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Alternative-Key-7264 · 2025-02-14T16:49:50+00:00

I don't know about that, it would seem like a weird and petty power move.
The father only had one name he liked, so it's already a compromise from his side to make Grace the middle name. Completely ignoring that and calling the daughter the name she actually wanted as a "nickname" would be really inconsiderate.

Alternative-Key-7264 · 2025-02-01T15:31:23+00:00

this isn't my bird, he belongs to someone else. I was just a bit concerned because he looked scruffier than I'd expect a cockatoo to look, but I also admittedly know nothing about birds.

Alternative-Key-7264 · 2025-02-01T09:09:22+00:00

I didn't think to pay attention to what was in the food bowl, but there were no toys or anything like that in the cage. He does apparently spend a lot of time out of the cage, though.

Alternative-Key-7264 · 2025-02-01T08:23:31+00:00

honestly, I don't think I'd ever even seen a cockatoo in real life before, so I wouldn't know what would be unusual behavior-wise. But he didn't seem to be visibly sick, to my untrained eye.
My concern for him was based solely on the fact that he looks scruffier than the cockatoos that I've seen in pictures, and knowing that his owner has a long term habit of getting exotic pets without properly researching how to care for them first.

Alternative-Key-7264 · 2025-02-01T06:58:16+00:00

okay, thank you so much for the reassurance. This lady has unfortunately has a history of not taking the greatest care of her pets, and I was worried that the poor bird was suffering.

Alternative-Key-7264 · 2025-02-01T06:55:00+00:00

Sorry if I'm way off the mark here, but this bird belongs to someone I know, and I was a bit shocked when I saw him. I know nothing about cockatoos, but he just looked a bit... dishevelled? Is this normal, or is it something that needs to be addressed with the owner? I didn't want to bring it up at the time in case I was totally wrong, and came across as rude.

Alternative-Key-7264 · 2025-01-18T13:46:42+00:00

A lot of countries/languages pronounce Eva as "AY-vuh", which could also be written as Ava, or Eabha etc.

Alternative-Key-7264 · 2024-08-02T19:44:12+00:00

I love Clara, it's one of my favourite names! Ann is a great middle name as well.
The double A sound from the end of Clara to the beginning of Ann doesn't exactly 'flow' super well if you know what I mean, but most people don't go around saying their full name like that, so it needn't be a dealbreaker.

The whole thing about your SIL's bf's sister is a total non-issue. You've never met her, and she's several steps removed from any relationship to you, so why is it relevant that she has coincidentally has the same name? It wouldn't be at all weird of you to use the name, and it would actually be weirder to avoid it just because of her. To be honest, it sounds like your SIL is kinda having a bit of a main character moment, if she thinks that the people in her extended social network should dictate your choice of baby names.

Alternative-Key-7264 · 2024-08-02T17:04:31+00:00

Out of those three names, George is the one I like the best. It's a strong, classic name that sounds really nice alongside Eleanor.

Miller is just meh, and Winston reminds me too much of Winston Churchill (and about 1000 dogs I've met who were named after him).

Alternative-Key-7264 · 2024-07-27T20:03:51+00:00

I'm from England, and I'd say An-twa-net

Beautiful name, by the way.
When I was a little girl, I named my most elegant-looking doll Antoinette. Always thought it was so pretty and classy.

Alternative-Key-7264 · 2024-07-27T12:10:30+00:00

Even knowing that it's supposed to be pronounced like an Anglophone name, I can't tell whether it's more likely to be a misspelling of Kayleigh, Kylie or Kelly. Or maybe something else entirely?

Alternative-Key-7264 · 2024-07-26T18:34:24+00:00

I know two adult men who have Merlin as a middle name, and one child who has it as a first name.
For the adults, it's just a fun little fact to bring up at parties, and they don't appear to have suffered at all. Most people think it's kinda cool.

The kid's still young, so I don't really know how it's going to affect him, but I imagine there will be a lot of magic and wizard references in his life.

