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Rachel/Raquel
by wolf_lover (dragon_rider)
3/31/2009, 1:22 PM
My name is Rachel. No offense to the many other Rachels on this site but I think Rachel is too popular and overused. I like the name Raquel and I'm thinking of getting people to call me that. Two questions:a)What do you think of the name Raquel?b)Do you think my idea is a good one and would it work?
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- Lumiereslove
3/31/2009, 8:16 PM
1. Don't like it
2. I like Rachel, but maybe you could consider Rochelle? I know, completely different.
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- Speranza
3/31/2009, 2:26 PM
1) I am not a fan of Raquel. I don't like the Rack "sound" and it sounds a bit trashy to me - solely because of Raquel Welch.2) Why not? Especially if you are persistent in introducing yourself to new people as Raquel. My husband's cousin decided she wanted to be Charlotte and it stuck, in a surprisingly short while too. I have a friend Mary Eleanor who went by her second name her whole life and she decided to go by Mary when she moved here. Everyone in Ireland knows her as Mary and everyone in her home place knows her as Ellie.
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- Akua Topaz
3/31/2009, 2:04 PM
a) sorry, but I find it very, very ugly. I also find it somewhat trashy, as if someone named their daughter after the supermodel Raquel Welch. Plus there's a girl in my grade named Raquel, and she's one of the biggest ditzes I've ever met.b) It really all depends on how diligent you are. If you're consistent, then yes.
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- Murasaki (lady murasaki)
3/31/2009, 1:51 PM
1) It's ok. It's just the Spanish variant of Rachel, nothing special about it.2) I suppose so, esp. if you start to introduce yourself by it.
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- mermaidwriter1000
3/31/2009, 1:32 PM
1. I love it.
2. Yes, and it works.
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