This is my daughter
Josephine Frances.
You say: How pretty!
You think: Very literary, but growing so common.
This is my son
Hugo Charles.
You say: What a nice name.
You think: Nothing I particularly like.
This is my daughter
Eloise Mary-Catherine.
You say: How interesting. I always loved the
Eloise books.
You think: But they never really mixed well with SNL characters. If I see "Mary-Catherine", all I can think is "
Gallagher".
This is my son
Percy Edward.
You say: Oh, lovely!
Shelley's my favourite poet.
You think:
Percy Edgar would be brilliant, but this will do.
This is my son
Oliver George. We call him
Ollie (assuming that he's young).
You say: How nice!
Ollie is such a cute nickname.
You think: Makes me think of the Herdmanns from The Best
Christmas Pageant Ever. I always liked them.
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