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This is my daughter Evelyn (nn Evie)
You Say: What a pretty name
You Think: same, though it sounds like an adult, but I really LOVE Evie

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This is my son Desmond
You Say: Nice name
You Think: same, but makes me think of Desi Arnaz and an adult, not a child

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This is my son Niall
You Say: Love that name
You Think: same

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Thsi is my daughter Liviana
You Say: How pretty!
You Think: It is, but sounds made up

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This are my sons Raphael and Gabriel (nn Rafe and Gabe)
You Say: Oh, two angels :)
You Think: I love Gabriel but pairing it with another angel name is just too cutesy for me

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This is my son Walter
You Say: Handsome name
You Think: Poor kid

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This is my son Jedidiah (nn Jed)
You Say: What a great name
You Think: It is, but seems like a lot to live up to...love Jed, though

This is my daughter Evelyn (nn Evie)
You Say: classic name, cute nickname
You Think: I do like the nn

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This is my son Desmond
You Say: I LOVE this name! it's one of my favorites!!
You Think: I'm so glad someone used it!! it's beautiful!!

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This is my son Niall
You Say: cute
You Think: what a name...

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Thsi is my daughter Liviana
You Say: that's pretty
You Think: it is pretty

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This are my sons Raphael and Gabriel (nn Rafe and Gabe)
You Say: cute, I love those names
You Think: I love the name Gabriel... and the nn Rafe is so cute!

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This is my son Walter:
You Say: that's a nice name
You Think: ugh... don't like it

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This is my son Jedidiah (nn Jed)
You Say: I like that name!
You Think: I do like that name

This is my daughter Evelyn (nn Evie)
You Say: What a sweet name
You Think: Boring

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This is my son Desmond
You Say: Hello, Desmond
You Think: Neat name

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This is my son Niall
You Say: That's a neat name
You Think: Anielate. Anielation.

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Thsi is my daughter Liviana
You Say: What a sweet name
You Think: I wonder if they call her Liv or Livy/Livie. It's frilly.

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This are my sons Raphael and Gabriel (nn Rafe and Gabe)
You Say: Charming
You Think: Wow angels. What great twin names. But at least they're good names.

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This is my son Walter:
You Say: Bet you don't meet many Walters?
You Think: It sounds ugly

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This is my son Jedidiah (nn Jed)
You Say: Bet you don't meet many Jeds?
You Think: Its okay, but a bit hill-billyish

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~ Arcadia

This is my daughter Evelyn (nn Evie)
You Say: How precious are you!
You Think: Evelyn is one of the only lyn names I can stand. I like lind anmes like Evalind or Rosalind, though.

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This is my son Desmond
You Say: Desmond? How intersting...
You Think:... I would never name my soon that.

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This is my son Niall
You Say: How fun and Irish.
You Think: I'm all about fun and Irish.

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Thsi is my daughter Liviana
You Say: Livi?
You Think: Oliviana, would be better.

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This are my sons Raphael and Gabriel (nn Rafe and Gabe)
You Say: Are you two a pair of artists?
You Think: Can they paint my bathroom for me?

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This is my son Walter:
You Say: What a nice name.
You Think: Very nice and old fashioned.

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This is my son Jedidiah (nn Jed)
You Say: Hi, Jedidiah.
You Think: This name needs to Jeh-di-DIE-ah.

This is my daughter Evelyn (nn Evie)
You Say: What a sweet name.
You Think: I like the same, it's rarely heard though.

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This is my son Desmond
You Say: That's a cool name.
You Think: The name's interesting, not my style though.

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This is my son Niall
You Say: It's a nice name.
You Think: Too short for my taste.

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Thsi is my daughter Liviana
You Say: That's a pretty name, do people call you Liv?
You Think: I like the sound of that.

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This are my sons Raphael and Gabriel (nn Rafe and Gabe)
You Say: Those names sound good for brothers.
You Think: They sound okay for brothers, a bit different though.

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This is my son Walter:
You Say: I love that name, it's rarely heard!
You Think: Ditto.

