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Posted by Richard Eney on June 16, 2008, 5:27 pm
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>> My family pronounces it to rhyme with "hammer" - unlike either
>> the babyname books or the river. It's from an old letter
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>Thanks. Never heard of 'the babyname books' :-)
Oops, I missed a space there.
In case anyone really doesn't know, Baby Name books are the sort
of thing sold on the counter at greeting card shops; they consist
of lists of names with what purport to be their origins and
meanings, so that parents can find out that their favorite name
means "Mighty Defender" or "Beautiful Blonde" and so on. For
some reason, names never turn out to mean "Dull Accountant"
or "That Annoying Co-Worker". :-)
=Tamar
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Posted by Mary Fisher on June 17, 2008, 4:28 am
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>>> My family pronounces it to rhyme with "hammer" - unlike either
>>> the babyname books or the river. It's from an old letter
>>Thanks. Never heard of 'the babyname books' :-)
> Oops, I missed a space there.
> In case anyone really doesn't know, Baby Name books are the sort
> of thing sold on the counter at greeting card shops; they consist
> of lists of names with what purport to be their origins and
> meanings, so that parents can find out that their favorite name
> means "Mighty Defender" or "Beautiful Blonde" and so on. For
> some reason, names never turn out to mean "Dull Accountant"
> or "That Annoying Co-Worker". :-)
Ah, I see. They were around many years ago but more often than not, in my
limited experience, the meanings don't stay the same :-)
I thought 'babyname books' was something I'd missed, it makes sense now!
Mary
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Posted by enigma on June 17, 2008, 2:06 pm
dicconf@radix.net (Richard Eney) wrote in
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> In article
>
>>> My family pronounces it to rhyme with "hammer" - unlike
>>> either the babyname books or the river. It's from an old
>>> letter
>>Thanks. Never heard of 'the babyname books' :-)
>
> Oops, I missed a space there.
>
> In case anyone really doesn't know, Baby Name books are
> the sort of thing sold on the counter at greeting card
> shops; they consist of lists of names with what purport to
> be their origins and meanings, so that parents can find out
> that their favorite name means "Mighty Defender" or
> "Beautiful Blonde" and so on. For some reason, names never
> turn out to mean "Dull Accountant" or "That Annoying
> Co-Worker". :-)
ah! like the baby name books that give the meaning of Brendan
as "prince", when the actual meaning is "stinking hair"? yes,
all names *must* have pleasant meanings ;)
the meaning of my son's name is 'tear' or 'little drop of
water'.
lee
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Posted by YarnWright on June 17, 2008, 10:53 pm
enigma spun a FINE 'yarn':
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>dicconf@radix.net (Richard Eney) wrote in
>> In article
>>
>>>> My family pronounces it to rhyme with "hammer" - unlike
>>>> either the babyname books or the river. It's from an old
>>>> letter
>>>Thanks. Never heard of 'the babyname books' :-)
>>
>> Oops, I missed a space there.
>>
>> In case anyone really doesn't know, Baby Name books are
>> the sort of thing sold on the counter at greeting card
>> shops; they consist of lists of names with what purport to
>> be their origins and meanings, so that parents can find out
>> that their favorite name means "Mighty Defender" or
>> "Beautiful Blonde" and so on. For some reason, names never
>> turn out to mean "Dull Accountant" or "That Annoying
>> Co-Worker". :-)
> ah! like the baby name books that give the meaning of Brendan
>as "prince", when the actual meaning is "stinking hair"? yes,
>all names must have pleasant meanings ;)
> the meaning of my son's name is 'tear' or 'little drop of
>water'.
>lee
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enigma. . .
and MY name supposedly comes from Honora, definition honorable...
snicker,
snort!
Noreen
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Posted by Bernadette on June 15, 2008, 3:52 pm
On Sat, 14 Jun 2008 14:58:27 +0100, Mary Fisher wrote:
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> Only have to sew in very many threads (about half slippery metallic ones)
> and give it a wash (doesn't cotton yarn pick up the dirt!) and final
> press.
>
> S'looking good :-)
>
> Mary
It'll be good to see the pictures Mary, it sounds very unusual.
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>> the babyname books or the river. It's from an old letter
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>Thanks. Never heard of 'the babyname books' :-)