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LaraMN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-03-07 02:08 PM
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My mom wanted to name me "Bronwyn." My dad wanted to name me "Wendy."
Had they compromised, I might have been named


I can't wait until school starts. Thinking hurts.
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AllegroRondo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-03-07 02:09 PM
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1. I like Bronwyn
that was one of the names we considered for my daughter.
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LaraMN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-03-07 02:11 PM
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3. It's unique. I've only ever encountered one person with that name.
I'd have hated it as a kid, though.
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AllegroRondo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-03-07 02:17 PM
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13. Theres a pastry chef on the Food Network with that name
Shes a regular on the Cake Decorating Challenge shows.
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LaraMN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-03-07 02:19 PM
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15. I've seen her!
Yes!

Food Network is ALWAYS on, here. My husband is borderline obsessed with it.
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AllegroRondo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-03-07 02:24 PM
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17. Im addicted
If it werent for baseball, the TV would be locked on Food Network.

At least my wife says I look like Alton Brown.... :)
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LostinVA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-03-07 02:53 PM
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23. My French teacher in HS was named that
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LostinVA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-03-07 02:52 PM
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22. Me too
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MissMillie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-03-07 02:10 PM
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2. Well, my mother named me Mary
the problem is that she named my twin sister Mary too.

(you can imagine the headaches involved with this one...)
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LaraMN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-03-07 02:11 PM
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4. Nooo!
I can barely remember my (distinctly different) kids' names!

You must have had different middle names...
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MissMillie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-03-07 02:14 PM
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9. yep
unfortunately the credit bureau thinks the middle initial thing must be typo.

It has actually happened that when I registered to vote after moving, she was removed from her voter registration in her town.

it's nuts
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Gormy Cuss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-03-07 03:57 PM
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25. Holy mother of God!
To use an exclamation that seems appropriate here.
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liberaldemocrat7 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-03-07 04:57 PM
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26. Mary Mary, where ya going to? LOL
The Monkees sung that song.

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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-03-07 02:12 PM
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5. I was almost named Zeus, and then Odyssey
Which would of course come together as



I still haven't figured out why matcom insisted on wearing lifts
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LaraMN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-03-07 02:14 PM
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8. To emphasize his fabulously defined calf muscles, obviously.
Or to provide an extra layer of protection when braking the scooter by dragging his heels?
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idgiehkt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-03-07 02:12 PM
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6. or Bronwendy!
:rofl:

I am the only person in my family not named after someone. Except I just found out that there was a Miss America I was named after, she had my first and middle name and my mom liked it so she stuck it on me. I literally found this out last week, all this time I thought I'd they'd stuck the scrap names on me. :hi:
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LaraMN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-03-07 02:16 PM
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10. My mom had nothing but Irish-sounding names picked out
for my sister.
We're not Irish. At all.
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azmouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-03-07 02:13 PM
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7. I'm a Wendy.
Hasn't been too bad except for when Wendy's was using its "hot and juicy" campaign in the 80's.... :yoiks:
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LaraMN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-03-07 02:17 PM
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12. Bwahaha!
The worst thing that happened to me (name-wise) was Tomb Raider.
I can deal with that.

:rofl:
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Oeditpus Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-03-07 02:16 PM
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11. I have a friend whose middle name is Bronwyn
Apparently the name is reserved for babes-alicious:





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LaraMN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-03-07 02:18 PM
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14. She's totally cute!
She has nice eyebrows.
(I appreciate well-shaped brows!)
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Oeditpus Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-03-07 02:26 PM
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18. She was a rookie reporter under me
In her first job out of college, she was subject to my evil whims as her editor.



Now she edits a business magazine. Can I grow 'em or what? :)

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BarenakedLady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-03-07 02:23 PM
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16. My girlfriend named her daughter Bronwyn
I named my daughter something similar, but shorter.
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LaraMN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-03-07 02:26 PM
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19. If Jack had a been a girl, I would have named him Libby Jane W-----.
I say "I," because my husband was not in agreement. We WERE going to name him that, though.
Good thing he decided to be a boy.
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AwakeAtLast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-03-07 02:44 PM
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20. I have a student named Bronwyn
She is very sweet and as blond as the Swedish ski team. Because she is about 9 and very petite, I think that name will fit her better when she gets bigger.

Love the combo name. That's a keeper! :rofl:

:hi:
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gmoney Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-03-07 02:47 PM
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21. Well, you do look smashing in red plaid...
and lumberjack boots!
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Parche Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-03-07 03:08 PM
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24. Name
Good thing it wasnt Misty and Cleophus

Your compromise name would be.......

MisCleo

:bounce: :hi:
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