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This is my daughter, Annabel. We call her Annie.
You say: Cute names!
You think: She looks like an Annie, OR She doesn't look like an Annie

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This is my son, Henry.
You say: Aww!
You think: ick

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This is my daughter, Katherine. We call her Kate.
You say: Hey! I'm a Kate too!
You think: MORE OF US?!?!!?!

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This is my son, William.
You say: Oh cute, are you going to use a nickname?
You think: BILLY!

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This is my daughter Eliza.
You say: Ummmmm hi!
You think: Haha, funny

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This is my son Thomas.
You say: Thomas is such a nice name
You think: sophisticated

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This is my daughter Camille.
You say: hey i knew a girl named camille
You think: Why isnt she asian

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This is my son Oliver.
You say: Aww!
You think: Ollie!

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These are my twin daughters Susannah and Genevieve. (no nicknames)
You say: I love those names
You think: Love Genevieve!!!!!!

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This is my daughter Josephine.
You say: Can i call her jo
You think: Joey~

Annabel, we call her Annie
You say: lovely name
You think: lovely name, please don't call her Annie

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Henry
You say: that's a good, strong name
You think: prefer it as a mn

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Katherine, we call her Kate.
You say: what a beautiful name
You think: it's ok

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William
You say: great name
You think: I love it

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Eliza
You say: how pretty
You think: is that short for Elizabeth? Hope so.

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Thomas
You say: hello Thomas
You think: I've always liked that name

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Camille
You say: that's pretty
You think: I've never been fond of Camille

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Oliver
You say: that's a nice name
You think: I like that name a lot

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Susannah and Genevieve
You say: what pretty names
You think: what lovely twin names

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Josephine
You say: hello Josie
You think: it's nice

This is my daughter, Annabel. We call her Annie.
You say: Nice name!
You think: I like Annie, but Annabel is blech! Couldn't they have just called her Anne or Annie?

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This is my son, Henry.
You say: Lovely name.
You think: Oh no, one of my faves is getting popular!

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This is my daughter, Katherine. We call her Kate.
You say: Ooh, I like Kate.
You think: Yes but Kathy is my prefered nn for Katherine. Kate is better as a nn for Katrina.

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This is my son, William.
You say: Nice name.
You think: I hope he gets called Will, I love that nn.

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This is my daughter Eliza.
You say: Nice name, very classic.
You think: But isn't Eliza short for Elizabeth? I'd rather be Elizabeth nn Eliza.

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This is my son Thomas.
You say: I like that name.
You think: I hope he gets called Tom and not Tommy, Tommy just sounds bratty and juvenile imho.

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This is my daughter Camille.
You say: How beautiful and French! (yay!)
You think: Oh no another fave getting popular!

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This is my son Oliver.
You say: Nice name, I know an Oliver myself and an Olivia.
You think: What a cute spunky name, shame its so common now.

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These are my twin daughters Susannah and Genevieve. (no nicknames)
You say: What beautiful old names, classics are timeless!
You think: A bit of a mouthful, I give them nn's, perhaps Sue and Gennie.

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This is my daughter Josephine.
You say: Lovely name!
You think: I hope she has a nn, maybe Josie?

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This is my daughter, Annabel. We call her Annie.
You say: Awww A beautiful name
You think: why didn't they just name her Annie?

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This is my son, Henry.
You say: How classic!
You think: eww

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This is my daughter, Katherine. We call her Kate.
You say: Beautiful
You think: that's, let's see the 5th one I've met?

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This is my son, William.
You say: Love the name!
You think: Love the name!

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This is my daughter Eliza.
You say: Wow, my name is Elizabeth.
You think: That's probably my least favorite form of Elizabeth

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This is my son Thomas.
You say: Wonderful name!
You think: God Bless them!! He has no nickname!

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This is my daughter Camille.
You say: Beautiful
You think: wow I haven't net anyone with this name before

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This is my son Oliver.
You say: cute
You think: Olives?!?!?!? eww

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These are my twin daughters Susannah and Genevieve. (no nicknames)
You say: how cute!
You think: that's a mouthful

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This is my daughter Josephine.
You say: awww
You think: Joseph??

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This is my daughter, Annabel. We call her Annie.
You say: Hi Annabel.
You think: Annabel is pretty. I love Annie.

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This is my son, Henry.
You say: Hello Henry.
You think: Henry is really cute, I wonder if he has a mn?

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This is my daughter, Katherine. We call her Kate.
You say: Hi Katherine, should I call you Kate too?
You think: I much prefer Katherine without a nn. Kate is nice though.

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This is my son, William.
You say: Hi William, can I call you Will?
You think: William is nice, but it sounds weird saying the full name.

