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Re: Abigail and Vesta
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Abigail Sparrow and Abigail Wren are gorgeous!Oh gosh, I never pay any attention to Vesna as a name. It's so beautiful, I really should. I actually started a list of all of the names I don't want to forget, and I'm putting Vesna on it right now. Do you think Vesna Gilbertine is too mis-matched, style wise? Gilbertine is fast becoming my new Mathilde. I keep having this overwhelming urge to use Gilbertine as the middle name for any name I come across. And god forbid it, yesterday or the day before I saw Gilberta here and changed the page before that one stuck.Vesta Claudine is my favorite combo too. The Rose is totally unnecessary, but when I was making the first few Vesta combos I was thinking of ways I could honor my mom in the combo. Hence the Rose in Vesta Claudine Rose (Rose is my mom's middle name) and the Julienne in Vesta Julienne Pearl (my mom's a Juleen). The potatoes thing made me laugh though. =)I love Julitta, simply because it is a less fussy sounding name than Giulietta (my prefered spelling of that name). I love Giulietta, but sometimes I just want something more abrupt and to the point, and that's when I turn to Julitta. Plus you can use the nickname Lita (an old favorite of mine).Thank you for your comments!

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Vesna Gilbertine!I would marry a woman named Vesna Gilbertine -- and I'm gay!Seriously, though, it's a completely unexpected and thus thoroughly refreshing combination. Well done!
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Well thank you very much! ^-^

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Vesna GilbertineOn the surface, exotic, Russian Vesna doesn't appear to have anything in common with quirky, everyone's favorite girl-next-door Gilbertine. But opposites attract sometimes. The flow is certianly nice. Wait. Why am I thinking of jet planes with Vesna? Cesna, that must be it. Gilbertine is now a fighter pilot in my imagination, zipping off to parts unknown in stylish goggles. Fun images.If you like Vesna, you may also like Marna and Morna. If memory serves Marna Liisi (sp?) was a Scandinavian film actress. Or am I imagining that?

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I do like Marna (though I'm not sure about the actress). Morna is also lovely, although the sound does remind me of the word mourning, which certainly gives it a darker quality. Ironic, since the page says it means festive! But it's good irony. The image of a Gilbertine zipping off to parts unknown is absolutely wonderful. Reminds me of Beryl Markham. Maybe they could be siblings, Beryl and Gilbertine. Or Beryl and Vesna for that matter. Thanks! :)
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Virna LisiIt was bothering me and I just looked up the actress. She was (is?) Virna Lisi. So there you go. Oooh. Beryl Markham. Wonderful aviatrix associations if for no other reason than I love saying the word "aviatrix." Beryl and Gilbertine. Yeah, nice sibling set.
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