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Old 01-05-2007, 03:04 PM   #34
glatt
 
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Originally Posted by Clodfobble View Post
You will be surprised how many people will just tell you, "Ew, I HATE that name! How awful!" when you tell them the name you've picked, but once the kid's actually named no one ever says anything rude.
Good advice. I'm one of them. I knew a woman who was thinking of naming her son "Dijon" as a combination of her name (Direthia) and her husband's name (John.) I was more gentle than most, but she took a lot of shit for that and ended up naming the kid John.
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