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Or in other words -- whiffapalooza? (on my part, just to be clear)

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Someone's never read the Old Testament!

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Recently named twins of someone I know: Zoe and Mackenzie. I instantly threw up in BnB's vomitorium. That's about as bad as it gets.

Apologies to any Zoes or Mackenzies.

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Top 20 the year I was born and a decade thereafter. It's been slipping lately to the top 150. I didn't meet that many people with my name when I was a kid.

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and you should have turned it back on my wife.

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My sister's dog's name is Holden. Is that ok? He was born in 1997 if that helps your answer.

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I don't make fun of those I love. That's sacred.

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Top 30 now. Barely top 150 when I was born. Crap. I'm evolving into a "Tyler".

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1) those are jamaica-prole names now. give some credit.

2) Why not be blunt and go with Eli?

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He reads Richard Rorty.

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Can too, can too!

Are you accusing me of being humorful? 'Cause, I dunno about you, but I have found my posts of late to be sadly lacking in that department.

Link for Paigow (and Weed):

Freakonomics - please purchase through the link to your left, not this one.

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I like the name Evan. The only Evan I know is my sister's ex who is now an annoying Canadian tv personality, but I still like the name. Evan TomatoBasil Outavannuys has a nice ring to it. Dignified, almost.

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Speaking of paying for the board, last year a LAker fan and i had a secret bet to cover the board for 1 month.

These don't usually cost me anything so I'm willing to do it again. Anyone?

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Why, yes!!! You know him? Wow. What are the chances?

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Yeah, I'll bite. It's for charity.

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Britney takes too many undeserved hits on this board. I stand by Britney. She's real.

I won't comment on my dress, but I will not that in my birth year, multiple variations of my name were in the top 1000 for boys, but no variation for girls. Today, there are mutliple variations of my name for girls in the top 100.

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Or maybe really, really resents Van Halen's split with David Lee Roth.

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I have been sort of silently giggling at the posts leading up to this one, but Chairman Meow just put me over the top into outright guffaw (which is sub-optimal when sitting on a trading desk - just fyi).

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I once worked for a woman who named her daughter Halen. I am not kidding.

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Funny. The only Evan I know is now an annoying Canadian academic personality.

What is it about Evan and Canadians?

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Thanks. And now this is stuck in my head. Hope to return the favor.

Walk but you'll never get away
No, you'll never get away from the burnin' a-heartache
I walked to Apollo by the bay
Everywhere I go though, Eli's a-comin' (she walked but she never got away)
Eli's a-comin' (she walked but she never got away)
Eli's a-comin' and he's comin' to git ya (she walked but... she walked
but...)
Get down on your knees (she walked but she never got away)

Eli's comin', hide your heart, girl
Eli's comin', hide your heart, girl
Girl, Eli's a-comin', you better hide
Girl, Eli's a-comin', you better hide
Girl, Eli's a-comin', you better hide
Girl, Eli's comin', hide your heart, girl (hide it)
You better, better hide your heart
Eli's comin', better walk

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Bugger. I knew it, but my name was in the mid 300s when born to being a top 100 name now. How many more Adrians can there be?

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No, I don't have that tune. Boalt 94, indeed. You should have this:

Bulldog!_ Bulldog!
Bow, wow, wow
Eli Yale
Bulldog!_ Bulldog!
Bow, wow, wow
Our team can never fail

When the sons of Eli
Break through the line
That is the sign we hail
Bulldog!_ Bulldog!
Bow, wow, wow
Eli Yale!

tune available here

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My two grannies were Mary and Betty. Betty.

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Am I bad if I can't remember the name of one of my grannies? She was just Granny to me. And she died when I was quite young. The other one was Betty.

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Sorry but you only have one memoreable post.

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If it was going to be Ely, I can assure you it would be Eli. But no, it's Evan, and the middle name will be Holden. (Or Holdem).

Oh, and I was re-reading mysteries of Pittsburgh last night; you remind me of Phlox in so many ways.

Kisses.

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Edna and Alice. Both no. 13 at the time (in different years, of course).

But with propriety, society will say "Marie"
 

Nope. AoN, I have two grandmothers named Mary.* But then again, I'm Irish, so that's probably not that unusual.

I like the name Mary. If I had a daughter now, that would be one of the possibilities.

And an Aunt Mary on each side, too.

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That's not true. There have been about 5.

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My first name on my first fake id (procured in the Village in the mid eighties) was Mackenzie. I think I was trying to sound like an upper class wasp. Or maybe I was just a fan of One Day At a Time.

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Holden is a timeless asshole name for a kid. For a goldren retriever, it works nicely.

I dread the day when Sebby announces the arrival of little Lord Holden Hunter Dangerfield.

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Marion and Bernice. James and Emmett.

Don't expect any little Bernice or Emmett Slaves anytime soon.

My great grandparents names (can't remember one set) aren't any better - Ruth, Lessie & Lucille; Walter, Sidney and Alexander. Alexander isn't so bad, but I'd probably use the celtic form, Alisdair, and get my kid beaten up a lot.

Now, the Mr. had one great grandmother named Henrietta. I always think of that name fondly, because of the hippo on TV.

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I had a great uncle Ely. Brother of Mary and Edith amongst others. I like it, its kind of allmighty soonding. The "i" on the ending is kinda pansy. Be sure to put a smiley face where the dot would be.

Oh and my granddads were Benjamin and Maximillian. Ben was married to Betty and Max was married to Mary. A lot of alliterations in my family. I was gonna name my son Maximmillian which goes great with the middle name but I think its on the rise.

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My other granny was Meta. That wouldn't happen. I could just hear the conversation now:

"No, not Meat-a. Meta. As in metazoan, or meta-whiff."

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The biggest concern with naming your child that is that he's likely to learn how to spell his name before you do.

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Olga and Katherine. George and Alden. The only grandparent I remember meeting is Olga.

I like Katherine, but I'm sure my liking of that will be excorciated. Exorciated. Whatever. gwinky, it may make you feel better that I'm not sure whether her name was spelled with a K or a C. I apparently met her when I was a tiny tiny infant but she died before I hit 2.

If I were to breed, which I'm not, and I had a daughter, I might name her Amanda after a high school friend. That Amanda was named after a high school friend of her mom's. Plus it's a song, I think, by some hair band. I could be wrong about either the existence of the song or the hair-band-i-ness of the group. Came out in the mid or late 80s, I think, if it indeed exists.

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Unpossible that you're whiffing here.

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Boston.

I'm gonna take you by surprise, and make you realize
Amanda...
etc.

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Boston, I think?

And don't forget "Oh, Mandy, you came and you gave without taking, and I sent you away. Oh, Mandy, when you kissed me and stopped me from shaking ..."

I love the name Katherine, by the way. With a C is good, too. I'm also fond of Gertrude, which to others may sound frumpy, but belongs to a very beautiful Swedish/German cousin so I associate it with her.