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"This is my son, Alister; we call him Alis." [pronounced like "Alice"]
You say: Hi Alis.
You think: Thank God it's a nickname.

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"This is my son, Auberon."
You say: I've never heard of that before!
You think: Ew.

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"This is my son, Rose."
You say: I've never seen Rose on a boy before...
You think: Rose? Son? What's wrong with you?

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"This is my daughter, Kestrel."
You say: Hi Kestrel.
You think: Ewww

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"This is my son, Patrick; we call him Pax."
You say: What a nice name.
You think: Good name. Interesting nickname.

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"This is my son, Augustin." [pronounced o-goos-TEN]
You say: Oooh, I like that name.
You think: August would have been a billion times better, though.

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"This is my son, Rémy." [pronounced ray-MEE]
You say: Hi
You think: It could have been worse.

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"This is my daughter, Isobel; we call her Iso." [pronounced IZ-oh]
You say: Lovely.
You think: Lovely.

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"This is my son, Garnet."
You say: Hi
You think: Weird name.

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"This is my son, Clare."
You say: Hi.... Clare.
You think: Poor boy.

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"This is my daughter, Agathe." [pronounced ah-GAH-teh]
You say: Hi
You think: Blech.

This message was edited 5/5/2009, 11:40 AM