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Re: Report: American baby boys' names ending in letter 'n' trend

by Ora (hufflepuffer) (Ora)

4/9/2014, 9:25 PM

in reply to a message by la-petite-rachel

QuoteWhat's fascinating is that parents seem to measure a name's distinctiveness not by its sound, but by its spelling. The delightful irony, of course, is that in seeking to diversify the way we spell our children's names, we wind up converging on a surprisingly homogenized sound. The more names change, the more they stay the same.

That's fascinating tbh Dunno why that sound family is so popular but I think it's just because it sounds nice lol

My PNL = http://www.behindthename.com/pnl/37275

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