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HelpRe: A Typical Irish Family, Moving to America
in reply to a message by Clovetta
So--just so I can see the families more clearly, they're
LN: O'Brien
DH: Cian
DW: Mary
DD: Caoimhe
DD: Siofra
DS: Rory
and
LN: Wright
DH: Christopher
DW: Amanda
DD: Carlie
DD: Courtney
DD: Chloe
right? :)
I think the names all sound realistic enough. The one thing I hesitate at is the number of names you have beginning with the letter C. Cian-Caoimhe-Christopher-Carlie-Courtney-Chloe is a lot, and I hear that some people get characters with names that have the same first letter mixed up on occasion. I don't generally have that happen to me, but you might want to consider mixing a few more letters.
I also would like to suggest that a less WASPy surname might be nice for the American family, but depending on where and how the characters live, it might be the most appropriate. I just grow tired of everyone having English sounding last names. ;)
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LN: O'Brien
DH: Cian
DW: Mary
DD: Caoimhe
DD: Siofra
DS: Rory
and
LN: Wright
DH: Christopher
DW: Amanda
DD: Carlie
DD: Courtney
DD: Chloe
right? :)
I think the names all sound realistic enough. The one thing I hesitate at is the number of names you have beginning with the letter C. Cian-Caoimhe-Christopher-Carlie-Courtney-Chloe is a lot, and I hear that some people get characters with names that have the same first letter mixed up on occasion. I don't generally have that happen to me, but you might want to consider mixing a few more letters.
I also would like to suggest that a less WASPy surname might be nice for the American family, but depending on where and how the characters live, it might be the most appropriate. I just grow tired of everyone having English sounding last names. ;)
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This message was edited 6/12/2008, 6:26 AM
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Everything depends on what you want to do with the story. If you're writing it solely for your own pleasure, write as many C names as you want. If you've got designs on publishing it or something, you really may want to have a few less.
And Wright is a perfectly common last name in the US, so it certainly works. I'm just biased towards last names that hint at something other than "of at least partly English descent," especially since the US is known for its immigrants. :) Having the O'Briens and the Hummels or the O'Briens and the Wolanskis or the O'Briens and the Minettes might provide an additional little sparkle of contrast to the families.
I'm sure whatever you choose will be just fine, though.
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And Wright is a perfectly common last name in the US, so it certainly works. I'm just biased towards last names that hint at something other than "of at least partly English descent," especially since the US is known for its immigrants. :) Having the O'Briens and the Hummels or the O'Briens and the Wolanskis or the O'Briens and the Minettes might provide an additional little sparkle of contrast to the families.
I'm sure whatever you choose will be just fine, though.
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