[email protected]

These are the names Holly has collected to name her children. She asked me
to share them here and see if people had other ideas.

Bod
Pink
March
Gassie
Luna
Rock
Dance
Booger
Kirkella
China

unless they're triplets and girls, and then
Purple
Periwinkle
Lavendar

or
Reina
Rhoda
Ronna

or triplets and boys:
Johnson
Jackson and
Jordan

She is making me memorize her list. There have been two tests already today.
She won't even watch Monty Python and the Holy Grail, but she makes me
memorize potential names of possible babies.

Sandra

[email protected]

In a message dated 5/29/2003 2:51:36 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
SandraDodd@... writes:

> These are the names Holly has collected to name her children. She asked me
>
> to share them here and see if people had other ideas.
>

That's a lot of kids. You're gonna be one busy grandma!

~Kelly


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Betsy

** unless they're triplets and girls, and then
Purple
Periwinkle
Lavendar**

Periwinkle is my favorite color, so I love these.

Betsy

Geraldine Weis-Corbley

Did anyone catch the discussion today on The View- ABC tv- about
video games? I came in half way through but I thought I picked up
that there was some study about them that says kids are enhancing
many skills by playing them.

What I saw was the ladies discouraged that "they are shooting
people." and, also beating up women. So I wanted to hear the positive
stuff that came right before.

Geri

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Deborah Lewis

***She asked me
to share them here and see if people had other ideas.***

OH!

In honor of the Iraq war, a girls name, Shockanah. (shock and awe)

Crystal Chandelier... kinda sounds like a stripper, though.

Caffeine Oceans.

Lasagna.

Well, now maybe I'm just hungry.

Deb L

[email protected]

In a message dated 5/29/2003 4:52:24 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
KathrynJB@... writes:
> Our kids are so weird.
>
> We play the game The Sims quite often, and whenever Julian makes a family
> they always have really bizarre names. I've told him that if he ever had
> kids
> that his partner should be in charge of names.

OH! I'm afraid to let Duncan name animals. They get horrid names like (These
are some stuffed animal names) Sharkey, Snakey, Freddie, Brownie. I get the
heebie-jeebies just calling out their names!

Cameron, on the other hand, has named several of our animals: We've had
Beeper (Electronic Page was her registered name), SodaPop, Tornado, Rosie, Ali &
Dina (two hamsters, short for "ALl"igator and "DINA"saur), and my favorite,
Chase (short for Skirtchaser). His old, stuffed bunny is Charlotte, and he named
Duncan's stuffed kitty, Matilda (Tilly).

I LOVE names and hate to see the same ones over and over. I'm usually bored
to tears with dogs' names (Sam, Bear, Ben, Schatzi, etc.). But I LOVE horse
names! Some of those guys are SOOO creative. Cracks me up!

~Kelly


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Michele Evard

At 02:23 PM 5/29/2003 -0400, SandraDodd@... wrote:
>unless they're triplets and girls, and then
>Purple
>Periwinkle
>Lavendar

great names! would she consider violet instead of purple, to avoid sharing
initials? or perhaps in addition, in case she has quads? :-)

has she thought about twins, or is she going straight to triplets?

>or
>Reina
>Rhoda
>Ronna
>
>or triplets and boys:
>Johnson
>Jackson and
>Jordan

she does like to confuse people, or at least make them think hard, doesn't
she? :-) people we see weekly still say "i don't know which is rose &
which is joelle" even though my girls look very different.

michele

Jon and Rue Kream

>>> I'm usually bored
to tears with dogs' names (Sam, Bear, Ben, Schatzi, etc.).


We have three dogs. The oldest is Dammit, then there's Godiva (God for
short), then we got...Petunia. She's Dagny's, and I didn't get to name her
:0). ~Rue

Michele Evard

At 02:23 PM 5/29/2003 -0400, SandraDodd@... wrote:
>She is making me memorize her list. There have been two tests already today.
> She won't even watch Monty Python and the Holy Grail, but she makes me
>memorize potential names of possible babies.

that's too ironic! does she ask you to test her on things too?

michele

[email protected]

In a message dated 5/29/03 3:24:25 PM, mevard@... writes:

<< great names! would she consider violet instead of purple, to avoid
sharing
initials? or perhaps in addition, in case she has quads? :-) >>

I will surely pass that on. Thanks!

She talked about twins today, as a way to avoid the firstborn feeling put
out. First twins, then a single birth. She thinks that will solve all problems.


Sandra

[email protected]

In a message dated 5/29/03 3:25:25 PM, mevard@... writes:

<< that's too ironic! does she ask you to test her on things too? >>

No.
She's wanting me to prove I care about my future grandchildren. She used to
have four regular baby dolls with names and stories and used to quiz me on
those sometimes too. I didn't always do very well. They are Sophie, Liesel, and
I forget who else.

