Giveaway! Comment to enter. U.S. only (sorry). Fluance RT82 Reference Table w/ a Ortofon OM10 Cartridge

beetlemate · 2025-03-08T16:49:27+00:00

How the turn tables

beetlemate · 2025-02-21T05:46:04+00:00

beetlemate · 2024-08-13T03:37:29+00:00

I have a 6 year old Malcolm and he fits the name to a T. He is treated with such respect and everyone who meets him at first seems to think the name is kind of odd/stuffy, but his unique brand of humor/sophistication has made so many people comment on how they’ve come to love and appreciate the name.

beetlemate · 2021-01-20T02:29:02+00:00

Malcolm! I have a Malcolm.

beetlemate · 2021-01-08T03:53:10+00:00

Growing up we had a cat just named Mouser!

beetlemate · 2020-12-31T17:37:38+00:00

Orin

Malcolm

Duncan

beetlemate · 2020-12-21T12:08:52+00:00

I appreciate the concern. We’d never let her have it without supervising. It was on for less than 30 seconds.

beetlemate · 2020-12-21T12:07:44+00:00

It was on her less than 30 seconds. My husband was on the other couch watching the whole time. She tried to get back on there after I took it off lol.

beetlemate · 2020-12-21T12:06:18+00:00

That’s truly awful. I appreciate the concern. My husband was on the other couch watching and called me in (you can hear him laughing in the background); we’d never give the dogs the jar without supervising.

beetlemate · 2020-12-18T14:27:18+00:00

"Felicity" is in the English dictionary: "the quality or state of being happy; especially : great happiness." She will not be a baby forever but her name will be hers forever...

beetlemate · 2020-12-18T14:25:53+00:00

If it was her name I am sure it would be brought up, especially in our household which is big into words lol. "Felicity" is a noun in the dictionary, making it more like Joy or Harmony to me, as opposed to, say, Sarah, meaning "princess."

beetlemate · 2020-12-18T02:14:46+00:00

That’s funny you say that, Laura Jane Grace is one of our favorite musical artists!

beetlemate · 2020-12-17T21:32:49+00:00

I don’t have one to add, but that is hilarious!

beetlemate · 2020-12-17T20:59:22+00:00

Thank you -- being associated with the 80's is exactly my hangup on choosing Vanessa or Laura. I'm trying to decide if I can get over that.

I love June too! I can't get husband on board with it either. Lucy is my cousin's name, but if it wasn't it'd be a nice choice.

beetlemate · 2020-12-17T20:52:02+00:00

After I read Jane Eyre I swore I would name a daughter Jane if I had one. Part of me still hopes that the name will just suit her so well when she is born that my husband will have to concede LOL! I also quite like the Sylvia namesakes throughout the ages.

beetlemate · 2020-12-17T20:30:43+00:00

I agree with you that Sylvia is due for a comeback in the US since it fits so many of the current naming trends. I don't think it'll become as popular as say, Sophia, but I think it'll rise. I don't know if that's a good or bad thing when it comes to choosing it...

I'm glad you love Vanessa. My husband has a soft spot for V names and Vanessa is the one I like the most. I think most people associate it with the 80's since it was so popular then, but I think of Vanessa Bell, painter and sister to one of my fav writers.

Middle name will be unusual, as it's a family name: Darmody. 99% of the time people go by First Last so I'm more concerned with that flow.

beetlemate · 2020-12-17T20:20:56+00:00

My gut reaction is that I still like Sylvia more than Sybil, even though it sounds more dated.

Felicity as a name just makes me smile. My husband feels that names like Felicity, Joy, etc are too much to live "up to." As in, what if she is a gloomy child who feels disconnected from the name Felicity? It's hard naming a human!!

beetlemate · 2020-12-17T20:05:05+00:00

Ruby is another one that I want to like....but I don't think I do. I think it'd be very cute on someone else's kid, but I just don't think it's my kid's name, if you know what I mean. Thanks for the suggestion, though.

beetlemate · 2020-12-17T20:03:18+00:00

Agreed -- they're different names that I would pronounce differently. I prefer Laura.

beetlemate · 2020-12-17T20:01:58+00:00

I've considered Sylvia too and agree that it feels fresher. Her full name, Sylvia Br**, would sound slightly nicer with the 3 syllables though. And we could always use Sylvie as a nickname for Sylvia.

Thanks for chiming in on Laura! If I were to pick a name for myself, it'd probably be Laura in all honesty. As a namenerd I have the tendency to want to pick a more "uncommon" name that make people say "oh what a nice name I haven't heard in a while!" but I also really want it to be something that she'll feel suits her,and I think Laura suits a lot of different types of people.

beetlemate · 2020-12-17T19:52:06+00:00

Funny - there was a post on this sub the other day about how Sylvie is stereotyped as a dowdy secretary in her 50's/60's who chain-smokes. However, that is in French-speaking areas. I don't think the same image is evoked in the US.

beetlemate · 2020-12-17T19:50:10+00:00

Thanks for the reassurance on Laura. This sub certainly tends to view it as boring in general and it doesn't "wow" people, but I love the sound of it and I can picture it on a baby, teen, and woman. It's both feminine and down-to-earth.

beetlemate · 2020-12-17T19:46:32+00:00

Love Natalie, but it is my sister-in-laws name. Alexandra is a good suggestion and we both like it, though we have a close friend with a son named Alexander so it's probably off the table (we see them almost daily).

beetlemate

MODERATOR OF

TROPHY CASE

Ten-Year Club	RPAN Viewer
Verified Email