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01-05-2008, 09:15 AM | #46 |
Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya?
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That's a long name, Average and Boring. Of course, my name is Complacent and Irresponsible.
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01-05-2008, 02:17 PM | #47 |
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(Should we ask why UT is perusing baby name sites?)
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01-05-2008, 02:23 PM | #48 |
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It never went completely out of style, though. I know a few little girls who share your name. I like it. My name is derived from it
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01-05-2008, 08:16 PM | #49 |
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I'm a big fan of quality visual display of quantitative information. When people get it right, as they did with that flash tool, it must be studied.
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01-05-2008, 11:09 PM | #50 |
Tool. Not the band - you are one.
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I named my daughter Gillian (I was a huge X-Files fan). I thought it was such a beautiful and unique name.
Until I realized that most people are illiterate. Not only does she get people pronouncing her name with a hard "G" rather than soft "J", but god forbid someone actually reads her name off of a form - they inevitably call her "Gilligan". Where the hell they get another "g" to throw in there in the middle of her name, I don't know. As for my name, I make everyone call me "Chris". My full name, Christine, sounds so pretentious, especially for a tomboy. And no one ever calls me by the correct name: it's always Christie, or Kristen, or Christina, none of which are my name and it really irks me. And guaranteed - if you have a southern accent, you're calling me Christina. I would have gone by my middle, but it's "Ann", and that's just HORRID.
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01-06-2008, 12:01 AM | #51 |
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My name was in the top 10 from 1966 to 1991, and held the number 1 spot from 1970 all the way through 1984. I hate my name.
And I had a very, very common maiden name too! I don't know what the hell my parents were thinking. It's no wonder I went by a completely unrelated nickname from fourth grade all the way through high school. |
01-06-2008, 12:59 AM | #52 |
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Was pretty well used in the UK when I was a kid. I must've known 4 or 5 -one spelled with a J, the rest G.
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01-17-2008, 05:01 PM | #53 |
I'm still a jerk
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I have a biblical name and those are everywhere. The thing is I have the name that I use the professional world and then I have the name(s) that my family and friends call me.
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01-18-2008, 08:54 AM | #54 |
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My full given name can be pronounced two different ways. My parents chose the less common way, resulting in a childhood of having to correct both peers and adults in authority as to how I said my name.
That said, although I wanted to change my name for years I'm glad my parents stuck with it - it certainly taught me that the majority is not always right.
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01-26-2008, 10:53 AM | #55 |
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We didn't had any problem in choosing our babies names, I picked them out when I was 16.
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01-26-2008, 11:52 AM | #56 | |
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Oh look, your other two posts also link to this site. It's not even high quality spammage.
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01-27-2008, 12:24 AM | #57 |
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well, how'd you like to go through life named Lum?
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01-27-2008, 02:56 PM | #58 | |
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back on topic, my names, all three of them came right outta the bible - not that it helped any. :p
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01-27-2008, 06:07 PM | #59 |
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No, the first two times were timely and appropriate to the discussion. The third was
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01-27-2008, 08:10 PM | #60 |
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well I mentioned in that thread that, after following the link, I couldn't find what she was referring to, even through the site search. No biggie.
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