Names & Perception

[amelia]

i now associate all names with children i've taught...when i have an especially challenging child in my class i think..'well, there is one more thing i can't name my child...and one more name i can't date'>

i've always liked the girl names~~Megan and Bethany

Boys names~~kevin and nathanial <or nathan or nate>

names that make me cringe~~Dewayne, Emma, Aaron...<the bad student hall of fame >

 

[Hamletmaschine]

Katusha: it is a pet name for a girl name Ekaterina. Any variant of this name makes me smile.

David: my brother!

Riff, you've done it again. This is uncanny.

If I ever had kids, I'd want to name a boy Zachary. If if was a girl, I'd want to call her Emma. (Go figure.)


Can't think of any names that make me cringe.

 

[kotori]

Tracy and Sharon, of course, belong on lorries.

You're so bad. Sharon reminds me of my favourite character on Eastenders. Haven't seen it in years, but still read the updates and the BBC site ocassionaly.

 

[Starblayde]

Zach, Josh, Robb, Balthazar, Magnus...cool names....

 

[riff]

i now associate all names with children i've taught...when i have an especially challenging child in my class i think..'well, there is one more thing i can't name my child...and one more name i can't date'>

i've always liked the girl names~~Megan and Bethany

Boys names~~kevin and nathanial <or nathan or nate>

names that make me cringe~~Dewayne, Emma, Aaron...<the bad student hall of fame >

You did it now!

 

[amelia]

Zach, Josh, Robb, Balthazar, Magnus...cool names....

what about optimus?

 

[amelia]

You did it now!

did what???

 

[Starblayde]

what about optimus?

I'd name children Josh, or Robb, Or Soundwave, or Angela or Kup, but not Optimus...

thats just silly, amelia

 

[riff]

Riff, you've done it again. This is uncanny.

If I ever had kids, I'd want to name a boy Zachary. If if was a girl, I'd want to call her Emma. (Go figure.)


Can't think of any names that make me cringe.

I have a sister name "Emilie"

I hated it when mom picked that name, but she named her after one of my great grandmothers. I would have preferred "Aimee" another great grandmother.

But I love Emilie as a name now. She is a wonderful Emilie! She is even more lovely than her name.

Hamletsmachine- I am glad you never had any daughters. Emma does not make me cringe, but the only Emma I know is Emma Bovary and the name is forever associated with tragedy, and lack of fulfilment of human potential.

I need to meet a real life Emma to undo this. God knock someone up, will ya?

 

[riff]

did what???

Made me like you...

 

[amelia]

I'd name children...Soundwave....but not Optimus...

thats just silly, amelia

you have no idea how many times the words "silly" and "amelia" have been used in the same sentence!!!

i met a guy yesterday..and he introduced himself by saying..."hey..my name's freight liner...but everyone calls me fre...." <i'm still not sure if that was a nickname..or his real name!!>

Made me like you...

finally!!

 

[Rambling Rose]

My immediate thought was that this was a thread about member names and not actual names. It took a different turn than I expected.

Anything with -quita or -teria tacked on the end makes me wince. I am not fond of cutesy spellings like Jazmyn and the spelling of Sheila with the I after the L (Shelia) confounds me.

 

[Starblayde]

the spelling of Sheila with the I after the L (Shelia) confounds me.

moving round the I in Jamie to make Jaime is pretty cool....

Ashley is great as a girl's name.. and Jamie is fun too

 

[Rubyfruit]

Riff, you've done it again. This is uncanny.

If I ever had kids, I'd want to name a boy Zachary. If if was a girl, I'd want to call her Emma. (Go figure.)


Can't think of any names that make me cringe.

There you go again, Hamlet.

I named my son Zachary and one of my daughters Emily. I went back and forth with Emma and Emily. I call her both now and Em and Emmie.

My other daughter's name is Olivia and I absolutely love that name as well.

I cringe when parents spell their kids names funky just to be different. To me, it just looks like they can't spell and the poor kid will go through life having to spell their name for everybody.

I have a friend who named her son Zachary and spelled it Zaccari. *rolls eyes*

 

[Hamletmaschine]

... Emma does not make me cringe, but the only Emma I know is Emma Bovary and the name is forever associated with tragedy, and lack of fulfilment of human potential.

I need to meet a real life Emma to undo this.

<---- hint


. . . though I also have a thing for Emma Bovary, too. It must be my Pygmalion complex, but know I could have been good for her.

 

[riff]

She certainly is beautiful. Who is she (pardon my ignorance!).

 

[Hamletmaschine]

There you go again, Hamlet.

I named my son Zachary and one of my daughters Emily. I went back and forth with Emma and Emily. I call her both now and Em and Emmie.

My other daughter's name is Olivia and I absolutely love that name as well.

I cringe when parents spell their kids names funky just to be different. To me, it just looks like they can't spell and the poor kid will go through life having to spell their name for everybody.

I have a friend who named her son Zachary and spelled it Zaccari. *rolls eyes*

*cringing and rolling eyes along with you*

Ruby, this is just too much. First the morning rituals, and now this!? We must have been separated at birth or something. Will you be my sister?

 

[Hamletmaschine]

She certainly is beautiful. Who is she (pardon my ignorance!).

British actress, Diana Rigg, in the role of Mrs. Emma Peel in the old brit tv series, "The Avengers."

 

[Rubyfruit]

Will you be my sister?

I always wanted to fuck my brother.

 

[riff]

British actress, Diana Rigg, in the role of Mrs. Emma Peel in the old brit tv series, "The Avengers."

Hey!

She kind of looks like Rubyfruit!

 

[freescorfr]

Snowball, for a fish, for Christ's sake - a resurrected one at that!

 

[riff]

Snowball, for a fish, for Christ's sake - a resurrected one at that!

When I clicked on the thread, I thought it was gonna be a discussion of Orwell's Animal Farm.

 

[Hamletmaschine]

Been standing too close to the gas pumps again, Free?



And, Ruby, you're reading my mail. I always wanted to have a sister who wanted to fuck me.

 

[freescorfr]

Been standing too close to the gas pumps again, Free?



And, Ruby, you're reading my mail. I always wanted to have a sister who wanted to fuck me.

I just interloped out of jealousy.

 

[GreenEyedGirl]

Hamlet, glad to see Emma has reappeared!

And Emma is one of my favorite female names, "Emma" is one of my favorite Jane Austin's novels.

If I have any children, some names I would want would be Emma, Bronwyn, Anna, Emilia. And for boys I like Benjamin, Kurt, Mikael.

But I would probably let the father have a sliver of a say.