I'll be a terrible grandmother, no doubt, and am already starting to feel
inadequate. <bwg>

Sandra

Pam Hartley

Nah, I'll bet you'll remember almost ALL of your "real" grandchildren's
names... <g>

Pam

----------
>From: SandraDodd@...
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: Re: [AlwaysLearning] "The Names of the Future"
>Date: Thu, May 29, 2003, 2:49 PM
>

> << that's too ironic! does she ask you to test her on things too? >>
>
> No.
> She's wanting me to prove I care about my future grandchildren. She used to
> have four regular baby dolls with names and stories and used to quiz me on
> those sometimes too. I didn't always do very well. They are Sophie, Liesel,
and
> I forget who else.
>
> I'll be a terrible grandmother, no doubt, and am already starting to feel
> inadequate. <bwg>

Tia Leschke

> >unless they're triplets and girls, and then
> >Purple
> >Periwinkle
> >Lavendar
>
> great names! would she consider violet instead of purple, to avoid
sharing
> initials? or perhaps in addition, in case she has quads? :-)

Or maybe keep the Ps and make it Purple, Periwinkle, and Puce if she's going
for colours.
Tia

"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety
deserve neither liberty nor safety." Ben Franklin
leschke@...

Heidi Wordhouse-Dykema

...as she likes the more unique...
Taz (Tazmin)
Dulcie
Heidi
Fria
Quip
Heidi
Willa
Tuck
Heidi
Tessa
Quark
Heidi
Jilla
Hiruy
Heidi
Hailu
Thais
Aracely
Heidi
Asher
Lollie
Taiga
Arisa
Paz
Heidi
Kali
Terryn
Alia
Ninji
Tevis
Tysa
Japhy
Mhairi
and...
Heidi

Any sound interesting to her?
HeidiWD (small grin)

Kate Green

I didn't see this show but I have seen reports about the study. Supposedly
certain games (they were the very violent/shooting kind) enhance children's
ability to pay attention to multiple aspects of their environment. They are
more aware of what's going on around them so kind of hypersensitive to
environmental factors. The researchers speculate this could make them
better drivers in the future.

Interesting work but the games they used were the very violent ones and so
there are many factors that have to be taken into consideration and it's
possibly not all positive. Role playing games did not have the same effect.

Kate

At 03:12 PM 5/29/03 -0400, you wrote:
>
> Did anyone catch the discussion today on The View- ABC tv- about
> video games? I came in half way through but I thought I picked up
> that there was some study about them that says kids are enhancing
> many skills by playing them.
>
>"they are shooting
>" and, also beating up women. So I wanted to hear the positive
> stuff that came right before.
>
> Geri
>
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on 5/29/03 2:23 PM, SandraDodd@... at SandraDodd@... wrote:

> Purple
> Periwinkle
> Lavendar

Plum
Damson
Violaceous (?? It's in the thesaurus with the other purples! Sounds kinda
cool. :-)
Amethyst
Amethystine
Lilac
Mauve
Mulberry
Orchid
Livid
Heliotrope (always liked that word :-)
Pansy
Solferino

> Bod

Short for Bodacious?

> Pink

Kathryn's original blankie is named Pink. The second is Blue. There's also 2
crocheted blankets called Pink-With-Holes and Blue-With-Holes :-)

> March
> Gassie

Actually that'd be cute if didn't sound like gassy. Which reminds me of an
article many years ago in Psychology Today where foreign speakers were asked
what English word had the prettiest sound. Most misunderstood the question
and said things like love but one person said "cellar door" :-)

> Luna

Which reminds me of Stella Luna which is even more mellifluous than cellar
door.

> Rock

I went to school with a Rock. Had a twin sister named .... I can't remember.
It had nothing to do with Rock. In fact we had 11 sets of twins in a class
of 300. Two of them were Jock (which rhymes with Rock :-) and Jill.

> Dance

Tarantella
Beguine
Branle
Boutade
Can-can
Cha-cha
Clog
Cotillion
Fandango
Fling
Gallopade
Hootchy-kootchy
Hula
LIndy
Mambo
Marengue
Mazurka
Minuet
Pachanga
Polka
Polonaise
Quadrille
Rigadoon
Rumba
Samba (for twins?)
Saraband
Shimmy
Tango
Ziganka (?? Never heard of that!)

> Booger

Snot?

Interesting. My thesaurus only connects booger to:

Fear (start, startle, jump, shy, fight shy, booger [dial.], boggle) and

Evil Spirits (bugbear, bugaboo, bogy, bogey, bogle, boggle, boggart,
boggard, boogy, booger, bugger, bug [all dial.], boogerman, boogyman [both
dial, US]; bete noire, fee-faw-fum, mumbo jumbo).

And nose kind of boogers are bogies (though is it spelled boogers?) in
England.

