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Help[Facts] Re: Ashley for a boy
in reply to a message by Caroline
Hello Caroline,
First, I should observe that I find none of the possible middle names cited especially masculine. I doubt anyone seeing them in writing only is going to assume that the bearer is male.
Moreover, "Ashley River" is a well-known waterway in South Carolina (any native of that state will tell you that Charleston is the place where the Ashley and Cooper Rivers come together to form the Atlantic Ocean).
Ashley Brentley has too many -leys, while Ashley Chorde (w/ acute mark) sounds like an exotic dancer. Not exactly the image a future fighter pilot or diesel mechanic wants to convey.
I have noted before that we have two male family friends named Ashley, both in their early 20's and uncompromisingly masculine. Both, given a choice, would rather be named Egbert or Percival (well, maybe not Percival) than Ashley.
Her bizarre penchant for anagrammed names aside, Nanaea is as usual the bearer of sound advice in suggesting "Ashton" as an alternative. It'll greatly reduce your friend's chance of being murdered in her sleep by her own son in 15 years.
God Bless All Here,
Daividh
First, I should observe that I find none of the possible middle names cited especially masculine. I doubt anyone seeing them in writing only is going to assume that the bearer is male.
Moreover, "Ashley River" is a well-known waterway in South Carolina (any native of that state will tell you that Charleston is the place where the Ashley and Cooper Rivers come together to form the Atlantic Ocean).
Ashley Brentley has too many -leys, while Ashley Chorde (w/ acute mark) sounds like an exotic dancer. Not exactly the image a future fighter pilot or diesel mechanic wants to convey.
I have noted before that we have two male family friends named Ashley, both in their early 20's and uncompromisingly masculine. Both, given a choice, would rather be named Egbert or Percival (well, maybe not Percival) than Ashley.
Her bizarre penchant for anagrammed names aside, Nanaea is as usual the bearer of sound advice in suggesting "Ashton" as an alternative. It'll greatly reduce your friend's chance of being murdered in her sleep by her own son in 15 years.
God Bless All Here,
Daividh
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Oops -- didn't mean to imply that your two, male family friends named "Ashley" were sissy-boys. :)
Have to ask though: Are they Southern? I can imagine the name "Ashley" being more commonly given to boys in the South than in the North -- probably because I seem to recall a male character from the novel *Gone with the Wind*.
You won't find many (if any at all) male Ashleys in New York, though. Quite a few boys named "Asher", though. ;)
-- Nanaea
Have to ask though: Are they Southern? I can imagine the name "Ashley" being more commonly given to boys in the South than in the North -- probably because I seem to recall a male character from the novel *Gone with the Wind*.
You won't find many (if any at all) male Ashleys in New York, though. Quite a few boys named "Asher", though. ;)
-- Nanaea
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Yup - both North Carolina natives. One goes by "Ash" whenever he can get away with it, the other just grits his teeth, admits to "Ashley", and rolls with the punches. (Of course, the fact that he's silver-tongued and looks a LOT like Enrique Iglesias somewhat softens the blows in the girl department). :)
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No doubt there are also a few boys who consider Enrique Iglesias to be a hottie.
"Softens the blows", you say?... Heheh (Nanaea is biting her tongue in devilish merriment right now, trying VERY HARD to be good on this nice message board.)
-- Nanaea
"Softens the blows", you say?... Heheh (Nanaea is biting her tongue in devilish merriment right now, trying VERY HARD to be good on this nice message board.)
-- Nanaea
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