Re: Copycatting Caroline and the others: you say / you think
in reply to a message by rainmaker
This is my son Cotton
You say: Nice name, it's different
You think: Cotton as in the stuff my pants are made outta? Oh man poor kid
This is my son Bartholomew
You say: Nice name
You think: More like Barf-olemew, poor kid
This is my son Cornelius (Neely)
You say: Nicename
You think: Yuck, poor kid
This is my son Florian
You say: Nice name
You think: Ewwwww, too feminine for a little boy, he will get picked on in school, poor kid
This is my daughter Magnolia
You say: Nice name
You think: I can't help but think Steel Magnolias and that kid is going to be stuck with that, poor thing
This is my daughter Octavia
You say: Nice name, it's different
You think: Makes me think octopus
This is my daughter Beatrix
You say: Nice name
You think: She will be branded with Beatrix Potter all her life, poor thing
This is my daughter Eulalia
You say: Nice name, iv'e never heard it before
You think: It's different, don't hate it but don't like it either, could grow on me
You say: Nice name, it's different
You think: Cotton as in the stuff my pants are made outta? Oh man poor kid
This is my son Bartholomew
You say: Nice name
You think: More like Barf-olemew, poor kid
This is my son Cornelius (Neely)
You say: Nicename
You think: Yuck, poor kid
This is my son Florian
You say: Nice name
You think: Ewwwww, too feminine for a little boy, he will get picked on in school, poor kid
This is my daughter Magnolia
You say: Nice name
You think: I can't help but think Steel Magnolias and that kid is going to be stuck with that, poor thing
This is my daughter Octavia
You say: Nice name, it's different
You think: Makes me think octopus
This is my daughter Beatrix
You say: Nice name
You think: She will be branded with Beatrix Potter all her life, poor thing
This is my daughter Eulalia
You say: Nice name, iv'e never heard it before
You think: It's different, don't hate it but don't like it either, could grow on me