> Kirkella
> China

I always liked that name :-)

> Reina
> Rhoda
> Ronna

Reina, Ronna, Rhonda flows even nicer so perhaps they could be trained to
sit in that order ;-)

> Johnson
> Jackson and
> Jordan

Hmm, a J* *n pattern. I have a book that has just an alphabetical list of
names culled from birth records but I can't find it.

Joyce

Shyrley

BADOLBILZ wrote:

> Do all girls do this? I know my sister and I did...and still do! Tell
> Holly I'm proud of her. I'm always a little horrified when I hear of
> parents who are just about to deliver or have already and haven't
> thought about a name yet. How can anyone go a lifetime, let alone 9
> whole months and not think of what they will name their children??? A
> person's name is such a huge part of their lives.
>

That'll be me then......
With number 3 I didn't actually think of any names and he wasn't named until he
was 2 weeks old! Maybe alreday having a 2 yo and a 1 yo when he was born had
something to do with it...

Shyrley


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BADOLBILZ

Do all girls do this? I know my sister and I did...and still do! Tell
Holly I'm proud of her. I'm always a little horrified when I hear of
parents who are just about to deliver or have already and haven't
thought about a name yet. How can anyone go a lifetime, let alone 9
whole months and not think of what they will name their children??? A
person's name is such a huge part of their lives.

My girls like names like Crystal Star, Cinderella Rose, Crystal Diamond,
Buttercup, Pansy, Snowdrop, Diamond, and Snowflake. Anything that could
be in a fairy tale, is great. And lately they pick Leiren, too, in
honor of their baby sister.

I've always loved names. I have many name books. For my girls I went
through a whole naming process, which gets harder all the time. The
first name must be different, but feminine with a strong meaning that's
a noun. The middle name must be of the same language or ethnicity and
more usual, must start with a "k" sound to flow with our last name,
Case, and it's meaning must be an adjective for the first name's noun.
So far I have: Irish Gaelic - Aislinn Kathleen (a pure vision or
dream), Greek - Elysia Khloe (a blooming heaven, or a growing
happiness), French - Soleille Claire ( bright sunshine), and
Scandinavian - Leiren Cari (beloved of the earth). If I have another
girl next, I'm thinking about Latin - Quinn (queen, fifth). The only
problem is a middle name with a "k" sound is too many "k" sounds. Oh
well. Leiren is only six months, so I guess I've got some time to
figure it out.

I've always done the "how will it sound if I'm calling her at the park"
test. My husband liked the name Sijana or something like that, but for
the life of me, I just couldn't imagine calling that out at the park!
He just liked it because it meant to harvest (he's a farmer).

Well, I've rambled way too long. I just love comming up with names!
Good luck. And by the way Sandra, no matter what she eventually
settles on, just smile even if you hate it. It will mean a lot to her.
HeidiC.

SandraDodd@... wrote:

>These are the names Holly has collected to name her children. She asked me
>to share them here and see if people had other ideas.
>
>
>

Geraldine Weis-Corbley

>I didn't see this show but I have seen reports about the study. Supposedly
>certain games (they were the very violent/shooting kind) enhance children's
>ability to pay attention to multiple aspects of their environment. They are
>more aware of what's going on around them so kind of hypersensitive to
>environmental factors. The researchers speculate this could make them
>better drivers in the future.
>
>Interesting work but the games they used were the very violent ones and so
>there are many factors that have to be taken into consideration and it's
>possibly not all positive. Role playing games did not have the same effect.
>
>Kate
>

Thanks Kate. Better drivers? Great!!

I thought the shooting games WERE the role playing games. POV virtual
reality where you are the character and you try to get certain goals
accomplished.

Any help would be great. What are the names of the "very
violent/shooting kind". Are you talking about all shooting games
where you kill the enemy?

Geri

BADOLBILZ

Shyrley, you're forgiven! A 2 yr old, a 1 yr old AND a new baby. Good
God, woman! Did you ever sleep? What names did you choose for them? Heidi

Shyrley wrote:

>BADOLBILZ wrote:
>
>
>
>>Do all girls do this? I know my sister and I did...and still do! Tell
>>Holly I'm proud of her. I'm always a little horrified when I hear of
>>parents who are just about to deliver or have already and haven't
>>thought about a name yet. How can anyone go a lifetime, let alone 9
>>whole months and not think of what they will name their children??? A
>>person's name is such a huge part of their lives.
>>
>>
>>
>
>That'll be me then......
>With number 3 I didn't actually think of any names and he wasn't named until he
>was 2 weeks old! Maybe alreday having a 2 yo and a 1 yo when he was born had
>something to do with it...
>
>Shyrley
>
>
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Topics in this digest:

