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Re: Caleb

by Billina (RDNZL)

4/15/2020, 9:05 AM

in reply to a message by Anneza

I like Kay/Cay, for a boy.

**Starfish and coffee, maple syrup and jam/Butterscotch clouds, a tangerine, and a side order of ham**

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- Anneza +6

4/15/2020, 9:08 AM

If it could be a double initial, like CR for Caleb Ronald, poor child, it would be better than just a C or a Cay. Way too close to Kate for comfort. And kale isn't encouraging stuff to eat, so Cale would be quite a punishment unless he came from a long line of vegans with powerful jaw muscles.

- A Masked Man (blaaarg) +1

4/15/2020, 7:25 PM

Cale as a name isn't unusual in my experience

- Manipura (glaucous)

4/17/2020, 1:57 AM

huh, I've never heard that before.

- Cake or Death (queenv)

4/15/2020, 9:20 AM

When my daughter was a child, she had a neighborhood friend named Kail, pronounced just like kale. Cute little red-headed boy.

- Billina (RDNZL) +2

4/15/2020, 9:11 AM

Huh...I guess I just don't think of names the way some people do. Sure, you could say Cale/Kale is a terrible name because of the vegetable, but I don't think it's a big deal. It sounds name-y enough, to me. Agree to disagree.

- Bex

4/16/2020, 6:27 PM

I teach a kid named Kale. He's 18 now!

I think Kale is totally fine. Especially since so many of the kids named Caleb that I teach get called Cale or Cales.

- Wisteria (Tawnee)

4/16/2020, 11:04 AM

Same here. If Gwyneth Paltrow can name her daughter Apple, why can't boys be named Kale? Haha

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