Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Names, names, names.........

My creativity is being tested as Laura sets a deadline to choose names. She has a lot of rules which kind of take all of the fun out of it. We have had some help with this while complying with the rules, (three syllables, has to have a flow, can't be too funny,...etc.), so that leaves out great names like Erik's suggestion of Banana (which meets most of the criteria). Personally I prefer something that would make any given grade school teacher blush while trying to figure out the proper pronunciation, but Laura has another rule that the name has to be easy enough for the child to pronounce at an early age (thus, the old Irish suggestions). But in all reality, the kid will learn how to pronounce his/her name long before they learn to spell it anyway, so what's the difference there? Any votes for Amhlaoibh (Olaf), Beibhinn (Bayvin), Meadhbh (Maeve), or Proinsias (Francis), with my personal favorite being Caoilfhionn (Kaylin). Please don't limit your suggestions to those on the voting slate, but they have to be creative and have some significance.

1 comment:

Matt P. said...

BTW, I haven't seen anyone comment on anything yet. Does everyone know how to add comments, or are we all just shy.