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What do you think of alliteration??
The other day I received an email from someone named Maggie.
In her signature, it had...
"Married to Matthew, mother to Morgan and Mason"
That's a lot of Mmmmms!
My sister has a pet hate about names starting with the same letter so this would be a massive no-no in her book!
What about you? What do you think? Ok? Cute? A little something extra to join you as a family? Can't stand it, makes your eyes bleed?
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Myeyes hurt just looking at that!
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Way too much.
When discussing names with my DH, he suggested Stephanie, but I said no straight way as DSD1 is Samantha.
I couldn't do it.
(I think it's 20 Kids and Counting, all of their kids start with "J"... every. single. one.)
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I used to watch that show, Elocin. When I started watching it it was 16 kids and counting, lol! I recently watched the special where the littest one was born at 25 weeks weighing 1lb 6oz and was in hospital for 8 months.... probably time for them to stop having babies after an experience like that, I think....
I think it's too much to have all one letter. Although, my intials will be (when I get married in 2 weeks) CMD, DD's are HMD, SIL is also CMD, and the girl's name we've chosen for the next one is TMD.
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that's a bit OTT for me!
we like a girls name that doesn't start with the same letter as DS' but has the same sound...i'm not even sure about having that
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I don't mind it but I have often wondered if the names picked are really their fav names then? Iykwim?
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Personally I'm not a fan. This may be off topic but my sister has a bigger problem with all the letters in her kids names being 'above the line'. So no f, g, j, q or y!
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I don't get "above the line" - what does that mean? Is it that all the letters have to be level on the line when writing?
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Exactly
When picking names for her son she loved a particular name but because it had a g in it, she couldn't do it.
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I always wanted for our kids to have "their own" initial, which wouldn't be the same as DH and me or their siblings, or our last name ...
But DS is Joshua, and DH and I have completely fallen in love with the name Judah as a first name ... so at the moment, the name is winning out over the intention of them having their own initial!
But unless and until we find a boy's name we like more (or if ziggy is a girl!) at the moment, it looks like we'll have two Js
Incidentially, I also like the names Jacqueline, Jessica, Julia and Jasper, but DH has vetoed all of those, so chances are, if ziggy is a girl, she will not be a J
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My name begins with C, and so did my sister's name
My two brothers both have names beginning with J.
It was J, C, J, C...
Confusing with mail growing up, but now nobody gets mail, so it doesn't matter anymore I guess...
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I don't really mind it but it does remind me of the dr seuss story "too many daves"
"Did I ever tell you that Mrs McCave, had 23 sons and she named them all Dave"
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we have the same name thing going on with the males but instead of using as DS1 first name- we gave him two middle names, but reversed each generation
so its Name 1 , Name 2, Surname- great grandfather
Name 2, Name 1, Same surname- grandfather
Name 1, Name 2, Same surname- father (my DH)
Own Name, Name 2, Name 1 , Same surname- my son
are you totally confused now ??? LOL
in other words every 2nd generation have exactly the same names, and the ones in between have the same names but reverse order
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There's a Judah at our mainly music... and she's a girlI always wanted for our kids to have "their own" initial, which wouldn't be the same as DH and me or their siblings, or our last name ...
But DS is Joshua, and DH and I have completely fallen in love with the name Judah as a first name ... so at the moment, the name is winning out over the intention of them having their own initial!
But unless and until we find a boy's name we like more (or if ziggy is a girl!) at the moment, it looks like we'll have two Js
Incidentially, I also like the names Jacqueline, Jessica, Julia and Jasper, but DH has vetoed all of those, so chances are, if ziggy is a girl, she will not be a J
Very true.
And det - yes, I am confused!!!!
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well we are a S family, not intentional in any way!
DH is Shannon
Im a Sam(antha)
DD is Summah
Summah just happened to be the only name DH liked that i agreed with so thats what she got.... our middle initals are all different, C M and J... mail will be interesting when DD is a bit older
im a bit torn for if we have another one, id feel bad if next child felt left out without a S name, but i also dont want ppl to think we deliberatly had a all S family....
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I was in mother's group with a J family like that - mum and dad both had names starting with J and named their 2 girls names starting with J. Personally I couldn't do it as it is confusing with having mail addressed to you etc. but having said that I have a G & J name that have the same starting sound so I am a bit of a hypocrite
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For the same person, I like it, as in A. A. Milne.
For multiples in the family, I'm not a fan. I like everyone having their own initials.
Also, I have this thing about choosing the name that best suits the child. The kid may be a best suited to be called David or Thomas or whatever, but he's stuck being called Brandon cos hus Mum, Belinda, has a thing for B names. This is all an example, btw. I think it lacks originality and tries to force communalism on individuals.
I do know a family who have done this. All the kids have lovely names and it certainly hasn't hurt them. I just wouldn't do it myself.
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I thank you in anticipation of your consideration of my consternation...
I am not a fan (unless you are in a Gilbert and Sullivan opera).
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