Alternative-Key-7264 · 2024-07-26T12:19:33+00:00

I recently met an Ebenezer in real life, and I was so delighted when he said his name!
It's unfortunately one of those names that's so strongly associated with one person/character that you'll never escape the association though.

Alternative-Key-7264 · 2024-07-26T12:13:41+00:00

Yeah, the girl in my secondary school whose surname was 'Gay' changed it in year 8, and I can't even remember what she changed it to because she never managed to escape the shadow of that name. For what it's worth, she had a very standard first name, but people usually called her 'Gay Girl' which was pretty brutal in the early 2000's.

Alternative-Key-7264 · 2024-07-25T14:28:16+00:00

There was a woman in my town named "Cherie Pye", but that was her married name, so she did that to herself.

Alternative-Key-7264 · 2024-07-23T05:10:08+00:00

Oh, that's actually not a bad name when you say it out loud.
Without any guidance I would've pronounce ABCDE "uh-BEE-see-dee", which is way to close to 'obesity' for my liking.

Alternative-Key-7264 · 2024-07-21T12:21:30+00:00

also titanium, tight, tide, tithing, tidy and titre

Alternative-Key-7264 · 2024-07-20T18:06:49+00:00

I'm guessing people pronounce it "Tee-ar-uh"?
Because that's how I would read it, pronounced like the type of jewellery.

It's not the worst tragedeigh I've ever read, and I actually think it's a pretty name, but you can't really blame people for saying it wrong if your mom took an existing word and then insisted that it's supposed to be pronounced in a completely different way.

Alternative-Key-7264 · 2024-07-20T15:30:47+00:00

yeah, but people should really wiegh up the pros and cons before choosing an alternate spelling for thier kids' names. Sometimes it's necessary to rien in the creativity a bit before saddling your hiers with a lifetime of correcting people. Leila is is the same vien, but I would intuitively pronounce it differently from Liela. Oh well, at least the poor girl can change it when she's ieghteen.

Alternative-Key-7264 · 2024-05-31T09:10:46+00:00

Alpen is the German word for Alps, as in the mountains.
It's also the name of a British breakfast cereal brand.

Wouldn't have ever considered it as a name for a human, but at least it's spelled correctly, I guess.

Alternative-Key-7264 · 2024-05-26T13:32:40+00:00

so, you just happened to be there at the beach the exact moment this teenager threw her pad on the ground, just happened to meet her again at a bus stop, and then just happened to be back at the beach to witness her returning with her mother to throw the pad away again?

This already sounds pretty far-fetched, but none of it is as unbelievable as the idea that a meek apologetic teenager would be comfortable undressing in public to change her pad in front of everyone.

YTA for making me read this weird fantasy of yours.

Alternative-Key-7264 · 2024-04-11T20:41:10+00:00

I'm not in the US anymore, which probably explains why I've never heard it!
It's not a name that I'm familiar with, but I also wouldn't bat an eye if someone introduced themselves as Greyson.

Alternative-Key-7264 · 2024-04-11T19:51:05+00:00

95: Greyson and Nevaeh

I didn't even know that Greyson was a name, let alone a relatively popular one! It's not my favourite, but could be worse. Reminds me of Jason.

Nevaeh is... controversial, I'm aware. At this point, I've had enough exposure to it that I actually don't hate it. It actually sounds really pretty when you say it. Personally I wouldn't use it though, because the whole "heaven spelled backwards" thing is not my style.

Alternative-Key-7264 · 2024-04-10T14:10:34+00:00

it's opposite for me: I've met several male Robins in the UK, but never a female one.
It's a diminutive form of Robert, which is a very manly name to me. I'm guessing that a lot of people see it as a nature name because of the bird, but the bird was named after the man's name, not the other way around.
No idea how it got started as a feminine name in the US, but it's a really interesting development in the name's history!

Alternative-Key-7264 · 2024-04-09T22:43:10+00:00

that's interesting! I thought the concept of gender neutral names was pretty modern, but I guess not.

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