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This is my son Jedidiah (nn Jed)
You Say: Wow, that's a rare name.
You Think: It really is rare, I like it, but wouldn't use it.

This is my daughter Evelyn (nn Evie)
You Say:lovely name
You Think:as above

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This is my son Desmond
You Say: I havent heard that name in a while
You Think:i hope they dont shorten it to Des

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This is my son Niall
You Say: nice name
You Think:AS ABOVE

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Thsi is my daughter Liviana
You Say: Pretty name
You Think: nice enough better than another Chloe ( though i love that name it is so popular where i live)

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This are my sons Raphael and Gabriel (nn Rafe and Gabe)
You Say: lovely names
You Think:lovely names amnd nice nicknames

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This is my son Walter:
You Say: I havent heared that name in a while
You Think:Please dont shorten it to Wally

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This is my son Jedidiah (nn Jed)
You Say: great name
You Think: as above

This is my daughter Evelyn (nn Evie)
You Say: Evie! That's lovely! [nothing about Evelyn]
You Think: of Evelyn Waugh, the male author. I do like Evie tons though!

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This is my son Desmond
You Say: Cool.
You Think: Well, it's a bit geeky but I guess they'll call him Des; that's neat. At least it's interesting and not very common.

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This is my son Niall
You Say: Great name.
You Think: Glad to see that one used, I like it.

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Thsi is my daughter Liviana
You Say: Pretty.
You Think: It reminds me a bit of too-popular Olivia, but not bad. I hope they don't call her Liv or Livvy.

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This are my sons Raphael and Gabriel (nn Rafe and Gabe)
You Say: Nice names.
You Think: Rafe is cool. Such butch sounding nicknames, interesting; I kind of like it but I'm tired of Gabriel. And: she must be quite religious.

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This is my son Walter:
You Say: That's a fine name.
You Think: Nerdy & dated. Rough till he's about thirty. Wally is great though! ..Walter must be a family name.

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This is my son Jedidiah (nn Jed)
You Say: Jed, nice.
You Think: Whoa, hard core antiquated bible name, verging on archaic sounding. You must be religious. Jed is pretty dashing, though, and updates the name very well.

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- chazda

This is my daughter Evelyn (nn Evie)
You Say: Beautiful
You Think: I prefer the EEV-lin pronunciation OR I like that she is using the EEV-lin pronunciation (Of course I would have heard the pronunciation you use when you introduced her so delete as needed)

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This is my son Desmond
You Say: That's different.
You Think: What! My dad called his car Desmond!

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This is my son Niall
You Say: Nice
You Think: Much prefer this to Neil

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Thsi is my daughter Liviana
You Say: Pretty
You Think: Prefer Viviana or Livia, this is too frilly for me.

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This are my sons Raphael and Gabriel (nn Rafe and Gabe)
You Say: Sound good together
You Think: Love Gabriel, don't like Raphael, looks strange to me.

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This is my son Walter:
You Say: That's nice
You Think: Yes! Yes! Someone with the courage to use Walter, I love Walter!

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This is my son Jedidiah (nn Jed)
You Say: It's different
You Think: Don't like obviously Biblical names like this.

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Louise x

This is my daughter Evelyn (nn Evie)
You Say: That's a nice name. I have an Aunt Evie.
You Think: Too bad it's also the name of Eric's fanatical grandma.

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This is my son Desmond
You Say: He's so cute!
You Think: Please don't call him Desi.

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This is my son Niall
You Say: That's an interesting name.
You Think: ditto

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Thsi is my daughter Liviana
You Say: That's a pretty name.
You Think: Too flowery and frilly for my taste though

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This are my sons Raphael and Gabriel (nn Rafe and Gabe)
You Say: I like both of those names and their nns.
You Think: Too themey for sibs though. At least the nns make it less obvious

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This is my son Walter:
You Say: My dad's name is Walter.
You Think: ditto.

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This is my son Jedidiah (nn Jed)
You Say: He's so cute.
You Think: Too Old Testament for my taste.