Re: Short You Say You Think
This is my son, Cedar.
You Say: Oh, I have a friend named Cedar!
You Think: My friend's a girl and I've always hated her name.
This is my daughter, Xander NN Xan.
You Say: I like that name.
You Think: On a boy, not some poor girl that has to go through school with it.
This is my son, Sage.
You Say: That's different, it's nice.
You Think: Why didn't you just name him Marian and get it over with?
This is my daughter, Aquinnah NN Quinn.
You Say: Oh lovely.
You Think: I wonder if I can sneak her away from you, change her name and raise the poor thing myself.
This is my son, Seraphim.
You Say: That's interesting, do you have a nn picked out?
You Think: I wonder whether they named their kid and their turtle at the same time and mixed them up as a drunken mistake.
This is my daughter, Noam NN Noe.
You Say: She's pretty.
You Think: The name is "Noah" and it's for a BOY.
This is my son, Lyric NN Lyr.
You Say: It's such a nice word isn't it?
You Think: Is his older sister's name Music?
This is my daughter, Knox NN Knoxie.
You Say: Isn't she sweet.
You Think: That's a last name for some fat 10 year old bully not a little girl!
This is my son, Harper.
You Say: Isn't that nice?
You Think: Did someone white out your name book or something?
This is my daughter, Sahara.
You Say: I've never heard that before.
You Think: If they stick with one nn like Sarah maybe no-one ever has to know she's named after sand.
This is my son, Scout.
You Say: That's nice, is it short for something?
You Think: I think that name may have actually changed his genes so that he'll grow up to have red frizzy hair, glasses and moles.
This is my daughter, Sunshine NN Sunny.
You Say: I really like that.
You Think: Why are so many random ppl introducing me to their strange named children today? =P