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Emma because it’s my name but neither really
My gosh why did these names catch on so much?

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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.

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Emily just seems like an everygirl name. More than that, it’s an everyname name.

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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.

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Edit edit: I didn’t type apostrophe s after those names, my autocorrectdid

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Third edit: never seen anyone even play with Emma on the board, to my memory

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This message was edited 3/26/2021, 10:02 PM