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Help[Opinions] Re: Emma or Emily?
in reply to a message by Perrine
Emma because it’s my name but neither really
My gosh why did these names catch on so much?
Emma still feels rarer to me than Emily because it was so much rarer when I was a kid. It’s also cool to me because it has 2 consecutive Ms. very few names have that. It’s kind of shimmery and weird for that reason... and so primitive a sound, it feels ancient. Fun to write in cursive.
Emily just seems like an everygirl name. More than that, it’s an everyname name.
Edit: I know Emma is really popular, but I haven’t actually met any young Emma’s! And I’ve taught three Noras, two Luke’s, and three Ann double names, so it’s not like I’m out of the loop.
Edit edit: I didn’t type apostrophe s after those names, my autocorrectdid
Third edit: never seen anyone even play with Emma on the board, to my memory
My gosh why did these names catch on so much?
Emma still feels rarer to me than Emily because it was so much rarer when I was a kid. It’s also cool to me because it has 2 consecutive Ms. very few names have that. It’s kind of shimmery and weird for that reason... and so primitive a sound, it feels ancient. Fun to write in cursive.
Emily just seems like an everygirl name. More than that, it’s an everyname name.
Edit: I know Emma is really popular, but I haven’t actually met any young Emma’s! And I’ve taught three Noras, two Luke’s, and three Ann double names, so it’s not like I’m out of the loop.
Edit edit: I didn’t type apostrophe s after those names, my autocorrectdid
Third edit: never seen anyone even play with Emma on the board, to my memory
This message was edited 3/26/2021, 10:02 PM
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I still think of Emma as a really special name. I've only ever met two: one girl from England that I was in a coven with, and you. So it's an extremely classy, magical name for me! I find it a very warm name, but there's something untouchable about it too, maybe relating to that ancientness you mention. I love that it was the name of a medieval queen.
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