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in reply to a message by Rachel Shaina
Agreed. You seem to feel very strongly about it but I've yet to see how it would be that detrimental
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“All generalizations are false, including this one.”
my names list:
http://www.behindthename.com/pnl/111261
**currently my keyboard.... sucks. So please forgive my likely spelling errors**
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Perhaps the sad ambiguities attached to John - the bathroom or the hooker's client - might prove awkward.
I knew a woman once who was named after her grandfather and had all three of his given names, all of which have perfectly acceptable female forms. She didn't seem to suffer unduly! But I'm glad it didn't happen to me, especially since little children have very conventional tastes and an inability to shut up about whatever interests them.
I knew a woman once who was named after her grandfather and had all three of his given names, all of which have perfectly acceptable female forms. She didn't seem to suffer unduly! But I'm glad it didn't happen to me, especially since little children have very conventional tastes and an inability to shut up about whatever interests them.
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Yeah, but it's a middle name. Please point me to any person who has had their life screwed up by a middle name. If this potential child doesn't like having John as her middle name, she could be Ashlynn J. Surname or even just Ashlynn Surname.
And the connection with bathrooms or hookers doesn't "prove awkward" for boys. But girls are so delicate, aren't they?
(does anyone even call a toilet a john anymore though? I never hear it.)
only if mommy and daddy tell them to. Babies don't pop out and know what's normal.
And the connection with bathrooms or hookers doesn't "prove awkward" for boys. But girls are so delicate, aren't they?
(does anyone even call a toilet a john anymore though? I never hear it.)
only if mommy and daddy tell them to. Babies don't pop out and know what's normal.
This message was edited 8/12/2014, 5:27 PM
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Really? From my experience, kids are pretty open to most things, including names, and they tend not to know something is strange until it's pointed out to them. I went to school with some, what we would consider, oddly named kids, but no one in our age group batted an eyelid at that time, and still don't now. Interesting that you've experienced differently.
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