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13573. judithathome - 2/1/2005 12:55:43 AM Magos, I hope you are doing okay after yor foray into the wilds of snow. Or should that be "onto"? ;-)
Make those people bring your paper to the porch! 13574. arkymalarky - 2/1/2005 1:05:24 AM Glad to see Mags and Alistair and his daughter are all alright.
I'm with Wonk. What are we congratulating Jen for?
Congrats, Jen, whatever it is! 13575. judithathome - 2/1/2005 1:23:47 AM She's mentioned it at RI...it's another baby on the way. 13576. Jenerator - 2/1/2005 2:30:36 AM Auntie Judith is telling the truth! I find out Friday how far along I am. 13577. arkymalarky - 2/1/2005 2:52:31 AM Wonderful news! 13578. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 2/1/2005 3:00:14 AM Congrats, Jen! And all best wishes for another positive person on the planet. 13579. Magoseph - 2/1/2005 1:45:49 PM With the exception of Luc Alphand the French cannot handle snow and ice.
It is correct in my case, I must say—my father, his ‘keeping up with the Joneses’ complex ever present, took us the kids to the Val d'Isère when I was a teenager. I can still remember his frustration at me especially, saying that not only piano lessons are wasted on me, but skiing lessons as well. 13580. alistairconnor - 2/1/2005 3:33:07 PM Excellent Jen.
Regenerating humanity, one baby at a time. That's the best way. 13581. PsychProf - 2/1/2005 5:22:35 PM Arky and Mags...for some reson, my emails to you are blocked. If you have an alternative e-mail address, please send it. 13582. Magoseph - 2/1/2005 6:29:05 PM magoseph@yahoo.com, Prof, thank you. If this one doesn't work, let me know, please.. 13583. Max Macks - 2/1/2005 11:05:50 PM ya I remember my email to you bounced back
or the one sent to moderator@Yahoo.com. 13584. Jenerator - 2/1/2005 11:12:10 PM Thanks Wonkers, thoughtful, Cap'n, Arky, Wiz and Alistair!
It's wild to think that back when I met you all, I was in my mid-twenties, and now I am a 30s something mommy.
Maybe you all can help me pick a name for the baby if it's a boy. I'm stumped. I have a girl named picked out, but not a boy's. 13585. thoughtful - 2/1/2005 11:48:26 PM so what's the girl's name you picked out?
i can see you naming your son something biblical...david, joshua, jacob, samuel, luke, matthew...
though lately the people having babies around here seem to naming their kids after place names...we recently had a jackson and a dakota in the office.
Then there was this couple my husband knew who lived in lynnbrook so they named their daughter lynn and their son brook. Really. I guess it would work if they lived in Brooklyn too.
His cousin was named after her parents, joseph and ellen so they called her jo-ellen.
cousins had a boy last year and named him alexander.
We work at the salvation army angel tree every year and i'm amazed at the names. Hardly see anything familiar let alone pronounceable. Hubby says it looks like they grabbed a handful of tiles out of the scrabble game and took whatever came out. Fortunately they mark the tag whether it's a boy or girl...otherwise you'd never be able to tell. 13586. wonkers2 - 2/2/2005 12:00:52 AM Jen, congrats. If you want a distinctive and imposing name how about Martin Frobisher __________? We considered naming our first son for that intrepid English sailor/explorer. (Frobisher Bay in Nova Scotia.) However, it's hard to pick first names without knowing the last name because, at least the first and last names should be easy to pronounce and sound good together. Another theory of mine is that names that are used in several languages with more or less the same pronounciation and spelling are an advantage in today's globalized society. Examples: Sara or Sarah, Robert, Carlos, Carl, etc. Another consideration--don't give your child a name that will become the butt of childish jokes. Finally, don't name a son after his father. I was a junior and, although I had great respect for my dad, I would have preferred having my own name for practical
(mail and other confusion) and psychological reasons as well. Finally, as for naming him or her for someone else, I might be tempted to chose the name of a very rich relative, assuming it met the other criteria! There's nothing like a little help from rich relatives when it comes time for college. 13587. judithathome - 2/2/2005 12:10:33 AM ...we recently had a jackson and a dakota in the office.
I may have mentioned this before by my hairdresser named her sons Dakota and Canyon...not from places but after pick-up trucks.
13588. thoughtful - 2/2/2005 12:13:10 AM Knowing the last name is important. My old sec'y new grand baby was to be a Tighe....pronounced tie...so she ixnayed all my suggestions like Paisley, Mai, or Twisty.
Then I had another secy expecting whose last name was Salamoni...I suggested if she had twin boys she name the salvadore and anthony so they'd be sal & toni salamoni.
The torre family ixnayed my suggestions of Laurie, Dory, or Rory.
Then, no joke, a woman called me on the phone and her real name was Patience Wait. How could you do that to someone.
Then we did have this guy last name finger and his first name harold....Yup he really called himself harry finger.
You also want to be careful of initials...not name a kid something like andrew samuel simons.
Then there was that old line about Debbie Schitz...hated her name...went to court to change it. Now she's Veronica Schitz. 13589. wonkers2 - 2/2/2005 12:15:40 AM Well, after many consultations and exchanges of information with my client over the phone and Internet and a near sleepless night, I completed my first really tough adversarial hearing today. I shouldn't predict for fear of a jinx, but I think we prevailed. The ALJ (administrative law judge) seemed sympathetic and ruled in favor of every one of my hearsay objections against the employer's witnesses testimony. (The principal incident that prompted his dismissal occurred in another country, and my client was the only one present at the hearing who could offer first-hand, direct testimony. I think the employer came off pretty shabby for firing a long service employee with a good record, thus screwing him out of most of his pension and health care in retirement and then piling on to dispute his eligibility for a few weeks of unemployment compensation. I'm keeping my fingers crossed. [I wish I could describe some of the details, but I'm afraid to do it. Suffice it to say the case involved a dispute over the number of people who were present at a business dinner and whether the dinner was actually a dinner or merely drinking and entertainment of the type favored by The Cap'n, if you get my drift.] 13590. alistairConnor - 2/2/2005 12:22:37 AM I know a woman whose last name is Diot.
I jokingly remarked that she probably hadn't given her children names starting with an I. She grinned and said she has a sister in law called Annie. Just think. She could have married someone else... True love.
Annie Diot = un idiot = an idiot
Hey it just about works in English too. 13591. judithathome - 2/2/2005 12:34:11 AM Here you go, Jen...the solution to your problem:
About Baby Names 13592. judithathome - 2/2/2005 12:50:32 AM Here's another interesting list:
Male Irish Names
I like Declan....pronounced DEK-lan.
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