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in reply to a message by ~EvaCollette~
Reilly is just as original as Riley, and it's just as much a surname, and almost as painfully butch and aggressive sounding on a girl.
If you're really that in love with that name for a girl, I'd say definitely use the spelling Reilly instead of Riley. But I don't really like it.
Edited to add: I think the reason why this name is so butch and aggressive sounding is not only that it's a surname, but that it contains the word 'rile' which has unpleasant connotations. People's impressions of names that have sound-cousins in the language really can be affected by them, I believe.
- chazda
If you're really that in love with that name for a girl, I'd say definitely use the spelling Reilly instead of Riley. But I don't really like it.
Edited to add: I think the reason why this name is so butch and aggressive sounding is not only that it's a surname, but that it contains the word 'rile' which has unpleasant connotations. People's impressions of names that have sound-cousins in the language really can be affected by them, I believe.
- chazda
This message was edited 10/27/2004, 5:19 PM
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I don't really like the name myself, a close cousin decided to name her daughter this...
~EvaCollette
~EvaCollette
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Gosh... I'm sorry.
I didn't read you carefully.
I read some of the vitriolic replies below, and reacted to that instead. To my shame. Apologies!
Anyway my gist was. Reilly better than Riley by a large margin. The best of all spellings.
- chazda
I didn't read you carefully.
I read some of the vitriolic replies below, and reacted to that instead. To my shame. Apologies!
Anyway my gist was. Reilly better than Riley by a large margin. The best of all spellings.
- chazda
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It's OK! It happens ;c) np
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