1. Re:"The Names of the Future"
From: KathrynJB@...
2. the names of the future
From: starsuncloud@...
3. Re: the Names of the future
From: Alan & Brenda Leonard <abtleo@...>
4. Re: Are you sick of a cold bed
From: Alan & Brenda Leonard <abtleo@...>
5. Re: Re:"The Names of the Future"
From: kbcdlovejo@...
6. Re: "The Names of the Future"
From: Michele Evard <mevard@...>
7. RE: Re:"The Names of the Future"
From: "Jon and Rue Kream" <skreams@...>
8. Re: "The Names of the Future"
From: Michele Evard <mevard@...>
9. Re: "The Names of the Future"
From: SandraDodd@...
10. Re: "The Names of the Future"
From: SandraDodd@...
11. Re: "The Names of the Future"
From: Pam Hartley <pamhartley@...>
12. Re: the names of the future
From: Tuckervill@...
13. Re: the Names of the future
From: amycats2@...
14. Re: Are you sick of a cold bed
From: Tia Leschke <leschke@...>
15. Re: "The Names of the Future"
From: Tia Leschke <leschke@...>
16. Re: the names of the future
From: Tia Leschke <leschke@...>
17. Re: "The Names of the Future"
From: Heidi Wordhouse-Dykema <heidi@...>
18. Re: the names of the future
From: freeform@...
19. Re: the names of the future
From: SandraDodd@...
20. Re: The View
From: Kate Green <karegree@...>
21. Re: "The Names of the Future"
From: Fetteroll <fetteroll@...>
22. Re: the Names of the future
From: Tuckervill@...


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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 16:26:58 EDT
From: KathrynJB@...
Subject: Re:"The Names of the Future"

In a message dated 5/29/2003 4:21:36 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[email protected] writes:

> These are the names Holly has collected to name her children. She
> asked me
>
> to share them here and see if people had other ideas.
>
> Bod
> Pink
> March
> Gassie
> Luna
> Rock
> Dance
> Booger
> Kirkella
> China
>
> unless they're triplets and girls, and then
> Purple
> Periwinkle
> Lavendar
>
> or
> Reina
> Rhoda
> Ronna
>
> or triplets and boys:
> Johnson
> Jackson and
> Jordan
>
> She is making me memorize her list. There have been two tests already
> today.
> She won't even watch Monty Python and the Holy Grail, but she makes me
> memorize potential names of possible babies.
>
> Sandra
>
>

Our kids are so weird.

We play the game The Sims quite often, and whenever Julian makes a family
they always have really bizarre names. I've told him that if he ever had
kids
that his partner should be in charge of names.

Kathryn


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Message: 2
Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 16:39:23 EDT
From: starsuncloud@...
Subject: the names of the future

Well, her names are creative anyway!!
We have a furry little girl here named Luna, that was my favorite on her
list
of course.
Luna is a rattie, black with white markings and oh-so-sweet.

I had started a childrens story with a character named Periwinkle. I'm not
sure I like her "booger" name though. :)

Sierra's middle name is Star. I like Azia, Connor, Donovan too. My dh liked
Biff, Turk and Astra. Hmmmmm.... I think he has issues.

Ren


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Message: 3
Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 23:26:19 +0200
From: Alan & Brenda Leonard <abtleo@...>
Subject: Re: the Names of the future

5/29/03 22:17:

> These are the names Holly has collected to name her children. She
> asked me to share them here and see if people had other ideas.

When my strong-willed sister was having her first baby, she wanted the name
Esmerelde (Ez-mer-EL-duh) for a girl.

My dear late grandmother smiled and told her she could name her child
anything she wanted, and doubtless she would. However, she recommended that
she stand at the back door to her home and scream the name 30 times at the
top of her lungs, because that's how she was gonna hear it for the next 18
years of her life.

Her sons are named Robert and Terry.

brenda



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Message: 4
Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 23:26:20 +0200
From: Alan & Brenda Leonard <abtleo@...>
Subject: Re: Are you sick of a cold bed

5/29/03 22:17:

> Find a warm body to share your bed! Click Below.

Hey! So this is where I should go while my husband is in Iraq, huh?

No, wait, I've got a kid who's a hot box. He could come sleep with me
again. That'd work. Never mind....don't anybody tell my dh.....

brenda



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Message: 5
Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 17:18:16 EDT
From: kbcdlovejo@...
Subject: Re: Re:"The Names of the Future"

In a message dated 5/29/2003 4:52:24 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
KathrynJB@... writes:
> Our kids are so weird.
>
> We play the game The Sims quite often, and whenever Julian makes a
> family
> they always have really bizarre names. I've told him that if he ever had
> kids
> that his partner should be in charge of names.

OH! I'm afraid to let Duncan name animals. They get horrid names like (These

are some stuffed animal names) Sharkey, Snakey, Freddie, Brownie. I get the

heebie-jeebies just calling out their names!

Cameron, on the other hand, has named several of our animals: We've had
Beeper (Electronic Page was her registered name), SodaPop, Tornado, Rosie,
Ali &
Dina (two hamsters, short for "ALl"igator and "DINA"saur), and my favorite,
Chase (short for Skirtchaser). His old, stuffed bunny is Charlotte, and he
named
Duncan's stuffed kitty, Matilda (Tilly).

