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This is my daughter Lydia Veronica.
You say: Hi Lydia!
You think: Lydia is absolutely gorgeous! I don't like Veronica but it's a fine name and is lovely with Lydia.

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This is my son Rhys Andrew.
You say: Hi Rhys!
You think: Eh, fine.

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This is my daughter Allison Montana, nn Ally.
You say: Hi Ally!
You think: Allison is okay, I guess, but Alison is nicer and I've never cared for the name. Montana is hideous.

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This is my son Ewan Callum.
You say: Hi Ewan!
You think: Ewwwww...Ewwwwan! I love Callum, though.

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This is my daughter Jordan Deirdre.
You say: Hi Jordan!
You think: Jordan is a MALE NAME. Deirdre is ugly.

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This is my daughter Aurelia Lexine.
You say: Hi Aurelia!
You think: Aurelia is beautiful. Too bad they had to ruin it with the nasty Lexine.

This is my daughter Lydia Veronica.
You say: Hi, Lydia. Both your names are so pretty!
You think: I'm not sure how I feel about pairing them, as they end the same way.

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This is my son Rhys Andrew.
You say: Hi, Rhys.
You think: Wow...you were trying for stereotypical Anglo-Saxon boring as all getout name, weren't you?

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This is my daughter Allison Montana, nn Ally.
You say: Ally, that's such a cute name.
You think: But [i]what[/i] is [i]up[/i] with Montana?

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This is my son Ewan Callum.
You say: Hi, Ewan. I hope I'm pronouncing and spelling your name right.
You think: Because you have a long life ahead of you of people getting it wrong. (I do like the name, though, and it's better than a boring name people spell/pronounce correctly all the time.)

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This is my daughter Jordan Deirdre.
You say: Hey, Jordan. Funny thing, I was almost named Jordan!
You think: Jordan's a cool name, but I'm not so hot on Deirdre...probably because all I can think is "tender and frightened, like a tiny white rabbit!" and immediately associating someone with MP isn't really a good thing. I'm also not sure about pairing them. Jordan is a pretty boyish name, and Deirdre is really girly. They clash really really hard.

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This is my daughter Aurelia Lexine.
You say: Hi, Aurelia. Can I call you Lia?
You think: Lexine? Like...Maxine? Huh. Okay then.

This is my daughter Lydia Veronica.
You say: I love the names Lydia and Veronica!
You think: Just not together.

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This is my son Rhys Andrew.
You say: Rhys seems to be a popular name nowadays, doesn't it?
You think: I wonder which spelling she chose: Reece? Reese? Rhys?

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This is my daughter Allison Montana, nn Ally.
You say: Hello, Ally.
You think: Lord have mercy. Allison nn Ally, as in, "Don't go down that alley."? And what's with Montana?

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This is my son Ewan Callum.
You say: Did you name him after someone in particular?
You think: 'Cause with a name like that, they'd better have Celtic ancestry.

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This is my daughter Jordan Deirdre.
You say: Hi, Jordan.
You think: I would've liked to see Deirdre as the fn.

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This is my daughter Aurelia Lexine.
You say: Ooh, Aurelia is sooo pretty.
You think: Too bad it got paired with Lexine.

This is my daughter Lydia Veronica.
You say: aww, sweet!
You think: I cannot stand the name Veronica!!1

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This is my son Rhys Andrew.
You say: Great name!
You think: ditto!

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This is my daughter Allison Montana, nn Ally.
You say: Ally is so cute!
You think: Not bad

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This is my son Ewan Callum.
You say: I love Callum!
You think: Ewan is my nephew's name and I LOVE Callum

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This is my daughter Jordan Deirdre.
You say: Jordan is a great name!
You think: Deirdre isn't and there's too many d's in that name

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This is my daughter Aurelia Lexine.
You say: Cute
You think: what?

This is my daughter Lydia Veronica.
You say: Hi Lydia - what a cute name.
You think: whatever

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This is my son Rhys Andrew.
You say: Hi Rhys.
You think: yes! Someone can spell the name Rhys! Whee!

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This is my daughter Allison Montana, nn Ally.
You say: Hello Ally
You think: Why the extra L?? Why?

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This is my son Ewan Callum.
You say: How sweet
You think: they sound so similar and both are so popular here argh!

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This is my daughter Jordan Deirdre.
You say: what a nice name!
You think: Ultra trendy male Jordan paired with Deirdre? Isn't Jordan the glamour model who married Peter Andre? Why Deirdre? Now when she's one of many girls and boys in her class with this name she'll have to go be Deirdre? Hope she likes it more than me.

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This is my daughter Aurelia Lexine.
You say: Wow, love your name :)
You think: Wow, love your name :)

This is my daughter Lydia Veronica.
You say: Lovely names!
You think: Yuck, Veronica reminds me of Verucca.

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This is my son Rhys Andrew.
You say: Interesting names.
You think: Boring, especially Andrew

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This is my daughter Allison Montana, nn Ally.
You say: Hello
You think: Alsin should only have one "L". Montana? She's named after a biscuit.

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This is my son Ewan Callum.
You say: Ooh Scottish names, very cute
You think: Nice names but they don't sound good together. Too similar

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This is my daughter Jordan Deirdre.
You say: I love those nanes!
You think: I love those names! Shame Jordan is an ugly English glamour model and Deirdre is an old lady from "Coronation Street".

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This is my daughter Aurelia Lexine.
You say: Pretty names!
You think: Sounds like a group of stars/planets.

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