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This is my daughter Mira:
You Say: What a nice name! Mira's always been one of my favourites.
You think: It's very pretty--I'm glad there's a Mira out there.

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This is my daughter Mirabelle:
You Say: Hello, Mirabelle! Do you go by your full name?
You think: It's nice, but a bit too froofy for me. I hope I can call her Mira or Mirrie without getting the hairy eyeball.

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This is my son Dominic:
You Say: Dominic's a sweet name.
You Think: A bit too common for me, but nice.

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This is my daughter Lily:
You Say: Lily's such a nice name!
You think: I wish it wasn't so utterly boring, or I'd use it for Ms. Tomlin.

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This is my son Vincent:
You Say: What a handsome name. Did you pick it for the artist?
You think: I like it--if I get to know this Vincent, he'll be hearing quite a bit of Don McLean's song.

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This is my daughter Willow:
You Say: What a beautiful name!
You Think: I love how the word Willow sounds, especially when Desdemona sings her little willow song in the Larry Fishburne version of Othello.

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This is my son Hugh:
You Say: Hello, Hugh. What a handsome name you've got.
You think: Nice for someone else's kid, and a far sight better than Chase.

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This is my daughter Ileana:
You say: Ileana's an old favourite of mine--what a lovely name.
You think: But I detest the spelling. Iliana all the way. :D

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This is my son Desmond:
You say: Heya, Desmond. Do you go by your full name or Des?

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This is my daughter Mira:
You Say: How absolutely gorgeous!
You think: Ditto

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This is my daughter Mirabelle:
You Say: That's really cute!
You think: On a three year old, sure

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This is my son Dominic:
You Say: Oh, that's nice.
You Think: Yuck

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This is my daughter Lily:
You Say: How lovely!
You think: Ditto

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This is my son Vincent:
You Say: What a nice name
You think: Really growing on me lately

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This is my daughter Willow:
You Say: That's lovely
You Think: Ditto

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This is my son Hugh:
You Say: How unusual!
You think: And for a good reason

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This is my daughter Ileana:
You say: That's lovely!
You think: Nice, but I don't love it. I prefer Eliana.

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This is my son Desmond:
You say: That's interesting
You think: YUCK!

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This is my daughter Raina:
You say: How absolutely gorgeous!
You think: Ditto

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This is my son River:
You say: That's very nice
You think: Yup

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This is my daughter Belle:
You say: How nice
You think: How cutesy

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This is my daughter River:
You say: I love it!
You think: I love it!

This is my daughter Mira:
You Say:thats a pretty name
You think:sounds like a mirror

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This is my daughter Mirabelle:
You Say:oh!
You think:thats weird.

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This is my son Dominic:
You Say:very nice to meet you!
You Think:what a name!

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This is my daughter Lily:
You Say:Oh like in harry potter?
You think:its kinda of bland...

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This is my son Vincent:
You Say:helloe there
You think:Van Gough

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This is my daughter Willow:
You Say:like from Buffy?
You Think:is she a lesbian too?

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This is my son Hugh:
You Say:how old is he?
You think:i bet he dosn't look like Hugh Grant

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This is my daughter Ileana:
You say: o0oh
You think:how am i supposed to pronounce that??

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This is my son Desmond:
You say:what backround is that?
You think:what backround is that?

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This is my daughter Raina:
You say:what a nice name!
You think:remind me of an aunt. who i don't like.

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This is my son River:
You say:Interesting.
You think:weird. is his last name Gangee?

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This is my daughter Belle:
You say:thats nice.
You think:reminds me of beauty and the beast!

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This is my daughter River:
You say:oh.
You think:oh.

This is my daughter Mira:
You Say: Hello Mira!
You think: Mira is a nice name.

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This is my daughter Mirabelle:
You Say: Hello Mirabelle. Do you have a nickname?
You think: Sounds a lot like the fruit. If she is called Mira, it's ok.

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This is my son Dominic:
You Say: Hello Dominic. Is your nn Dom?
You Think: Not my style, sounds so boring.

