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[Opinions] Re: Conor
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But Finlay is so perfect as is. (pouts) In the mn position, you don't think it's worth a more authentic spelling? How much trouble could the "-lay" ending cause there? It would be like setting an emerald (Conor) in a fake gold setting (Finley). I love mixing cultures in combos. The Irish do it all the time. I love watching movie credits to cull for interesting names. Consolata Boyle is listed many times in movies filmed in Ireland. She's a costume designer, I think. Anyway, how romantic is that, Consolata Boyle? I know that's a fn / surname example, not a fn / mn one, but the effect is the same, to me. Others: Eamonn de Valera, Soledad O'Brien. So float away with Conor Elias -- he's a dreamboat.Go, hipster friends, go!Conor and Max do seem like brothers, don't they?
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Interesting. There was a big fad for those religious names here up to the sixties - Concepta and Majella were probably the most popular. So I see Consolata fitting in with that trend and therefore quite Irish! Eamonn de Valera has a granddaughter called Síle - that's mixing it up.
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