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i'm looking for an english name for myself, could you do me a favor?

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alps56
 
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Reply Mon 18 Jul, 2011 08:10 pm
@roger,
thank you. but sorry, i don't like them.
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Mame
 
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Reply Mon 18 Jul, 2011 08:10 pm
@chai2,
What about Pablo? What's wrong with that?
chai2
 
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Reply Mon 18 Jul, 2011 08:10 pm
@FBM,
wow, come to think of it, you're right!

How about a name that can be either for a man or woman?

I like the name Robin.

http://ih0.redbubble.net/work.1024970.4.flat,550x550,075,f.american-robin.jpg
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Mame
 
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Reply Mon 18 Jul, 2011 08:11 pm
@alps56,
Regardless of what it used to mean, today it means 'idiot'.
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chai2
 
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Reply Mon 18 Jul, 2011 08:16 pm
@Mame,
Mame wrote:

I would have killed them.


Wow Miss Short Fuse, chill out. Shocked

They were this close to naming me Josephine or Lois. Then I really would have had to killed them.

It did seem to be an afterthought though, none of the other 4 kids had names that slurred together.

I couldn't even use my middle initial to break it up, since my middle name is Sophie.

Christ almighty, why did they hate me so?
alps56
 
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Reply Mon 18 Jul, 2011 08:19 pm
@chai2,
no offence but when "s" meets "m", it seems not good.
chai2
 
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Reply Mon 18 Jul, 2011 08:24 pm
@Mame,
Mame wrote:

What about Pablo? What's wrong with that?


the letter "b" is in there.

makes it sound like you're burping.
same with Pedro, sounds like someone got angry in the middle of the name.

Paul and Paolo (if not said with a yankee accent) is smooth and silky.
Mame
 
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Reply Mon 18 Jul, 2011 08:26 pm
@chai2,
Sophie!!! Ah... i love that name, but not right after your first name and before your last (which I don't know yet) - but talk about alliteration. Had they just read the "she sold seashells on the seashore" tongue-twister and were intrigued so tried to emulate it? Or are they secretly Polish?
Mame
 
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Reply Mon 18 Jul, 2011 08:27 pm
@chai2,
Okay, what about Pierre, then? Soft, silky, drifty...
chai2
 
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Reply Mon 18 Jul, 2011 08:29 pm
@alps56,
so I guess calling yourself Super Mario is out.

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chai2
 
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Reply Mon 18 Jul, 2011 08:32 pm
@Mame,
Mame wrote:

Or are they secretly Polish?


Oh....it was no secret.

I think I was conceived in a bowling alley, between sets.

chai2
 
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Reply Mon 18 Jul, 2011 08:33 pm
@Mame,
Mame wrote:

Okay, what about Pierre, then? Soft, silky, drifty...


Jaques.

That's anudder good'n

Best damn poodle I ever knew was named Jaques.
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Mame
 
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Reply Mon 18 Jul, 2011 08:36 pm
@chai2,
I think they're called frames, but then, that'd be a real quickie.

Jacques IS good, I agree... Jacques Cousteau - oh! There are 2 K sounds in a row there! Maybe not so good. On the other hand, it doesn't get out of control of your mouth like your name does Smile
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Sturgis
 
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Reply Tue 19 Jul, 2011 05:03 am
@alps56,
alps56 wrote:
you've given me some advance advice, it's a good idea to search a name from a book, a play or a movie. i'll try it. thank you.


You are most welcome.
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Sturgis
 
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Reply Tue 19 Jul, 2011 05:10 am
@Mame,
Mame wrote:

What about Pablo? What's wrong with that?

Pablo Escobar.


Actually, I myself am fond of the name Pablo (and burping, I can do that automatically, it's great party entertainment).

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Green Witch
 
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Reply Tue 19 Jul, 2011 06:34 am
What's with all the french and spanish names? I'm sure the poster requested "proper english" names.
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ehBeth
 
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Reply Tue 19 Jul, 2011 06:49 am
@alps56,
Randy

(like one of my favourite musicians, Randy Bachman)
izzythepush
 
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Reply Tue 19 Jul, 2011 07:26 am
@ehBeth,
I think there's enough randy sods about as it is.
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wandeljw
 
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Reply Tue 19 Jul, 2011 08:21 am
alps56 wrote:
i'm a Chinese and my firstname sounds like "rengod(仁国)"


An English name that actually sounds like the Chinese name has benefits. You are more likely to react when someone calls you by your English name if it sounds like the name you grew up with.
MontereyJack
 
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Reply Tue 19 Jul, 2011 08:34 am
Alps is definitely the name of a mountain range, not a personal name. Randolph, nickname Randy, is fairly close to your Chinese name. We're sort of assuming you're male, and suggesting mostly male names. Is that correct?
 

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