Comments on: Our Personal Names http://www.aloveofwords.com/2009/09/15/our-personal-names/ words from a linguistics-obsessed word-origin-seeking bookworm Wed, 14 Dec 2011 18:11:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: clare http://www.aloveofwords.com/2009/09/15/our-personal-names/comment-page-1/#comment-55 clare Wed, 16 Sep 2009 03:18:24 +0000 http://www.aloveofwords.com/?p=83#comment-55 ps happy birthday and what is your middle name? ps happy birthday and what is your middle name?

]]> By: clare http://www.aloveofwords.com/2009/09/15/our-personal-names/comment-page-1/#comment-54 clare Wed, 16 Sep 2009 03:16:44 +0000 http://www.aloveofwords.com/?p=83#comment-54 im cool with my name. usually people spell it with an i though. when i write, i tend to be sloppy with my "r's" and i used to get a lot of mail for Clave. what does my name mean maggie? clare lorraine... i always loved the name maryanne. until my now husband told me about his highschool girlfriend maryanne. kindof ruined that one. ha! im cool with my name. usually people spell it with an i though. when i write, i tend to be sloppy with my “r’s” and i used to get a lot of mail for Clave. what does my name mean maggie? clare lorraine…

i always loved the name maryanne. until my now husband told me about his highschool girlfriend maryanne. kindof ruined that one. ha!

]]> By: Cindy http://www.aloveofwords.com/2009/09/15/our-personal-names/comment-page-1/#comment-53 Cindy Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:26:51 +0000 http://www.aloveofwords.com/?p=83#comment-53 I was supposedly named after a soap operah character and/or a friend of my Mom's in high school...I am used to my name... my name means moon something or other...fitting.. I am a bit Loony some times! haha I don't know what a fav name is but I wanted to name JJ ...Lily if he was a she.. this was fun! didn't have to hurt my brain to follow along! happy day sweet Pearl! :) I was supposedly named after a soap operah character and/or a friend of my Mom’s in high school…I am used to my name…

my name means moon something or other…fitting.. I am a bit Loony some times!

haha

I don’t know what a fav name is but I wanted to name JJ …Lily if he was a she..
this was fun! didn’t have to hurt my brain to follow along!

happy day sweet Pearl! :)

]]> By: Happy Birthday to me & Chia “Ice Cream” | Say Yes to Salad http://www.aloveofwords.com/2009/09/15/our-personal-names/comment-page-1/#comment-52 Happy Birthday to me & Chia “Ice Cream” | Say Yes to Salad Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:30:42 +0000 http://www.aloveofwords.com/?p=83#comment-52 [...] Did you ever wonder about why we have names, and how names are created? Or why your parents picked y... I thought it would be a fitting birthday topic. [...] [...] Did you ever wonder about why we have names, and how names are created? Or why your parents picked y… I thought it would be a fitting birthday topic. [...]

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