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Posted by YarnWright on June 17, 2008, 10:53 pm
enigma spun a FINE 'yarn':
>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
>> <snip>
>>>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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