tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1267525910799598520.post8853771194621863162..comments2023-04-19T15:57:34.020-04:00Comments on Sad and Chara: With a little more than 4 and a half weeks to go...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1267525910799598520.post-3988932813863452452011-02-09T22:42:24.515-05:002011-02-09T22:42:24.515-05:00You made a wonderful selection. She is just beaut...You made a wonderful selection. She is just beautiful.Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15243216282773737617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1267525910799598520.post-14889304341582253502011-01-25T07:08:12.660-05:002011-01-25T07:08:12.660-05:00Ok, first of all, the name thing would be easier i...Ok, first of all, the name thing would be easier if you knew the sex of your baby. ;) (just kidding).<br /><br />Anyway, good luck deciding. <br />For inspiration our kids names are:<br />Katelyn Elisabeth<br />Russell Eric (who we just call Eric)<br />Jackson Avery<br />Nicholas Edwin<br /><br />Everything can be shortened to a 4 letter nickname (Kate, Eric, Jack, Nick) for when they are younger and then they can use their full names when they are older and more "professional" (if they so desire). <br /><br />However, with a last name like Hoorn, it is inevitable that there will be teasing. I think kids can make ANY name funny. lol<br /><br />Can't wait to hear what you guys decide on! :)Shanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05415326907308220121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1267525910799598520.post-28425339768449892862011-01-24T21:10:25.474-05:002011-01-24T21:10:25.474-05:00As a teacher, I noticed some names rolled off the ...As a teacher, I noticed some names rolled off the tongue more easily than others. Like the French do, a vowel between consonants performs this: <br />Sara Fisher had a vowel sound, the schwa 'a', between the final consonant r and then came the F sound, so her name rolled off my tongue easily. Like poetry usually does.<br /><br />Then there's my disant cousing who named his son, Sebastion Dangerfield Wiers. Then there's Senator Strom Thurmond. These names do NOT roll off the tongue easily. They make you almost stumble.<br /><br />The French will drop word endings just like we do: we say wannabe instead of want to be, bc it rolls off our tongues well.<br /><br />Danny Boy rolls. Johnnie Cake rolls. Chadwick Stewart Clydesdale would not roll in a thousand years.<br /><br />Onomatopoeia is an excellent word that rolls off the tongue, yet what it stands for is often the opposite of rolling words!!!<br /><br />Another idea--Names for boys that I personally liked as a kid began with explosive consonants--these letters 'explode' out of the mouth--they don't blow or slip out gently. They sound good for boy's names--also they are easier to hear in a crowd of noise. Soft fricatives are hardest to hear. But some feel they sound more romantic when whispered. Maybe you've noticed that lots of girl's names sound 'soft' when spoken--ie, Sara, Felicia, Sue--there you have it--romantic!<br /><br />One more idea--length. In my day, longer, clumsy to say, names got shortened to one syllable in length in elementary grades OR worse, they did not get spoken except in derision. R's in names are often hard for little kids to say correctly--so those names can get murdered by little kids.<br /><br />Hope I have confused you well. LOL<br /><br />Dad FisherAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com