I LOVE names and hate to see the same ones over and over. I'm usually bored
to tears with dogs' names (Sam, Bear, Ben, Schatzi, etc.). But I LOVE horse
names! Some of those guys are SOOO creative. Cracks me up!

~Kelly


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Message: 6
Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 16:22:27 -0500
From: Michele Evard <mevard@...>
Subject: Re: "The Names of the Future"

At 02:23 PM 5/29/2003 -0400, SandraDodd@... wrote:
>unless they're triplets and girls, and then
>Purple
>Periwinkle
>Lavendar

great names! would she consider violet instead of purple, to avoid sharing
initials? or perhaps in addition, in case she has quads? :-)

has she thought about twins, or is she going straight to triplets?

>or
>Reina
>Rhoda
>Ronna
>
>or triplets and boys:
>Johnson
>Jackson and
>Jordan

she does like to confuse people, or at least make them think hard, doesn't
she? :-) people we see weekly still say "i don't know which is rose &
which is joelle" even though my girls look very different.

michele



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Message: 7
Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 17:23:50 -0400
From: "Jon and Rue Kream" <skreams@...>
Subject: RE: Re:"The Names of the Future"

>>> I'm usually bored
to tears with dogs' names (Sam, Bear, Ben, Schatzi, etc.).


We have three dogs. The oldest is Dammit, then there's Godiva (God for
short), then we got...Petunia. She's Dagny's, and I didn't get to name her
:0). ~Rue



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Message: 8
Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 16:24:03 -0500
From: Michele Evard <mevard@...>
Subject: Re: "The Names of the Future"

At 02:23 PM 5/29/2003 -0400, SandraDodd@... wrote:
>She is making me memorize her list. There have been two tests already
>today.
> She won't even watch Monty Python and the Holy Grail, but she makes me
>memorize potential names of possible babies.

that's too ironic! does she ask you to test her on things too?

michele



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Message: 9
Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 17:47:41 EDT
From: SandraDodd@...
Subject: Re: "The Names of the Future"


In a message dated 5/29/03 3:24:25 PM, mevard@... writes:

<< great names! would she consider violet instead of purple, to avoid
sharing
initials? or perhaps in addition, in case she has quads? :-) >>

I will surely pass that on. Thanks!

She talked about twins today, as a way to avoid the firstborn feeling put
out. First twins, then a single birth. She thinks that will solve all
problems.


Sandra


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Message: 10
Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 17:49:10 EDT
From: SandraDodd@...
Subject: Re: "The Names of the Future"


In a message dated 5/29/03 3:25:25 PM, mevard@... writes:

<< that's too ironic! does she ask you to test her on things too? >>

No.
She's wanting me to prove I care about my future grandchildren. She used to

have four regular baby dolls with names and stories and used to quiz me on
those sometimes too. I didn't always do very well. They are Sophie,
Liesel, and
I forget who else.

I'll be a terrible grandmother, no doubt, and am already starting to feel
inadequate. <bwg>

Sandra


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Message: 11
Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 15:16:25 -0700
From: Pam Hartley <pamhartley@...>
Subject: Re: "The Names of the Future"

Nah, I'll bet you'll remember almost ALL of your "real" grandchildren's
names... <g>

Pam

----------
>From: SandraDodd@...
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: Re: [AlwaysLearning] "The Names of the Future"
>Date: Thu, May 29, 2003, 2:49 PM
>

> << that's too ironic! does she ask you to test her on things too? >>
>
> No.
> She's wanting me to prove I care about my future grandchildren. She
> used to have four regular baby dolls with names and stories and used
> to quiz me on those sometimes too. I didn't always do very well.
> They are Sophie, Liesel,
and
> I forget who else.
>
> I'll be a terrible grandmother, no doubt, and am already starting to
> feel inadequate. <bwg>


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Message: 12
Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 18:16:54 EDT
From: Tuckervill@...
Subject: Re: the names of the future

In a message dated 5/29/2003 3:53:59 PM Central Daylight Time,
starsuncloud@... writes:

> Sierra's middle name is Star.

It's a trend. In our homeschool group we have a Sierra Moon and a Sierra
Sky.

Tuck


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Message: 13
Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 19:33:44 EDT
From: amycats2@...
Subject: Re: the Names of the future

In a message dated 5/29/2003 4:30:38 PM Central Daylight Time,
abtleo@... writes:

> My dear late grandmother smiled and told her she could name her child
> anything she wanted, and doubtless she would. However, she
> recommended that she stand at the back door to her home and scream the
> name 30 times at the top of her lungs, because that's how she was
> gonna hear it for the next 18 years of her life.
>

Good advice. I always thought that I wanted my kids' names to flow together
smoothly and kept trying out, "C'mon, guys, let's go to Trevor and Brenna's
house!" to see how it sounded.
Amy Kagey
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Message: 14
Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 15:19:18 -0700
From: Tia Leschke <leschke@...>
Subject: Re: Are you sick of a cold bed


>
> > Find a warm body to share your bed! Click Below.
>
> Hey! So this is where I should go while my husband is in Iraq, huh?

