Comments on: Sunday Summary: 5/3/09

By: Kat

Kat — Thu, 07 May 2009 03:49:34 +0000

I also like Perry; a colleague of mine named her daughter Peri, which I like even better. The word “peri” shows up in my crossword puzzles all the time meaning a Persian fairy, but I had never thought of using it as a proper name until I met her daughter.

By: Julia

Julia — Tue, 05 May 2009 14:03:40 +0000

Rielle sounds like a flight attendant or aerobics instructor. Next, please.

By: appellationmountain

appellationmountain — Tue, 05 May 2009 03:06:27 +0000

I looked up Riel/le on Meilleurs Prenoms and they “n’existe pas.”

By: Allison

Allison — Mon, 04 May 2009 17:14:10 +0000

Rielle is super pretty… too bad my first association is “opportunistic skank.” I want to say Rielle Hunter (formerly Lisa Druck) made up the name based on some new-age reference, I read about it but can’t remember. Anyway, it’s lovely and feminine sounding to me; I’d be interested in whether it’s legit or made up.

By: youcantcallitit

youcantcallitit — Mon, 04 May 2009 14:39:48 +0000

OF COURSE I included Verity. Very pretty, underused, underappreciated. You may just single handedly change that though!

Alice is another lovely, one I rarely hear being considered.

Riel the reverse of “she laughs”? Well, this one here certainly is, if that’s the reasoning there. It seems to me like a shortened version of Ariel maybe.

Not sure about “pig” names being avoided. Bird Flu didn’t take Ava down any notches.

By: photoquilty

photoquilty — Mon, 04 May 2009 12:26:12 +0000

Wow. I’m surprised that Patton Oswalt had a kid – shows how shallow I am, I guess.
Lilah Grace. Well that’s a new one. (that was heavily laced sarcasm, if you couldn’t tell.) Oh, wait! Worst Week – she was actually pregnant? Wow. I didn’t realize that.
Hooray for Clark! Clark Gregg is one of the stars of The New Adventures of Old Christine. I think he brings something nice to the name, too – and he’s Jennifer Grey’s husband, which has nothing to do with this.
If you’re sure that Astird isn’t a spoonerism, then I’m out of ideas.

By: Lola

Lola — Mon, 04 May 2009 01:04:22 +0000

I’ve always liked the Olivia books, but Josie just doesn’t like them. I’ll keep trying but I bring out Olivia and it’s a battle of wills to get her to sit and listen, nevermind participate. “Hungry Harry” on the other hand, is a winner for her, she’s got it memorised in less than a month, just like with “Bears in the Night” (which is a favorite of mine). Perry, Edwin & Julian are favorites from the series too. Isn’t Perry spiffy?

My favorite of the famous pigs are Squealer, Napoleon and Snowball. As if Napoleon wasn’t ruined by the Short Man himself, the pig sealed it. But “Animal Farm” is by far one of my favorite stories. Poor Boxer! (but he’s a horse).
Piglet’s a favorite around the house, Josie refuses to belive little pink Piglet is a boy. But she’s got three stuffed ones and half a dozen items with him on it, including the backpack I use as her “diaper bag”. Another favorite pig around here is “Pig” from “Kipper”. Pig and his little brother Arnold. They’re cute and I want to find Kipper on DVD, prefreably blu-ray, if I can.

If Clark wan’t the name of the town next to the one I grew up in, I’d happily use it becaue it also remnds me of Superman, and anything that comes from a superhero is fair game in my house! Except Clark

Of the new starbabies, the only one that charms me is Alice. But Alice Oswalt seems a bit of a mouthful.

And Eulalie? She’s back on my list, but I need to work on middles, Eulalie Frances charms me but Eulalie Frances Pearl seems a bit stiff. Gotta think!