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This is my daughter Lily:
You Say: Hello Lily! Is it a nn or your full name?
You think: Lily is so nice! I really like it as a nn for Lilian, but it's nice on it's own too.

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This is my son Vincent:
You Say: Hi Vince! May I call you that?
You think: Not my style, but ok.

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This is my daughter Willow:
You Say: Hello Willow. Your name is very pretty!
You Think: How pretty!

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This is my son Hugh:
You Say: Hello Hugh. You have a great namesake!
You think: I wonder if it is after Hugh Grant or just because she like it?

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This is my daughter Ileana:
You say: Hello Ileana. Do you have a nn?
You think: Not my style. Ok though.

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This is my son Desmond:
You say: Hi Desmond! May I call you Des? I really like your name, it reminds me of the Beatles.
You think: "Desmond had a barrow in the market place, Molly was..." I wonder if she has a daughter names Molly? That would be so cute!

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This is my daughter Mira:
You Say: how cute!
You think: nms, but ok

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This is my daughter Mirabelle:
You Say: what a sweet name
You think: I dislike all -belle names except Isabelle, I hope they nn her Mira and not Belle

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This is my son Dominic:
You Say: That's a nice name
You Think: I like the sounds of it, but I'd never use it myself

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This is my daughter Lily:
You Say: That's sweet!
You think: Nice name, it's sweet (maybe a bit too sweet)

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This is my son Vincent:
You Say: That's nice
You think: I dislike Vincent, I have no clue why, but I just don't like it

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This is my daughter Willow:
You Say: That's great!
You Think: I like Willow

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This is my son Hugh:
You Say: That's nice
You think: SOunds very strange to , like a sneeze or something, I prefer Hugo, that sounds more 'finished'

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This is my daughter Ileana:
You say: that's nice
You think: if you have a slavic last name... (not sarcastic btw)

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This is my son Desmond:
You say: That's nice
You think: Dekker (sp?)

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This is my daughter Raina:
You say: Nice name!
You think: it's ok, prefer Raine / Rain though

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This is my son River:
You say: Awesome!
You think: (I meant it :)

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This is my daughter Belle:
You say: how sweet!
You think: ding-dong (and what if the girl is ugly?)

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This is my daughter River:
You say: that's cool
You think: I like the name, prfer it on boys, but it nice on a girl too

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To my sweet muse
Every time you rip my heart out
Every time you break it
I pick up the pen I hold in my hands
And write the most beautiful poems
But you know what
If it's alright by you
I'd rather be happy than a poet

This is my daughter Mira:
You Say: Hello, sweetie.
You think: Sounds like mirror.

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This is my daughter Mirabelle:
You Say: How pretty!
You think: I love it.

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This is my son Dominic:
You Say: Hey there, buddy.
You Think: Not another one.

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This is my daughter Lily:
You Say: How sweet.
You think: What's with the flower names?

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This is my son Vincent:
You Say: Hey, Vince.
You think: Boy, I love that name.

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This is my daughter Willow:
You Say: Oh, I love Willow.
You Think: I really do!

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This is my son Hugh:
You Say: What a strong name.
You think: Very nice.

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This is my daughter Ileana:
You say: How pretty.
You think: and overused.

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This is my son Desmond:
You say: Very cool name.
You think: Love it.

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This is my daughter Raina:
You say: Aren't you sweet!
You think: Like it, but prefer spelling Rayna.

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This is my son River:
You say: How nice.
You think: Nature freak?

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This is my daughter Belle:
You say: And she definitely suits her name; she's so pretty!
You think: Beauty and the Beast

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This is my daughter River:
You say: Such a soothing name.
You think: Nature freak?

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Edited for typo
Married male co-worker: "Wanna come over to my place for lunch today?"
Me: "Thanks, but I don't think that would be appropriate."
Him: "What do you think I'm gonna do, lure you into the bedroom with a hotdog?"
(Pause)
Him: "Ok, bad analogy."

This message was edited 3/24/2006, 7:14 AM