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Imagine if the MN Baby Names topic was like this...

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Add message | Report | Contact poster By Sat 04-Jul-09 20:11:06
My absolute fave is this:

"Prayers. Before I found out I was going to have a boy, I only had girls names chosen. If I do have a girl in the future I am naming her Aria Ocean or Aria Leilani. I love original names! :-)

Behold, the latest fad in greeting people: stating a random noun. As in, "Fishsticks. My name's Aria Ocean and I'm a new-age CD compilation featuring 40 hits by your favorite artists. Like Enya..."

Arf

arf

arf
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Sat 04-Jul-09 18:41:50
grin When in England I heard the name Lou a lot.
You weren't listen hard enough then. PMSL.
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Sat 04-Jul-09 18:27:34
Read that before, good isn't it?
Heres one of my favourites...

"
Hunter Maverick Maarten. My little boy was named after his Daddy. My husbands middle name is Martin, we just chose to spell it differently. ... I wouldn't trade my kids for nothing. God Bless You!

Alright - does it count as naming-someone-after-someone-else if the names aren't spelled the same? Not even vaguely the same? Answer: I does if you're an illiterate hillbilly! No, I wouldn't trade them for nothing. I'd trade them for a new muffler or some possom traps! "

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Add message | Report | Contact poster By Sat 04-Jul-09 18:14:20
PMSL Mrs Mattie
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Sat 04-Jul-09 17:00:54
It's what I wish I could say. wink

I like the idea of a 'bisexual name', though.

Oh, and Camden Trevor is my favourite. Sounds like a second rate petty thief in the Kray Twins' circle.
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Sat 04-Jul-09 16:10:33
I posted but didn't see how the rest of the thread went. Dearie me...
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Sat 04-Jul-09 16:03:55
this thread from yesterday v similar shock grin
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Sat 04-Jul-09 16:01:55
No thanks!

<<coward>>
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Sat 04-Jul-09 11:03:11
I've seen this site before, hilarious!
I especially love this comment:

"the younger one is kryslyn (like chrislynn)"

Death to all vowels! The Ministry of Truth says vowels are plus undoublethink. Vowels are a Eurasian plot! Big Brother, leading us proles to victory!
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Sat 04-Jul-09 09:40:52
...I volunteer you to start that trend in the style of that piece linked in the OP, Eyeballs...
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Sat 04-Jul-09 09:17:17
I love it, far more realistic then here tbh. It can be a bit of a love in on the name threads where everyone gets twisted up trying to say the name is a pile of poo without upsetting the op. Better to tell it like it is
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Sat 04-Jul-09 09:12:14
I snorted at that too
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Sat 04-Jul-09 09:08:26
lol, i like the jackie-o/sinead comment!
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Sat 04-Jul-09 09:00:57
here - I rediscovered this link this morning and have been snorting to myself for a while so naturally, I thought of you lot
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