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I agree. Ermengarde is very fun. A bit too bold for my taste though. Ehrengard is also interesting but looks very strange to me. Amalia's nice, but is too close to my name, Amy imo. I have a wierd thing about naming children after parents, at least in fns. I actually really like Rainer. I've been mulling that over, but with English pronunciation. I want to like Emil, but I'm reminded of Emeril, the Italian TV chef. Hmm I bet there would be some wonderful names on X's mother's family tree, but she probably doesn't know who real parents are since she was adopted by Italians. She might though. Maybe I'll look into that one day. You've given me a couple things to think about. Thanks.
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Or . . .
How about Italian forms of German names. I love seeing how one culture alters another. It's like seeing someone you know dressed up in clothing that's obviously not their own. (Yes, I know English does this too. But the perspective makes it much more difficult to see than if two other cultures are doing it, if that makes sense.)
Anyway, something along the lines of Federica, Sigefriedo, Matelda, Rudolpho, Ludovica, Osvaldo, Imelda, Erminia, Ersilia, Ermelinda, Bertoldo? OK. So a little "out there." But so is Adelheid. A cute nn could really make it work: Ludovica, nn Vicky? Erminia, nn Minnie? Bertoldo, nn Bertie?
Well, it's the end of the day and I'm bored. What do you expect? :-)
How about Italian forms of German names. I love seeing how one culture alters another. It's like seeing someone you know dressed up in clothing that's obviously not their own. (Yes, I know English does this too. But the perspective makes it much more difficult to see than if two other cultures are doing it, if that makes sense.)
Anyway, something along the lines of Federica, Sigefriedo, Matelda, Rudolpho, Ludovica, Osvaldo, Imelda, Erminia, Ersilia, Ermelinda, Bertoldo? OK. So a little "out there." But so is Adelheid. A cute nn could really make it work: Ludovica, nn Vicky? Erminia, nn Minnie? Bertoldo, nn Bertie?
Well, it's the end of the day and I'm bored. What do you expect? :-)
This message was edited 9/30/2008, 6:33 PM
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I'm stealing Osvaldo
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That is always interesting to see. Niether X or his mother, or I for that matter identify much with the Italian culture though. Same with my Irish heritage. I respect it but I can't relate to it much personally. Also I tend not to like long girl's names that end in -a with a few exceptions and I like shorter boys names for the most part. Just my personal style. But those are fun to see = ).
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