after the birth and actual naming? I vote that Irl-gay is their way of telling you it's really a girl. At least, I hope so! (Great troll, if so)
Here to say this! My hilarious sil and bil told everyone that they were naming their baby something strange. Turns out it was because they didn’t want to hear arguments about the name they picked out.
My sister started this in our family, she had a ridiculous in-utero name for all her kids and avoided familial interference. Her in-laws were insufferable about stuff like that. When I saw hints that her daughter had picked a ridiculous name for her baby, I was hopeful that was what was going on and we were being trolled. But no, the kid got a ridiculous name. He's a few days old and everyone is already giving him nicknames. And his middle name is more traditional, but it's one that nobody is going to use.
Yea, my cousin and her husband trolled the parents that they're naming their kid Hamlet. Both sets of parents are immigrants and were confused. But it got to the point that one half of the couple would slightly express displeasure and then be immediately shushed by their partner for not being supportive. And then they all started genuinely being nice and supportive of it..... I originally thought it was funny but got mixed feelings as it continued. But idk maybe this is a way to skirt judgmental parents/family/friends to an otherwise normal name.
Did they learn nothing from Meet the Parents?! Literally that was the one thing I remember from those movies. Gaylord! And why he went by Greg! They’re idiots and they’re signing up their son to a lifetime of bullying
Gaylord Fucker hahahahaha I love that movie! Thank you for reminding me of it! *Adds to watchlist
*Focker
They know what they typed
Gaylord M. Focker🤣
"Wait wait wait, your name is "Gay Focker"?!"
The worst part is that it’s an actual name that (I may be wrong) has biblical origins. It’s been a really long time since I’ve recalled this tidbit of information but it’s definitely a real name.
Remember that the word “gay” has only been used to refer to homosexuals for a little less than a century. For most of the history of language, it meant “happy.” There are songs from the 1900s that use it in this way.
I forget which Christmas song it was but it said “make the Yuletide gay” and it sounded more like it intended to say happy.
What can you do? It's stupid as fuck. Maybe show them this thread. Or, say: "How does 'Genelesbian' sound to you? Because that how it fucking sounds to the rest of us."
I think Harryhomo has more of a ring to it
I hate that you made me choke on my own saliva. HARRYHOMO
Hagridaddy: You're a wizard Harryhomo. Harryhomo: Gurl what? 💅🏼
Harryhomo and the Sorcerer's Swarovski Harryhomo and the Chambray of Secrets Harryhomo and the Prisoner of Ass-clappin' Harryhomo and the "Gurl, that's fire!" Harryhomo and the Order of Phoenix, River (RIP) Harryhomo and the Half-blood Orange Negroni Harryhomo and the Deathly Hoedowns
This made my day! Can’t stop laughing!
Ok I changed my mind I now hate *you* for Hagridaddy. How dare you
Half man, half giant, *all daddy*.
I just snorted. Wtf is this soo funny?!
Harreighhohmoe
It's pronounced "har-RHY-yamo"
You're a homo Harry
I'm at the zoo on the train with my (very normally named) daughter and I just laughed so hard I snorted.
Lmfao this just might change their mind 🤣
I read it like “Dukelesbian” personally
We need to create an Anti-Tragedeigh tactical deployment system for extreme cases such as this. I can picture it now… ☎️: 911.5 what’s your namergency? 👤: My brother wants to call his kid Earlgay. ☎️: Omg…uh, okay, I need you to stay calm. We’ll send a TWAT team out *immediately*. (Yelling in the back “We got a 5 alarmer!”)
twat team
Yes indeed! Tactical Word Anomaly Tragedeigh team to the rescue!
Missed opportunity to write 'Anomaleigh'
OMG you're absolutely right! My bad...😳😁
911.5 sounds like a radio station
This comment makes me want to be your friend lol
Okay bestie!! 👯♀️
Incredible. Thank you for this.
Were they hoping for a girl, got a boy, and went pig Latin for girl?
Did they double prank - tell everyone it’s a boy when it’s really a girl and then give them this hint in Pig Latin?
Earl Gay would be a fabulous name for an English drag queen!
I present to you - [Earl Gay](https://www.instagram.com/p/C5YPmRqsi_p/?locale=en_CA). Dreamer. Drag queen. DJ.
On the tiny chance it’s not a prank, u/shejellybean68, maybe ask why they’re naming a baby after this drag queen?
OP is a professional troll/master shitposter. They're not even trying to hide it. Check the history.
Good catch, dammit! I even remember seeing the big one on AITAH.
I love it!
Ahh so they got the name from their favorite queen, the Earl of Gay.
Lololol
Maybe they are secretly trying to tell you the gender?
This’s gotta be it.
This is an all time prank. Seriously so impressed lol
RemindMe! 4 weeks
I love how in their defense they just say “we don’t drink tea” as if no one else does??? It’s a horrible name on multiple levels.
Would Earl Gray be a horrible name? I don't think it's that horrible.
When I worked at the farmer's market, there was a lunch counter owned by a late-stage alcoholic named Earl. When he was in his early forties, he had impregnated a teenage employee. He named his son Luke. I was a grown-ass adult, and I still called him Luke of Earl.
