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Subject: Re: I need your opinion
Author: Daividh   (guest, 209.209.171.169)
Date: March 9, 2001 at 8:39:53 PM
Reply to: I need your opinion by V
No problem with any of these except Hazel (still carries the old-lady stigma of Mildred-Gertrude-Ruby-Viola and that ilk) and Oliviana (too many syllables!). Patience is a nice 17th-centuryish name that's quite unusual today (and potentially less ironic than Chastity).

Had a discussion re the "Oliviana" point with one of my staff at work. She was pregnant them (since had her baby) and wanted to name it Alexandria. I mentioned mucho syllables and suggested she consider Alexandra. "No", she said, "it's gotta be AlexandrIa because that's the town where my husband and I met".

"Good thing you didn't meet in Hicksville", I said, upholding my rep for a lack of tact.

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