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This is my son, Ebenezer James. We call him Eben.
You say: Oh...Hi Eben!
You think: Ebenezer is NOT a good name. James is, though!

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This is my daughter, Sapphira Madeleine. We call her Sira.
You say: That's a beautiful name!
You think: Madeleine is. Sapphira is okay, but Sira is ugly.

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This is my son, Isaiah Vaughan.
You say: Hello, Isaiah!
You think: EW

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This is my daughter, Lydian Emily.
You say: Lydian is...nice.
You think: NOT. Why couldn't it be Lydia? I like Emily, though.

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This is my son, Ira Malcolm.
You say: Hey, Ira!
You think: YUCK

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This is his twin sister, Ivah Marie.
You say: Oh, I love the name Marie.
You think: Too bad it's a filler and I hate Ivah. Ivah and Ira-WAAAHHH!!!

This is my son, Ebenezer James. We call him Eben.
You say: Eben is a very nice name.
You think: I like Eben and James, but Ebenezer is awful. Why not Eben James?

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This is my daughter, Sapphira Madeleine. We call her Sira.
You say: What a pretty name!
You think: Sapphira Madeleine is a very pretty name. I'm not entirely sure about Sira though.

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This is my son, Isaiah Vaughan.
You say: That's a nice name.
You think: I like both, but I'm not wild about Isaiah. Vaughan is a very nice name.

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This is my daughter, Lydian Emily.
You say: That's pretty. Are you a musician?
You think: I really like the name Emily. Lydian is a cool name. I think I prefer Lydia though.

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This is my son, Ira Malcolm.
You say: That's a nice name.
You think: I like Ira but Malcolm is nms.

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This is his twin sister, Ivah Marie.
You say: How pretty!
You think: Ivah Marie is a really pretty name, but Ira and Ivah seem too close if Ivah is pronounced as EYE-va.

This is my son, Ebenezer James. We call him Eben.
You say: Eben is a great nickname!
You think: No wonder he wants a nickname!

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This is my daughter, Sapphira Madeleine. We call her Sira.
You say: Sapphira is a breautiful! Sira is lovely too.
You think: Love the name and nickname, hate Madeleine.

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This is my son, Isaiah Vaughan.
You say: What a lovely combo.
You think: It sounds great, but I don't like the names.

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This is my daughter, Lydian Emily.
You say: How cute!
You think: A bit of a tounge-twister... I like Lydian! I'm stealing it and putting it on my faves list!

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This is my son, Ira Malcolm.
You say: Ira is a great name!
You think: But it sounds so feminine!

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This is his twin sister, Ivah Marie.
You say: I like Ivah!
You think: Won't she get these names mixed up? How icky! Matching initials. Ivah is really lovely though.

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Cole: You've obviously mistaken me for someone who gives a damn.

This is my son, Ebenezer James. We call him Eben.
You say: What an original name!
You think: Poor kid will be haunted by Scrooge jokes... 10 to 1 he goes by Ben when he's old enough to have a say.

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This is my daughter, Sapphira Madeleine. We call her Sira.
You say: How pretty!
You think: Pretty, if a bit frilly. Too bad they shorten Sapphira.

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This is my son, Isaiah Vaughan.
You say: What a great name.
You think: Not a fan of either, but whatev.

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This is my daughter, Lydian Emily.
You say: How unique!
You think: Sounds nice but she's going to have to explain that her name is not Lydia her whole life, poor thing.

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This is my son, Ira Malcolm.
You say: Oh, I love Malcolm and Ira is so unique!
You think: Don't care for Ira or the combo, but Malcolm is awesome.

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This is his twin sister, Ivah Marie.
You say: They sound so nice together.
You think: Ugh, twinny names... Ivah is nms.

This is my son, Ebenezer James. We call him Eben.
You say: What an interesting name!
You think: Eh...it reminds me of old people.

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This is my daughter, Sapphira Madeleine. We call her Sira.
You say: That's such a beautiful name!
You think: Ditto

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This is my son, Isaiah Vaughan.
You say: How cute!
You think: I love Isaiah, not too fond of Vaughn though.

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This is my daughter, Lydian Emily.
You say: She's darling!
You think: I really dislike both names.

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This is my son, Ira Malcolm.
You say: Ira and Ivah - how clever!
You think: Ew! Rhymey twin names! They're too similar!

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This is his twin sister, Ivah Marie.
You say: Ditto
You think: Ditto

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-Amy-

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"Somebody has to save our skins!" -Princess Leia Organa, Star Wars:

This is my son, Ebenezer James. We call him Eben.
You say: I like it
You think: I like it,I really like the nn Eben.

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This is my daughter, Sapphira Madeleine. We call her Sira.
You say: Pretty
You think: I like the name but not the nn.

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This is my son, Isaiah Vaughan.
You say: Love it
You think: Love it

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This is my daughter, Lydian Emily.
You say: Cute
You think: nms

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This is my son, Ira Malcolm.
You say: Nice
You think: I don't like it

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This is his twin sister, Ivah Marie.
You say: Pretty
You think: I like it.

This is my son, Ebenezer James. We call him Eben.
You say: nice names, James is my sons name
You think: He will hear Scrooge jokes all his life but it is a lovely name

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This is my daughter, Sapphira Madeleine. We call her Sira.
You say: Beautiful combo
You think: As above

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This is my son, Isaiah Vaughan.
You say: You dont hear Isaiah much
You think: I dont like Isaiah much but its a decent enough name

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This is my daughter, Lydian Emily.
You say: Lydian how unusual, sounds lovely with Emily
You think: will be forever assuring people thatr yes the N is not a mis print - but a pretty name all the same

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This is my son, Ira Malcolm.
You say: nice name
You think: Too similar for siblings let alone twins, did I mishear is the girl Ira and The boy Ivar

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This is his twin sister, Ivah Marie.
You say: Unusual name
You think: as per her twin

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