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in reply to a message by hithere
Well, it's been the #1 most popular name in the U.S. for the last 10 years and has been in the top 20 (and then the top 10) since 1990. So what makes you think that in 'a couple years' it'll be more 'special'? More likely, in about 20 years it will be seen as having been greatly overused and will be avoided by new parents (does Jennifer ring a bell?).
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Despite its current popularity surge, Emily has been around since literally the Middle Ages. In Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, the Knight tells his tale about two imprisoned knights who fall madly in love with the fair Emelye (prn Emily; that is the ME spelling). I'm not sure how you define special, but if "special" means a drop in usage, then I doubt you'll see it any time soon.
Magnanimous Despair alone could show me so divine a thing, where feeble hope could ne'er have flown, but vainly flapped its tinsel wing.
Despite its current popularity surge, Emily has been around since literally the Middle Ages. In Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, the Knight tells his tale about two imprisoned knights who fall madly in love with the fair Emelye (prn Emily; that is the ME spelling). I'm not sure how you define special, but if "special" means a drop in usage, then I doubt you'll see it any time soon.
Magnanimous Despair alone could show me so divine a thing, where feeble hope could ne'er have flown, but vainly flapped its tinsel wing.
This message was edited 12/4/2006, 9:39 PM
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