Comments on: Sunday Summary: 11/22/09

By: appellationmountain

appellationmountain — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:08:06 +0000

Schwoo, that’s a relief!

By: appellationmountain

appellationmountain — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:04:09 +0000

That’s a nice point, Anonypilgrim – I don’t think Laura Wattenberg intended her guide to become a set of rules.

By: Names4Real

Names4Real — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:29:46 +0000

Music is not my thing so it’s me, not you. “) I don’t know bands or singers or names of songs very well, but I did know the song when I heard it. I’m more a movie/tv trivia girl than music.

By: Anonypilgrim

Anonypilgrim — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:26:21 +0000

The problem doesn’t seemt o be with BNW as much as it is with how people use BNW.

By: appellationmountain

appellationmountain — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:29:58 +0000

When you know the story behind a name, and when you like the person who chose it, we often see even the names we find least appealing in a very different light. I just read a heartbreaking story about a woman who is planning to use Nevaeh as a middle name – to honor a daughter who died. It still isn’t my style, but her experience trumps any consideration of style.

And Kalob? Is heaps better than Famous – yikes! Evelyn Elizabeth Annette is quite lovely.

By: appellationmountain

appellationmountain — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:23:15 +0000

I just checked with the youngest person I could find – he’s 20-something – and he immediately recognized Dexy’s Midnight Runners … “great bar song,” was his exact comment. Maybe I’m not as ancient as I feared, though I do remember watching the video on MTV, back when we had to get a special converter box because all of our TVs still had those little dials that you clicked from 2 to 13 …

Maybe I am old. That said, Dexy Adelaide doesn’t trouble me much. It beats Lexie, of which I grow weary.

By: Charlotte Vera

Charlotte Vera — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:07:43 +0000

Yikes! That story about the woman who used Baby Name Wizard to choose her kid’s name was kind of scary. What an impersonal way to have your name chosen for you. And speaking of choosing names, I personally think that Allegra is a beautiful name, whether or not it’s a form of allergy medication — seriously, many names have much worse connotations.

I once knew a baby named Miracles. It was during the brief period of time that I lived in South Africa, and she was seriously one of the cutest little things I’d ever seen. The name suited her as a one-year-old, but I don’t know how it would wear on anyone older.

I’ve discovered why the little boy named Kalob’s name is spelt that way. Apparently it is a smoosh of the mother’s choice, Jacob, and the father’s choice, Kale. Actually, the kid’s father wanted to name him Famous, thankfully his mother vetoed it, so now it’s one of his middle names. Kalob’s little sister’s name is quite different in style: Evelyn Elizabeth Annette — I think it’s beautiful.

By: photoquilty

photoquilty — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:08:06 +0000

I’m not even old enough to actually remember Dexy’s Midnight Runners, but I know who they are! Jeez.

By: Bewildertrix

Bewildertrix — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:52:48 +0000

I’m so glad the medication is marketed as Telfast here. Allegra is perfectly usable in NZ at least.

An Aussie tv personality used Allegra Penelope on her first child a few years ago. I was impressed and it beats a similar Kiwi tv personality who used Brodie and Cameron on her girls :/

And Zuma Louis is a little Aussie but regardless, I wasn’t expecting to see it in any “Antipodean” BAs any time soon.

Dexy is hilarious.