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This is my son Telal:
You say: Hello Telal (I'd have to repeat it to check with you that I was saying it right).
You think: Ethnic? I think I like it though~! Sounds strong & gentle.

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This is my daughter Loshonda:
You say: That's nice.
You think: Okay.. I thought -shonda names went out in the seventies. I hope she doesn't get called Lo for short.

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This is my son Jhye:
You say: Jhye. How neat.
You think: Great unique name, simple & appealing.

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This is my daugher Shaylyssa:
You say: Ah, that's pretty.
You think: Actually it is kind of pretty. Too bad about the two Y's.. I don't like Y, and I wouldn't like to have to sign the name.

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This is my son Zarek:
you say: Neat name.
You think: Neat name. Sounds ethnic or eccentric, but neat.

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This is my daughter Jasiarna:
You say: How do you spell that?
You think: snarly at first, but interesting.

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This is my son Jaysic:
You say: How do you spell that?
You think: sounds like an adjective; I'll call him Jay. I'd have spelled it Jaisek, Jaizik, Jaisac, Jaycek.

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This is my daughter Akeisha:
You say: Pretty.
You think: yawn... pretty enough.

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This is my son Jayvinn:
You say: Neat.
You think: Neat. Bit weird with the two n's though. Why not Jayvin?

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This is my daughter Boeshay:
You say: Hm. That's a unique name.
You think: Boeshay? Oh.. Bo plus Shay. Bodacious. Not my style, but at least it's different.

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This is my son Zayleb:
You say: zzzzzZayleb? ah.
You think: No. No. Oh.. I'll call him Zayl. That'd be cool.

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- chazda