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This is my daughter Eliza.
You say: Hey there Eliza.
You think: Eliza is so cute, I hope it's not a nn.

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This is my son Thomas.
You say: Hi Thomas.
You think: Eh.

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This is my daughter Camille.
You say: Hello Camille.
You think: I knew a Camille once...

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This is my son Oliver.
You say: Hi Oliver.
You think: What an adorable name. If my cousin doesn't use it, I might.

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These are my twin daughters Susannah and Genevieve. (no nicknames)
You say: Hey girls.
You think: Genevieve is so nice. Susannah is very boring, but not disgusting.

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This is my daughter Josephine.
You say: Hi Josephine.
You think: I want to call her by a nn because it sounds weird to say Josephine, but there aren't any good ones.

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EDIT: Typo

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This message was edited 12/29/2004, 3:57 PM

This is my daughter, Annabel. We call her Annie.
You say: Hi Annie!
You think: I like Anna, but I don't like Annabel or Annie very much.

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This is my son, Henry.
You say: Hi Henry!
You think: What a cute name!

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This is my daughter, Katherine. We call her Kate.
You say: What a cute name! Hi Kate!
You think: It really is a cute name.

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This is my son, William.
You say: Hi William!
You think: I like the name Liam...but not William.

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This is my daughter Eliza.
You say: Hi Eliza!
You think: I like Elizabeth, but not Eliza.

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This is my son Thomas.
You say: Hi Thomas!
You think: I like Tommy, but not Tom or Thomas.

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This is my daughter Camille.
You say: Hi Camille!
You think: I really dislike this name.

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This is my son Oliver.
You say: Hey Oliver.
You think: Not my favorite name.

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These are my twin daughters Susannah and Genevieve. (no nicknames)
You say: Hi there Susannah and Genevieve!
You think: These names are too long, I really don't like either of them.

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This is my daughter Josephine.
You say: Hello Josephine!
You think: I love the name Joseph, but I don't really like Josephine.

This is my daughter, Annabel. We call her Annie.
You say: Aww lovely classic name, Annie is really sweet.
You think: Yep, I really like it!

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This is my son, Henry.
You say: How lovely, thats rather uncommon these days isn't it.
You think: Ok... nms but at least its classic not creative.

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This is my daughter, Katherine. We call her Kate.
You say: Thats a really sweet name.
You think: a little too common for my taste & I much prefer Kara or Katie.

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This is my son, William.
You say: Realy, I dont know many Williams', lovely classic name.
You think: Yes like that hope its not going to get too popular now.

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This is my daughter Eliza.
You say: Thats lovely, very sweet.
You think: Nice change from Elizabeth, wonder if she'll be Ellie or Ella...

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This is my son Thomas.
You say: Oh - thats - nice.... very cute baby...
You think: Noooooo, not another Thomas... calm its not creative....

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This is my daughter Camille.
You say: Oh thats sweet, nice to see a more unusual name.
You think: Nms but quite nice, hope it'll be Milly, so much sweeter.

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This is my son Oliver.
You say: Thats a good strong name.
You think: Nah, never really liked that name, wrong sound & too common.

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These are my twin daughters Susannah and Genevieve. (no nicknames)
You say: Oh what beautiful names! I really think you should give them nn's though they'll only get shortened once they get to school.
You think: Please give them nn's now or it will become Soose & Gen, just not so pretty. How about Susie or Annie & Genny.

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This is my daughter Josephine.
You say: Oh thats lovely, Will she have a nn?
You think: Hope its not Jo... Joey, Josie... Good clasic name if a little over used.

This is my daughter, Annabel. We call her Annie.
You say: That's a pretty name.
You think: Why shorten it? Annabel sounds lovely on it's own.

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This is my son, Henry.
You say: Awww!
You think: Prefer Harry.

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This is my daughter, Katherine. We call her Kate.
You say: Hi, Katherine.
You think: Katherine, yes. Kate, no.

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This is my son, William.
You say: Gorgeous name, William.
You think: Gorgeous name.

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This is my daughter Eliza.
You say: Nice name.
You think: Really.

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This is my son Thomas.
You say: Glad to see you have got a stupid name, Thomas.
You think: *yawn*

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This is my daughter Camille.
You say: That's elegant.
You think: Reminds me of Camels.

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This is my son Oliver.
You say: Hello, Oliver.
You think: Urrgh.

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These are my twin daughters Susannah and Genevieve. (no nicknames)
You say: What fantastic names!
You think: I couldn't agree more.

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This is my daughter Josephine.
You say: Sweet.
You think: Oooh, do they call her Josie for short?