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in reply to a message by quigonjecca
What are your top 5 names for girls?: Evening (Evey), Eve (Evey), Ruxandra (Ruxi), Katharine (Kitty), and...oh, heck, let's say Scarlet Carson (Essie) to make five.
What are your top 5 names for boys?: Morpheus (Morph), Ptolemy (Ptolly), Edmond (Eddy), Nathaniel (Nat), and...hm. Shall we say Winslow today? Sure. We'll say Winslow.
What are your idea of "filler" names?: Names chosen with no real thought behind them--just because some name was required right there. It could be Marie, or it could be Iphigenia, but if it was picked just because Mum and Dad needed something in the MN spot, it's filler to me. After all, my middle name is Rae, a typically "filler" mn, but it is definitely not filler in my case. It was chosen for a very specific reason, and I'm proud to bear it.
What is your least favorite name for each gender?: Probably Madison and Joshua, but I don't focus on names I dislike. What's the point in that?
What is your absoulute favorite name for each gender? Rae for a girl, Ray for a boy. No matter how wildly my tastes might change, I will definitely be using one of these for a child of mind.
What is your usual naming style? You tell me. It's eclectic enough that I don't have an answer. Perhaps "eclectic" sums it up well enough.
Do you use name generators? No. I can't go searching for names to like--they have to come to me.
If so, what are the web adresses for the generators you use? There are generators I've used, but I'm too lazy to look them up for you.
Do you write stories? Yes, but this isn't really relevant.
If so, does your character naming style differ from what you would normally use? Duh? I mean, my characters' parents are not me. It would be entirely illogical if my characters all had names in my "style" just because they were my characters. They would more than likely end up with completely illogical, inappropriate names, which would jar my readers out of the story, thus making me a failure as a writer.
For pets do you prefer traditional "people" names or non-traditional "pet" names? I prefer names that wouldn't be found on humans--but I like a lot of traditional pet names, because you don't meet a lot of dogs named Rover and Fido anymore. They're so démodé that they're interesting again.
Example? I fancy the idea of naming cats after songs I like--I envision having a Haitian Fight Song (Haitian for short, natch) or a Blues Falling Down Like Hail (Bluesy). As previously mentioned, I like old-fashioned typical dog names like Fido. And I tend to name fish after musicians--I've had a Warren-Zevon and a Dave-Clark. When I'm not giving them totally random names like Skeeterjack, that is.
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What are your top 5 names for boys?: Morpheus (Morph), Ptolemy (Ptolly), Edmond (Eddy), Nathaniel (Nat), and...hm. Shall we say Winslow today? Sure. We'll say Winslow.
What are your idea of "filler" names?: Names chosen with no real thought behind them--just because some name was required right there. It could be Marie, or it could be Iphigenia, but if it was picked just because Mum and Dad needed something in the MN spot, it's filler to me. After all, my middle name is Rae, a typically "filler" mn, but it is definitely not filler in my case. It was chosen for a very specific reason, and I'm proud to bear it.
What is your least favorite name for each gender?: Probably Madison and Joshua, but I don't focus on names I dislike. What's the point in that?
What is your absoulute favorite name for each gender? Rae for a girl, Ray for a boy. No matter how wildly my tastes might change, I will definitely be using one of these for a child of mind.
What is your usual naming style? You tell me. It's eclectic enough that I don't have an answer. Perhaps "eclectic" sums it up well enough.
Do you use name generators? No. I can't go searching for names to like--they have to come to me.
If so, what are the web adresses for the generators you use? There are generators I've used, but I'm too lazy to look them up for you.
Do you write stories? Yes, but this isn't really relevant.
If so, does your character naming style differ from what you would normally use? Duh? I mean, my characters' parents are not me. It would be entirely illogical if my characters all had names in my "style" just because they were my characters. They would more than likely end up with completely illogical, inappropriate names, which would jar my readers out of the story, thus making me a failure as a writer.
For pets do you prefer traditional "people" names or non-traditional "pet" names? I prefer names that wouldn't be found on humans--but I like a lot of traditional pet names, because you don't meet a lot of dogs named Rover and Fido anymore. They're so démodé that they're interesting again.
Example? I fancy the idea of naming cats after songs I like--I envision having a Haitian Fight Song (Haitian for short, natch) or a Blues Falling Down Like Hail (Bluesy). As previously mentioned, I like old-fashioned typical dog names like Fido. And I tend to name fish after musicians--I've had a Warren-Zevon and a Dave-Clark. When I'm not giving them totally random names like Skeeterjack, that is.
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