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This is my son Marlowe.
You say: "Do you call him Marley?"
You think: Marlowe. A surname. Hurm.

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This is my son Cristobal, we call him Cris.
You say: "Cristobal. Cris. It sounds good."
You think: And I think I like it.

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This is my daughter Benigna.
You say: "A unique name."
You think: How ironic to have her not benign...

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This is my son Aurelio.
You say: "Ah, I like that name."
You think: Yes I do.

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This is my daughter Emerald.
You say: "They'll call her Emmy, methinks."
You think: La Esmeralda!

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This is my daughter Lou, and it's her legal name.
You say: "Legal name?"
You think: Lou. Hurm. I do not quite prefer unisex names on girls, but, oh well...

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This is my son Anton, we call him Tony.
You say: "Anton, called Tony. I think I like it."
You think: Reminds me of a local bassist named Anton.

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This is my son Lamar.
You say: "Lamar. It has a nice ring to it."
You think: But it reminds me of lemur.

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This is my daughter Kyriaki, we call her Kyrie.
You say: "A most unique name!"
You think: No.

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This is my daughter Priscilla, we call her Cilla.
You say: "I like Priscilla."
You think: But not Cilla."

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This is my son Rene.
You say: "Ah, yes."
You think: Too many people think Rene(e) is for girls, with no masculine counterpart. And they will usually think of Twilight also.

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This is my daughter Magnolia.
You say: "It sounds lovely."
You think: Magnolia. How'd they call her? Maggie?

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This is my son Thompson.
You say: "Tommy, he'll be."
You think: Thompson, with a P, as in puncture.