<--not a crayon

[silver05.livejournal.com]

There's a client named Crystal Berry apparently.

Makes me think of Amber Brown.

Can you think of any other names where the first name sounds more like an adjective of the last name?

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[feelslike-2day.livejournal.com]

I actually went to school with an "amber brown" I never thought about it like that!

[silver05.livejournal.com]

You're the first person I've heard of who's never heard of the book series. It's a really cute book series, although it's basically Paula Danzinger channeling Beverly Cleary and Judy Blume. The first one is called Amber Brown Is Not a Crayon. It's good kid lit, although I haven't picked it up since I was about eight so I don't know how well it transfers to adulthood.

[feelslike-2day.livejournal.com]

I think I've heard of it, I just never read it. But I never thought about it being a weird name until now.

[levis-jules.livejournal.com]

I've never heard of it... am I getting too old?

[silver05.livejournal.com]

I just recently ended my job as a children's book specialist about a month ago, so I know a lot of stuff about kids books that most people don't. Paula Danzinger has her following but she's no Spinelli or Cleary. It was originally released in September 1994, when I started second grade, so I was its target audience during the initial release. I may have just gotten lucky. She's a swell author.

[sarahrose.livejournal.com]

Man, that just took me back.

[sevensevenfour.livejournal.com]

My sister's best friend growing up had a sister named Amber Brown.

[silver05.livejournal.com]

I imagine it's not an unusual name. Brown certainly isn't, and Amber is popular enough.

[silver05.livejournal.com]

ICON LOVE!

[sevensevenfour.livejournal.com]

Haha. Thanks. I love this icon! I wouldn't think it would be too unusual either. I was just quite a bit younger than they (especially Amber) were, and I was really into the Amber Brown series. It took me a long time to connect the two. Haha.

[aquilinum.livejournal.com]

I DID TOO.



... did you go to school in Marietta, GA?

[feelslike-2day.livejournal.com]

LOL, no I'm Canadian.

[coolteamblt.livejournal.com]

My mother swears she grew up next door to Sandy and Crystal Shores.

[silver05.livejournal.com]

Haha. Nice.

[glitterberrys.livejournal.com]

I knew someone whose sister's first and middle names were Amber Crystal.

[omgzits--tam.livejournal.com]

There was a girl in my yoga class named Kelly Green.
My best friend in elementary school was going to have a baby sister and they wanted to call her Crystal... their last name is Ball. Fortunately, they decided to call her Abigail.

[silver05.livejournal.com]

Haha. Crystal Ball.

I think I've known a Kelly Green, now that I think about it.

[coolteamblt.livejournal.com]

One of my friends on LJ's real name is Kelly Green.

[omgzits--tam.livejournal.com]

Yeah, there was!! That's how I recognized it when I heard it.

[aquilinum.livejournal.com]

I really shouldn't admit to loving Belinda Jones books, but her chick lit is the ONLY chick lit I can stomach (ridiculous cover blurbs notwithstanding).

My least favorite book of hers is The Paradise Room; its main character is a lady named Amber Pepper. And the weirdness of the name is not once acknowledged.


... love her other books, though.

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

I'm confused, is a Crystal Berry an object I'm not aware of?

[silver05.livejournal.com]

I'm not aware of any Crystal Berry, but it sounds a lot like a real object.

[sevensevenfour.livejournal.com]

My best friend dated a guy named William Barrow. He always went by Will, though.

[silver05.livejournal.com]

*rolls on the floor laughing*

[widgetchick.livejournal.com]

now THAT is friggin funny.

My name:

[lonelygirl69.livejournal.com]

Amber Rose. Haha. It is a crayon, and an ugly one at that.

Re: My name:

[silver05.livejournal.com]

A pretty name, though.

Re: My name:

[lonelygirl69.livejournal.com]

Aww, thank you much! :)

[widgetchick.livejournal.com]

I went to school with an Amber Glass. Sounds like she should be .. full of beer. Mmmmmmm beeeeeeer. lol

[eleanorgrace.livejournal.com]

I've known a Robin Berry and a Summer Berry, the latter of which sounds like one thing. Robin Berry is just funny in that they're both things.

A friend in high school claimed to have an uncle named Harry Post. Yikes.

These aren't quite adjective-noun combinations, but a teacher friend has had students named Penny Lane, Ruby Tuesday, and Justin Case.

[curious-cookie.livejournal.com]

I go to school with a girl called Amber Rose White...

[krosp.livejournal.com]

I knew a Crystal Holliday when I was little, although I don't know of anyone who actually says that.

[omgzits--tam.livejournal.com]

Oh, I also know someone named Mary Halliday (which sounds eerily similar to Merry Holidays, like for Christmas or something).