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Aha

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Well, I didn't realize that you were criticizing Sile, as I thought you were criticizing my little daughter's name. Not that I care if a person doesn't care for my daughter's name, but I do care if it goes on a baby name blog and gets extra exposure which could result it in becoming more popular/common, because I want her name to remain unique.

Those "OMG QQ other people baby names suxx!" sites are really not taste-based, nor very cool. You have to ask, what kind of insecurely superior attitude motivates a person to compile such a list? What kind of wank is it supposed to be, to read them and groan? Sile is not "disastrous," any more than Caoimhe or, for heavensakes, than SEAN is. Instead of saying "some people would probably place Sile as a bad name" why don't you just come clean and say "MY reaction to it is that it looks silly because it doesn't look like Sheila, it looks to me like it rhymes with vile, and I would think it was a bad name if I met someone named that," or whatever you really feel. Own it! Don't try to project your reaction onto the general population as if you're somehow plugged in to what is tasteful. You don't need to. Your own personal opinion of the name is what you're supposed to post. We all recognize that your one opinion is most likely representative of more people, anyways.