Never mind that the warm body they're offering is almost certainly a
*female* body. <g>
Tia

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Message: 15
Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 15:21:55 -0700
From: Tia Leschke <leschke@...>
Subject: Re: "The Names of the Future"


> >unless they're triplets and girls, and then
> >Purple
> >Periwinkle
> >Lavendar
>
> great names! would she consider violet instead of purple, to avoid
sharing
> initials? or perhaps in addition, in case she has quads? :-)

Or maybe keep the Ps and make it Purple, Periwinkle, and Puce if she's going
for colours. Tia

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Message: 16
Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 18:02:37 -0700
From: Tia Leschke <leschke@...>
Subject: Re: the names of the future


"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety
deserve neither liberty nor safety." Ben Franklin leschke@...
>
> It's a trend. In our homeschool group we have a Sierra Moon and a
> Sierra Sky.

I wanted Heather to be Sierra Meadow - vetoed by her father. Well, it
wouldn't have fit well with Grove for a last name. But that was in 1975.
Long trend? Tia



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Message: 17
Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 19:18:02 -0700
From: Heidi Wordhouse-Dykema <heidi@...>
Subject: Re: "The Names of the Future"



...as she likes the more unique...
Taz (Tazmin)
Dulcie
Heidi
Fria
Quip
Heidi
Willa
Tuck
Heidi
Tessa
Quark
Heidi
Jilla
Hiruy
Heidi
Hailu
Thais
Aracely
Heidi
Asher
Lollie
Taiga
Arisa
Paz
Heidi
Kali
Terryn
Alia
Ninji
Tevis
Tysa
Japhy
Mhairi
and...
Heidi

Any sound interesting to her?
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Message: 18
Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 19:12:57 -0700
From: freeform@...
Subject: Re: the names of the future


On Thu, 29 May 2003 18:16:54 EDT Tuckervill@... writes:

> It's a trend. In our homeschool group we have a Sierra Moon and a
> Sierra
> Sky.
>
You're not in southern California, are you? We know a homeschooler named
Ciera Skye, pronounced the same (and Joylyn will tell me if I misspelled
it... no, wait, this is Joylyn we're talking about ;-)

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Message: 19
Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 23:18:55 EDT
From: SandraDodd@...
Subject: Re: the names of the future


In a message dated 5/29/03 8:56:29 PM, freeform@... writes:

<< You're not in southern California, are you? We know a homeschooler named
Ciera Skye, pronounced the same (and Joylyn will tell me if I misspelled
it... no, wait, this is Joylyn we're talking about ;-) >>

Lots of hippie names in New Mexico.

My cousin named her first couple very hippie names.

Pablo Monte Fe Trujillo (Paul Mountain Faith, but on his birth certificate I

think it's in Spanish), Oceana Desert Fawn Trujillo

Then she went to Jacob, Rebeccah and Louis, not as wild and crazy. <g>

Sandra


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Message: 20
Date: Fri, 30 May 2003 09:28:34 +0400
From: Kate Green <karegree@...>
Subject: Re: The View

I didn't see this show but I have seen reports about the study. Supposedly
certain games (they were the very violent/shooting kind) enhance children's
ability to pay attention to multiple aspects of their environment. They are
more aware of what's going on around them so kind of hypersensitive to
environmental factors. The researchers speculate this could make them better
drivers in the future.

Interesting work but the games they used were the very violent ones and so
there are many factors that have to be taken into consideration and it's
possibly not all positive. Role playing games did not have the same effect.

Kate

At 03:12 PM 5/29/03 -0400, you wrote:
>
> Did anyone catch the discussion today on The View- ABC tv- about
> video games? I came in half way through but I thought I picked up
> that there was some study about them that says kids are enhancing
> many skills by playing them.
>
>"they are shooting
>" and, also beating up women. So I wanted to hear the positive
> stuff that came right before.
>
> Geri
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Message: 21
Date: Fri, 30 May 2003 06:13:13 -0400
From: Fetteroll <fetteroll@...>
Subject: Re: "The Names of the Future"

on 5/29/03 2:23 PM, SandraDodd@... at SandraDodd@... wrote:

> Purple
> Periwinkle
> Lavendar

Plum
Damson
Violaceous (?? It's in the thesaurus with the other purples! Sounds kinda
cool. :-) Amethyst Amethystine Lilac Mauve Mulberry Orchid Livid Heliotrope
(always liked that word :-) Pansy Solferino

> Bod

Short for Bodacious?

