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Malachi

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PavlovtheWitchesCat · 30/10/2009 19:36

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scottishmummy · 31/10/2009 23:00

ok,i always think Malachy.thanks for clarification

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PavlovtheWitchesCat · 31/10/2009 22:58

Scottishmummy Malachi is the correct spelling - he was a prophet and a saint - means 'my messenger' or 'my angel'. It can be spelt Malachy also and is within the catholic church, i beleive, but the original Hebrew spelling is with 'i'.

Children of the Corn is a very scary nightmarey horror film by Stephen King.

And i have just googled some pictures and I have seen it, i was very young and I remember the scarey image of a house on the edge of a corn field. I remember having nightmares about not escaping! I do not recall much about it other than terrifying and luckily NOT the name Malachi

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scottishmummy · 31/10/2009 22:48

whaT is corn children?

scottishmummy · 31/10/2009 22:43

yes but spell it properly malachy

TheTerribleSpider · 31/10/2009 22:28

I really like Malachy...

Giltz · 31/10/2009 21:50

Love the name

DrSkidaddle · 31/10/2009 20:57

yes really like it - am trying to persuade DH to call our next baby Malachy but he is more of the Tadgh/Cillian/Dara disposition (i.e 'proper' Irish!)

Prefer the Mal-ak-eye pronunciation but both are nice

LetThereBeRock · 31/10/2009 00:49

Awful. I think it's ugly and it reminds me of Children Of The Corn.

serenity · 31/10/2009 00:41

There's two Malachi's in DD's class at school, althnough one spells it Malaki. It's very sweet.

PhoenixFirefly · 31/10/2009 00:09

I like it malachi (eye not ee) is DS's middle name

PixiNanny · 30/10/2009 23:09

My good friend would like a Malachi if she has a boy next. Personally, I dislike it and she told me that most people she ahs told dislike the name also. But, as she said (and I whole heartedly agree), your child your choice

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PavlovtheWitchesCat · 30/10/2009 20:56

...and then the odd few who looked it up on wiki are culturally well read and will nod wisely and apprivingly

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teameric · 30/10/2009 20:55

nooooo children of the corn, that film freaked me out!!

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PavlovtheWitchesCat · 30/10/2009 20:51

Ialin - aaah. So it is already losing its Children of the Corn relationship with the 'younger' parents for want of a better word, and becoming 'trendy' . So, possibly, one half of the population will run away from him and the other half will consider him popular/common as he grows up?

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murderonthemidnightexpress · 30/10/2009 20:51

Penthe raising the tone here from Angela's Ashes

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PavlovtheWitchesCat · 30/10/2009 20:49

So, the age - sort of mid+ 30s I am guessing? lots of people won;t know it as he grows up then...

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Penthesileia · 30/10/2009 20:48

Stately plump Buck Mulligan...

lalin · 30/10/2009 20:47

St. Malachy was the name of a school I attended for a short while a long time ago. Had not heard the name until recently when it suddenly seemed to be a really lovely boy's name here in Surrey. Know two and think it's gorgeous.

mrmump · 30/10/2009 20:44

Oh yes, children of the corn here too. Mal-ak-eye. very scary!

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PavlovtheWitchesCat · 30/10/2009 20:36

oh, now, see i like both sounding versions now. I had not considered Malachy with the 'ee' rather than 'eye'. Could it be spelt Malachi and pronounced 'ee'. If i spelt it 'i' and pronounced it 'ee' or 'eye' could people get it wrong all the time whatever pronunciation i use?

Oh maybe i will just go with John. Or Jon?

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mummyofevilprincesses · 30/10/2009 20:34

I thought of Children of the Corn too, but if Liz Hurley can call her boy Damien, why not.

I am now hearing Malachi in a scary voise in my head- I saw that film too young and it gave me nightmares!

teamcullen · 30/10/2009 20:29

well done MIL that sounds lovely

ATortoiseisBetterThanABlackCat · 30/10/2009 20:26

I love the name Malachy. Prefer it to Malachi pronounciation.

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PavlovtheWitchesCat · 30/10/2009 20:23

I have mentioned it to couple of people who have both said 'like the stone?' no, that is malachite, but could be a problem no?

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murderonthemidnightexpress · 30/10/2009 20:21

I love it. Both spellings. I would also say that they are pronounced differently: Malachi (Mal-a-kai) Malachy (Mal-ach-ee, or mal-ak-ee if you can't pronounce your chs ).

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