03-16-2011, 07:57 PM
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#121
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Calgary
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Octothorp named the Impaler heir - worked out well - just ask him for advice. 
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03-16-2011, 09:53 PM
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#122
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Dances with Wolves
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Section 304
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We are one of the people that named their baby Liam. We both loved the name and we have a Bill, a William and a Willy in our families that we both adore, so we had to find something that bound them all together. My wife also has a grandpa that is very Scottish so we wanted something Celtic.
He won't be a unique snowflake as far as names go. That wasn't our concern ... in fact the hardest part has been convincing my friends that my love of Oasis wasn't the backbone of the decision.
To anybody naming their baby, I recommend not telling people. As this thread shows people are baby name snobs. If the name reminds somebody of a person they used to know or if it's a name they just don't like many will be very upfront and annoying about it.
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03-16-2011, 10:08 PM
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#123
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First Line Centre
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Adayinthe
"Duramax meet your brother Dually and cousin Cummins..."
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That would be an interesting introduction at the Cider family reunion.
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03-16-2011, 10:09 PM
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#124
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Adayinthe
"Duramax meet your brother Dually and cousin Cummins..."
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If you have a girl I'm going to assume her name will be Allison.
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03-16-2011, 10:09 PM
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#125
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Calgary AB
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Hemi
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03-16-2011, 10:16 PM
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#126
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Supporting Urban Sprawl
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Russic
We are one of the people that named their baby Liam. We both loved the name and we have a Bill, a William and a Willy in our families that we both adore, so we had to find something that bound them all together. My wife also has a grandpa that is very Scottish so we wanted something Celtic.
He won't be a unique snowflake as far as names go. That wasn't our concern ... in fact the hardest part has been convincing my friends that my love of Oasis wasn't the backbone of the decision.
To anybody naming their baby, I recommend not telling people. As this thread shows people are baby name snobs. If the name reminds somebody of a person they used to know or if it's a name they just don't like many will be very upfront and annoying about it.
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I am confused, you suggest naming your kid, but not telling anyone else the name? Wouldn't that defeat the purpose of the whole name thing?
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03-16-2011, 10:18 PM
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#127
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Calgary...Alberta, Canada
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What he means is to not tell people what name you've chosen for your baby before the baby is born. People are too quick to give their opinions and shoot down ideas, but once the baby is born and named, they back off.
We went through this last year when our son (William) was born.
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03-16-2011, 10:32 PM
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#128
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Calgary
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03-16-2011, 10:37 PM
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#129
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Scoring Winger
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Quote:
Originally Posted by The Goon
What he means is to not tell people what name you've chosen for your baby before the baby is born. People are too quick to give their opinions and shoot down ideas, but once the baby is born and named, they back off.
We went through this last year when our son (William) was born.
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When I have kids, I'm definatly not telling people what I'm going to name them. When someone asked my mom what she was going to name me before I was born, she told them Drusilla or Ulysses, suprisingly they never asked again.
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03-16-2011, 10:38 PM
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#130
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First Line Centre
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Beef Supreme.
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03-16-2011, 10:38 PM
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#131
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Scoring Winger
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TylerSVT
Worst name ever: Landon.
Every landon i have ever met has been a ######... must be a thing.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dissentowner
I have the same thing with Leonard. To this day my buddies and I will say "Quit being a Leonard" if one of us is being a jerk. Maybe an L thing?
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Add Christine to the girl side of that list.
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03-16-2011, 10:39 PM
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#132
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Lifetime Suspension
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I named my son Junior Junior. We call him JJ.
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03-16-2011, 11:03 PM
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#133
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Franchise Player
Join Date: May 2004
Location: YSJ (1979-2002) -> YYC (2002-2022) -> YVR (2022-present)
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Hmmm Ton Ton sounds pretty good.
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Yeah, but they smell bad on the outside.
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03-16-2011, 11:03 PM
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#134
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tromboner
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: where the lattes are
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I know a Maximus... he's not a 2010 though.
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03-16-2011, 11:16 PM
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#135
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Conquering the world one 7-11 at a time
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I'm going with Richard Edwin for my next boy. Then when he makes me mad I can call him Dick Ed.
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03-16-2011, 11:19 PM
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#136
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: 555 Saddledome Rise SE
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Pfft, Liam. That got played out 29 years ago.
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03-17-2011, 12:31 AM
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#137
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Portland, OR
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We had our daughter's name chosen right away, it's a combination of family names that we wanted to honor. I told some co-workers the name combination we were choosing, 1 month before my daughter was due one of the V.P.'s had a daughter and used the same first and middle name!
I have never seen my wife more pissed, I don't think that lady will ever be safe from her wrath...
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03-17-2011, 01:42 AM
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#138
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In the Sin Bin
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bindair Dundat
As Mustaine said: "That which doesn't kill me, only makes me stronger"...
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It's a quote originally from Nietzsche I believe
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03-17-2011, 02:47 AM
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#140
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Tampa, Florida
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you think you have it bad? Come down here and meet some of these folks that have names that don't even look nor sound like they are spelled.
I was pissed that my mom named me Ian, our whole family has good strong Germanic names and I was stuck with Ian.... Heinrich or Willhelm is next along with Andrea or Claudia. I like Johannes or Hannus too.
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