> Pink

Kathryn's original blankie is named Pink. The second is Blue. There's also 2
crocheted blankets called Pink-With-Holes and Blue-With-Holes :-)

> March
> Gassie

Actually that'd be cute if didn't sound like gassy. Which reminds me of an
article many years ago in Psychology Today where foreign speakers were asked
what English word had the prettiest sound. Most misunderstood the question
and said things like love but one person said "cellar door" :-)

> Luna

Which reminds me of Stella Luna which is even more mellifluous than cellar
door.

> Rock

I went to school with a Rock. Had a twin sister named .... I can't remember.
It had nothing to do with Rock. In fact we had 11 sets of twins in a class
of 300. Two of them were Jock (which rhymes with Rock :-) and Jill.

> Dance

Tarantella
Beguine
Branle
Boutade
Can-can
Cha-cha
Clog
Cotillion
Fandango
Fling
Gallopade
Hootchy-kootchy
Hula
LIndy
Mambo
Marengue
Mazurka
Minuet
Pachanga
Polka
Polonaise
Quadrille
Rigadoon
Rumba
Samba (for twins?)
Saraband
Shimmy
Tango
Ziganka (?? Never heard of that!)

> Booger

Snot?

Interesting. My thesaurus only connects booger to:

Fear (start, startle, jump, shy, fight shy, booger [dial.], boggle) and

Evil Spirits (bugbear, bugaboo, bogy, bogey, bogle, boggle, boggart,
boggard, boogy, booger, bugger, bug [all dial.], boogerman, boogyman [both
dial, US]; bete noire, fee-faw-fum, mumbo jumbo).

And nose kind of boogers are bogies (though is it spelled boogers?) in
England.

> Kirkella
> China

I always liked that name :-)

> Reina
> Rhoda
> Ronna

Reina, Ronna, Rhonda flows even nicer so perhaps they could be trained to
sit in that order ;-)

> Johnson
> Jackson and
> Jordan

Hmm, a J* *n pattern. I have a book that has just an alphabetical list of
names culled from birth records but I can't find it.

Joyce



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Message: 22
Date: Fri, 30 May 2003 08:08:26 EDT
From: Tuckervill@...
Subject: Re: the Names of the future

In a message dated 5/29/2003 7:06:30 PM Central Daylight Time,
amycats2@... writes:

> Good advice. I always thought that I wanted my kids' names to flow
> together
>
> smoothly and kept trying out, "C'mon, guys, let's go to Trevor and
> Brenna's
> house!" to see how it sounded.
>

I did that!
>>But I LOVE horse
names! Some of those guys are SOOO creative. Cracks me up!<<

I'd heard of this one horse's name, so googled it and got this, off a
information page about naming Thoroughbreds:

"The suggestive names restriction is the one many people, like Mike Pegram,
try to get around with creative spellings such as Hoof Hearted, Isitingood,
or Peony's Envy. "

My family has spent many hilarious moments lately pretending to announce a
race between these horses.... :)

Karen

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In a message dated 5/30/03 8:00:35 AM, gw@... writes:

<< Thanks Kate. Better drivers? Great!! >>

Very seriously, not just because of video games, but also all the multi-rules
games Kirby plays, I feel extra confident in him as a driver. Spatial isn't
his best thing, but he IS deeply aware of fifteen factors at once and how any
one of them can affect all the rest, and he HAS proven he can learn tons of
rules and follow them even if they seem arbitrary.

He has had a learner's permit for a couple of months now, and he's doing
great!

<<I thought the shooting games WERE the role playing games. POV virtual
reality where you are the character and you try to get certain goals
accomplished.>>

No, role-playing games you're a character on a quest or mission and you have
to gather information from other characters and places, you have "stats" (the
character has certain levels of strength, stamina, intelligence, "life," or
other such factors which are randomly given or earned or chosen when the ch
aracter is created.

In shooting games you're just "it," and the course is the same every time.
It's more like a target game.

Sandra

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In a message dated 5/30/03 7:14:18 AM, ynxn96@... writes:

<< And by the way Sandra, no matter what she eventually
settles on, just smile even if you hate it. It will mean a lot to her. >>

I told her maybe she should name "Booger" "Bogart" instead, which will make
"Rock" seem like Rock Hudson, and the other be for Humphrey Bogart, and then
call him Bogey (Bogart's nickname) which only means booger in England. (And
then keep him out of England, I guess.)

But her daughter named Kirkella will be wanting to go to England to see the
Kirk Ella she's named after.

It's not so simple, y'know??

<bwg>

Sandra

Sylvia Toyama

My nephew is named Asher -- actually Nathaniel Asher, but he's been Asher since a few weeks old. Nathaniel is just too big a name for a little guy, and none of the shortened versions went with my sis last name.

I had chosen Asher for my oldest son, but it didn't go with his first name Shea, so I suggested it when she was pregnant. Of course, we were all convinced she was having a girl, so I never expected to see it used.

It's one of my all-time favorite names!

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In a message dated 5/30/03 7:45:22 AM, shyrley.williams@... writes:

<< > Do all girls do this? I know my sister and I did...and still do! >>

I had a boyfriend with whom I'd decided to name a boy "Pippin." We were
happy with that.
Others of us didn't have name plans.

