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SoCalDem

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9. Perhaps the child has a middle name they could use

Reply to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)

Tue Sep 30, 2014, 07:51 PM

Sep 2014

As one who has an unusual name, I always longed to have an ordinary name , so I gave my sons common names and they chose their own nicknames that their friends used

...win win

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Family claims they are suffering due to reaction to daughter's name: Isis [View all] Liberal_in_LA Sep 2014 OP

Those kids better be careful TlalocW Sep 2014 #1

I understand her pain. There was a President who got a lot of grief for his name . . . Journeyman Sep 2014 #2

From the article: kiva Sep 2014 #3

When I hear "Isis" the first thing that comes into my head is an Egyptian deity. trackfan Sep 2014 #4

Like being named ALLEGRA before the allergy medication came out. MADem Sep 2014 #5

I can sympathize. LuvNewcastle Sep 2014 #6

Isis opens every episode of Downton Abbey AtomicKitten Sep 2014 #7

Actually, when I hear the name, "Isis," I think of this: Fawke Em Sep 2014 #8

I think of her, too. LuvNewcastle Sep 2014 #10

I'm a kid of the 70s. I think if the TV show Liberal_in_LA Sep 2014 #12

Perhaps the child has a middle name they could use SoCalDem Sep 2014 #9

Then they were not your friends. Trillo Sep 2014 #11