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for some reason, almost to the point of being PNL-worthy. I also think that: Dorcas would be teased for her name more than Any Other Kid She Would Ever Meet. Even if she went by Dora. Even more than my [son] Rudolph "Rudy." The teasing would also be very severe when people found out it was her middle name - I can imagine Dorcas being the type of middle name a kid would try to keep secret, and then someone finding it out and shouting it and a bunch of kids circling around and taunting and many tears and trauma and "WHY DID YOU NAME ME THIS. WHY"

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Whether or not name-teasing is something that's actually psychologically harmful is another question.