But I DID write my potential married name out and practice my signature.
My maiden name (REAL name) was Sandra Adams, but I practiced

Sandra Chacon
Sandra Garcia (that was a pretty signature, and covered two different
boyfriends
so the odds were good on that one)
Sandra Tsosie (not a great one--hard to understand in the air, too much
"ssssss")
Sandra Singh (likewise not great in the air, but pretty on paper)
Sandra Gill (I had that one for a few years,
and that was my name most of the time I was teaching)
and settled longterm on the familiar (even to me, now) "Sandra Dodd."

Sandra

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In a message dated 5/30/03 3:13:40 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
fetteroll@... writes:

> >Reina
> >Rhoda
> >Ronna
>
> Reina, Ronna, Rhonda flows even nicer so perhaps they could be trained to
> sit in that order ;-)
>

I second that. As a Rhonda, I always hated when people called me Rhoda or
Wanda.

As far as multiple births go, it's so true that they are referred generally
as to which name flows in which order. i.e. Kass & Kree They even think it
sounds funny if someone says Kree and Kass. When the doctors told me that I would
probably have twins or trips the next time around, we decided on Koll and
Kaii. Then a lightbulb turned on in my head and said no, we'll stick with only
Kass & Kree.

Their names were actually chosen for our boy names as we weren't sure of
their sexes. However, the girl names we had chosen seemed to get tossed out the
window, only moments before they arrived. Kass was supposed to be Natural Love
and Kree was supposed to be Precious Rose. My friends on this list can attest
to the fact that Kree is as far from fitting Precious Rose as could be
possible. She always thanx me for changing our minds. She much prefers being named
after a native tribe than some corny flower (her words). Kass is happy to be
short for the constellation, because she says she'd be really mad if people
referred to her as "Nat", because she is no bug (gnat), but thinks of herself as a
star.

Rhonda


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Geraldine Weis-Corbley

>
>No, role-playing games you're a character on a quest or mission and you have
>to gather information from other characters and places, you have "stats" (the
>character has certain levels of strength, stamina, intelligence, "life," or
>other such factors which are randomly given or earned or chosen when the ch
>aracter is created.

Thanks for commenting Sandra. I think Pokemon for Game Boy is like
that, right? ...where they are given a whole world to travel in. It
seems pretty sophisticated. I don't see why role playing games
wouldn't have the same effect of enhancing one's awareness of one's
environment

<<Kate said: Role playing games did not have the same effect.>>

I should look up this report on the web and see for myself, except I
am under the gun (so to speak) of a deadline for a newsletter.

Basking in the sun of No. VA (for a change!)

Geri

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In a message dated 5/30/03 10:44:12 AM, gw@... writes:

<< Thanks for commenting Sandra. I think Pokemon for Game Boy is like
that, right? ...where they are given a whole world to travel in. >>

Marty says yes. It's an RPG.

-=-I don't see why role playing games
wouldn't have the same effect of enhancing one's awareness of one's
environment-=-

Marty says RPGs are turn-based, as opposed to live action. (** means I was
writing what Marty was saying)

**In James Bond, you push the joy stick, your guy moves forward. You pull
the trigger, he shoots his gun. It's all immediate.

**RPGs, this guy attacks (the computer's character) and it might come in
actions or might come in text/description. Then you choose how to respond, and
sometimes your choices involve your list of stuff--spells, defenses, weapons
(defense, attack, spells, flee).

**Different RPGs have different formats, but basically it's more like
programming (than like driving).

----

So, I think, from talking to Marty and Holly about it just now, that the
shooter games are reflex games and point of view (what's behind you, what's to the
sides? Where are you headed?) and RPGs are situational (who has what power,
who has what advantages, what's a good long-range plan?)

(I read that paragraph above to Marty, and he said, "Right. Very good, very
good.")

Sandra

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In a message dated 5/30/03 4:22:42 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
KathrynJB@... writes:

> Stan said, "None yet."
>
> The woman responded, "Oh, that's unusual. Is it ethnic?"
>
> Kathryn
>

LOL This reminded me of a friend of my MIL. She named her first daughter,
Ulove (as in YOU LOVE your child) and then when she decided to have another, she
named her Ideata, (as in I have an IDEA TO have another baby).

Rhonda


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Bill and Diane

When we told our friends we were planning on the name "Axelrod Rex" one
asked "What do you have against that child?"

:-) Diane

Deborah Lewis wrote:

>***She asked me
>to share them here and see if people had other ideas.***
>
>OH!
>
>In honor of the Iraq war, a girls name, Shockanah. (shock and awe)
>
>Crystal Chandelier... kinda sounds like a stripper, though.
>
>Caffeine Oceans.
>
>Lasagna.
>
>Well, now maybe I'm just hungry.
>
>Deb L
>