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I'm currently in love with this name, but I'm not sure which spelling I prefer. Augusten doesn't seem to be terribly legit, and Augustin seems to be pronounced somewhat differently. :-/ Also, I live near St. Augustine (AW-gus-teen), FL, so if I named my son Augustin, many people would call him Augustine, probably. :b I adore August, and prefer it to Augustus, Augustin, and Augusten, but I love to say Augusten--aw-GUS-ten. I adored the book "Running With Scissors" and I just saw the movie and it was great. You hear them say "Augusten" a million times in that movie, and it made me love the sound of it even more. :b When I was reading the book, about 3 years ago, I was pronouncing it in my head as AW-gus-ten, but I prefer the stress on GUS much more.

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BTW, Augusten Burroughs' birth name was Christopher. :b Not sure how/why he decided on Augusten.

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