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in reply to a message by Leontine
I like Adrian and Paul enough to use as fns, and Brian and Gavin enough to use as mns. I find Ethan unpleasing - eeth is not attractive - and Liam outrages my love for William. William deserves much, much better than Liam.
I would use Alice and Laura as fns without a second's hesitation. I would consider Blythe as a mn only, and Talitha rather than the uberfeline Tabitha as fn or mn. I far prefer Olivia to Olive (my aunt was an Olivia who called herself Olive - never made sense to me), and Lisa and Amber are flimsy and unlovable.
I suppose Aubrey and Robin/Robyn count as unisex? I like Robin very much for a boy and hardly at all for a girl; the -y- in Robyn counts heavily against it. Aubrey is not unusual where I live as a male name, and I quite enjoy it though I wouldn't use it myself. On a girl, it's not my taste at all, and much too close to the drab and shabby Audrey.
I would use Alice and Laura as fns without a second's hesitation. I would consider Blythe as a mn only, and Talitha rather than the uberfeline Tabitha as fn or mn. I far prefer Olivia to Olive (my aunt was an Olivia who called herself Olive - never made sense to me), and Lisa and Amber are flimsy and unlovable.
I suppose Aubrey and Robin/Robyn count as unisex? I like Robin very much for a boy and hardly at all for a girl; the -y- in Robyn counts heavily against it. Aubrey is not unusual where I live as a male name, and I quite enjoy it though I wouldn't use it myself. On a girl, it's not my taste at all, and much too close to the drab and shabby Audrey.
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