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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2013 17:38:31 GMT
There are certain nights that you might indeed view your baby as the Loch Ness monster.
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Post by komsomol on Jan 25, 2013 18:20:11 GMT
Best wishes for the baby.
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Post by lagatta on Jan 28, 2013 18:11:12 GMT
Yes, the German pronunciation is closer to the English, because of the hard G.
The Polish version is very pretty.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 30, 2013 18:41:42 GMT
Hmmmm ~~ who said this: i do like the name raluca, but i don't think it would fit me. it's more something i plan to name my daughter if i ever have one.
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Post by bjd on Jan 30, 2013 19:20:05 GMT
Is this a new game, Bixa? Who is the spoiler?
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 30, 2013 19:59:57 GMT
That's a live link in the spoiler, Bjd. Just click on it to see who said that.
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Post by rikita on Jan 30, 2013 20:59:29 GMT
thing is, there are usually two people that have to like the name...
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Post by nautiker on Jan 30, 2013 21:26:59 GMT
thing is, there are usually two people that have to like the name... indeed, I found Godzilla-Marie real cute, yet my SO rejected it
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2013 6:43:54 GMT
A West Indian-Moroccan couple that I know reached an agreement on Driss-Timothée.
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Post by bjd on Jan 31, 2013 6:51:05 GMT
For #38, does the kid have a hyphenated surname too?
Why make things complicated for your kid just to please a parent? I figure any name that will have people saying "What?" is to be rejected offhand.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 31, 2013 7:51:21 GMT
thing is, there are usually two people that have to like the name... indeed, I found Godzilla-Marie real cute, yet my SO rejected it How unreasonable! She could at least have allowed you the first part.
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Post by nautiker on Jan 31, 2013 9:09:25 GMT
indeed, I had been looking forward to playing in sandboxes with her... another suggestion, Hilti (as a nick for Hilde), was rejected as well, yet I no longer mind since I found out there's some right-wing background behind that name.
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Post by bjd on Jan 31, 2013 9:43:31 GMT
Luckily Hilti was also rejected, Nautiker. It's a brand of power tools in France.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2013 11:34:00 GMT
For #38, does the kid have a hyphenated surname too? Why make things complicated for your kid just to please a parent? I figure any name that will have people saying "What?" is to be rejected offhand. No, since the parents never married, he just kept his mother's name.
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Post by nautiker on Jan 31, 2013 12:15:43 GMT
bjd, why of course, excellent quality, our drill hammer is more than 30years old and showing no sign of weakening - still makes a fine name IMO. and I understand Porsche has become a first name in some countries, either (not to speak of Mercedes )...
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Post by rikita on Jan 31, 2013 19:21:04 GMT
there is a website here that refers to strange baby names as "chantalismus" (chantalism), because of the name chantal, which usually is used by german parents who can't pronounce it...
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2013 20:00:02 GMT
I have a second cousin called Chantal.
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Post by bjd on Jan 31, 2013 20:18:57 GMT
I don't think there is a Chantal in France under the age of 50.
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Post by rikita on Feb 1, 2013 21:02:55 GMT
but also, i suppose in france they'd pronounce it correctly...
two of the names on top of the chantalismus page right now: angelo elvis and levin-loki ... though some of the names they name also seem normal to me... i guess in the end it is a matter of taste...
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Post by bjd on Feb 2, 2013 8:31:29 GMT
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Post by rikita on Feb 2, 2013 12:00:34 GMT
yeah... from what i know, there used to be a list you had to chose from and else it was difficult, but that changed, i suppose already because people will give their child names from other languages too, and of course immigrants often names from their own language etc. ... with the gender specific names, i always thought one of the names has to be specific - so matti alone would be a problem, but let's say matti lisa would be okay. i know a girl named luca, for example, and that can be a boy's name too... afaik, these days with unusual names, you basically have to prove it is a name (and also pointing out some celebrity in the us named their child like that is proof enough)... might be wrong though...
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Post by bjd on Feb 2, 2013 12:17:51 GMT
Yes, the rules in France about names were relaxed a while ago too. Many names people wanted to give for cultural reasons were not in the saints' calendar!
One thing that struck me when I moved to France were the number of (acceptable) ambiguous names like Dominique, or sound the same: Fréderic/Frédérique, Pascal/Pascale, Emmanuel/Emmanuelle.
And in the 19th and early 20th centuries, a lot of women seemed to be given names that were just feminized from men's names: Marcelle, Rolande, Bernarde (Bernadette of Lourdes' real name).
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Post by Deleted on Feb 3, 2013 16:23:14 GMT
One thing that struck me when I moved to France were the number of (acceptable) ambiguous names like Dominique, or sound the same: Fréderic/Frédérique, Pascal/Pascale, Emmanuel/Emmanuelle. And there are plenty more than that: Claude, Yannick, Gaël/Gaëlle, Daniel/Danielle, Michel/Michèle, Raphaël/Raphaëlle, Gabriel/Gabrielle, Sasha...
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Post by lagatta on Feb 3, 2013 17:47:57 GMT
In Québec we don't have a list, but registrars can refuse a name that could expose a child to ridicule or scorn.
Personally, while I think such a measure should be highly restricted, I'm not entirely opposed. Some parents forget what their progeny will endure in the schoolyard, or later on, possible harm in the job market.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 3, 2013 18:06:17 GMT
And of course, this point is brought up very effectively in the film Life of Pi, which shows what an Indian boy must endure when his first name is Piscine Molitor.
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Post by bixaorellana on Feb 3, 2013 19:11:42 GMT
One thing that struck me when I moved to France were the number of (acceptable) ambiguous names like Dominique, or sound the same: Fréderic/Frédérique, Pascal/Pascale, Emmanuel/Emmanuelle. And there are plenty more than that: Claude, Yannick, Gaël/Gaëlle, Daniel/Danielle, Michel/Michèle, Raphaël/Raphaëlle, Gabriel/Gabrielle, Sasha... I knew a couple in the US named Adrian and Adrienne, but both pronounced the same. Inevitably, they were known as "the Adrians".
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Post by bjd on Feb 3, 2013 19:25:40 GMT
I'm always amused to see Sasha as a girl's name. It's the Russian diminutive of Alexander.
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Post by lagatta on Feb 4, 2013 13:25:56 GMT
I know a female Sasha who is an Alexandra, though I'm sure the Russian diminutive would be different - not really a "diminutive", but wouldn't Slavic languages make an affectionate nickname for a female something like "Alexandrushka"?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 3, 2013 22:25:24 GMT
Rikita, how about at least one photo of Agnes here? Not everybody here knows where to go to see other photos (and they would not have immediate access anyway). I don't think there is much risk of kidnapping or terrorist activity if a photo appears in public.
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Post by Kimby on Mar 3, 2013 22:43:13 GMT
Re: Chantal. I know someone with a Chantal and a Chat-Elaine. Their unfortunate nicknames are Shanty and Chatty. Ugh! (And these are Americans.)
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