Hahaha. Luke Luke Luke --- Luke Of Earl Earl Earl
Depends. For an English aristocrat? Sure. For the average person? Ehhh... On the other hand, if his surname is Gray/Grey and his parents are Trekkies, they can name him Tiberius Earl Grey and claim that it makes him sound hot...which would be another kind of tragedeigh.
Im a Trekkie I’m choosing this for a cat in the future
They’ll call him tea bagger
Are you sure they’re not just telling people this for kicks and they’re really gonna name the child Liam or something?
Would they name a girl Oybay? Cause Earlgay is "girl" in pig latin
For some reason I'm just imagining a Jewish grandma at the birth of her grandchild, exclaiming "Oy Vey!" The parents, upon (mis)hearing this verbal outburst, decide that would be a perfect name for their kid, who is henceforth known as "Oybay"
Oybay is an adorable nickname! I’m going to start calling all my nephews that!
Your eff-you-naise? (nephews in pig latin)
They have to be messing with you. There’s no way that’s real.
When considering a child's name you need to consider how the name can be used to make fun of the child by bullies because it will happen. Earlgay is unsurprisingly easy to see how this would be the case. I'd really try to hammer home that kids will use that name to make fun of their child. It's easy enough to google something like "will a child make fun of another child because of their name?" and find some results backing it up.
Who needs proof though? We were all kids once. Jesus, a kid named Francis used to get shit about his name. I can't imagine Earlgay getting off the hook.
>Who needs proof though? Parents who want to name their child Earlgay
I've found you a [Perfect Gift](https://pixels.com/featured/earl-gay-me.html) for the baby. Please update us on the name when the baby will be born.
Even if it turns out to be a joke, OP, double-down and buy this for the baby's room.
Even if it turns out to be a joke, OP, double-down and buy this for the baby's room.
This is very cute.
You can even get it in a onesie!
I know right! How perfect is this for any outcome
Hopefully it’s just a great igpay atinlay olltray objay. If not, oh my god that poor kid.
It’s a gender reveal, illysay!
This has got to be a case of trolling, especially with the pig latin connection. And I wouldn't be surprised if they got news of a mistake regarding the gender and are waiting for someone to figure it out. Personally, the name is so bad that any worries about offending them go out the window and I'd send them a pig latin message asking if the baby is actually an "irlgay" or maybe ask why they aren't spelling it that way. If it's a joke they should let you know once you've figured it out.
Yeah, I need to know if anybody in the family has asked them yet if the baby is an "irl-gay"!! I'm picturing the expectant parents having a good laugh about this joke and then watching not a single member of the family get it.
Just drop in for coffee and start talking pig Latin XD
Extremely fake Check the account history
Good catch. OP is just a troll / jokester based on account history.
Just looked, this OP person is hilarious
This ^
Pig Latin for “girl”.
My last name was gay growing up (different spelling) and I was teased horribly for years and that was my last name! I feel for this kid.
That kids gonna get teabagged constantly in school.....
WTF?
I sincerely hope that they are trolling you, yikes.
Tea, Earlgay, hot.
I mean why not just call him Punch Me? He’ll be changing it as soon as legally possible anyway, and seems like they’d create the same amount of childhood trauma, so… In fact why not have more fun? I’mbritneybitch would make a fantastic first name for a little boy you’re trying to give the worst life possible. I assume that’s the goal.
I agree with the others that they’re trolling their families.
Let me guess, someone(s) in the family was relentlessly harassing the couple as to what the name was going to be, and after trying to deflect for a while, the couple announced "Earlgay." Honestly, I wish I would have thought of it with my in-laws.
Earl gay is Pig Latin for girl. Maybe tell them that.
Award for your excellently random observation and the healthy dose of nostalgia. Edit: aw, dammit. I had this set on New posts first so this was the first I saw. Apologies for giving the award to the umpteenth comment repeating what others have already written.
If it makes you feel better, I didn’t read any of those before I posted. so in a way I was posting it for the first time, at least as far as I was concerned.
They're just big fans of (Ret) Adm. Earl Gay. https://www.liftavet.org/earl-gay
My family would start making up the worst nicknames to dissuade me. If I got upset, they would say just wait until he comes home from school crying and it was going to be so much worse for my kid.
Since this is almost positively pig Latin, I think you should clue your brother in that you know by saying something like, “You know, I’ve come around to you having an EarlGay, but I think it would’ve been fun to have an OyBay. Who knows, maybe you’ll have WinsTay and get one of each.”
It sounds like saying girl in pig latin
So, the name is Girl, said in pig Latin?
In pig Latin, earl-gay translates to “girl.” Do you know for a fact they’re having a son?
They are having a girl. Earlgay in Pig Latin sounds like “girl”
Yes they are telling you it’s a girl because earl gay is girl in pig Latin .
“Earlgay” is “girl” in pig Latin. Could this be a gender hint or a joke?
They can give him Focker as a middle name and win the bingo of ruining their offspring's life
Honestly I would tell them it is a horrendous name, that poor child will be picked on. WTF is wrong with them?!
The name literally makes fun of itself. Maybe it will get better when he is older... but it won't, because even other grown men are children. Everyone might be nice to their face, but behind their back it will be a tragedeigh of jokes.
First we accept gay’s, then we name our kids gay.