future names

[imamaryanne.livejournal.com]

Author and former Jeopardy! champ, Ken Jennings tweeted this yesterday:

Sci-fi writers used to give "future" characters normal-sounding names but spell them real weird. You have to admit they sort of nailed it.

Very astute, Ken Jennings. Very astute.

On a related note, a friend of mine put on Facebook that she met a Jheysen. That is pronounced Jason if you didn't quite get it. *rolls eyes*

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What do you think?

[r0ck-y0ur-s0ul.livejournal.com]

My co-worker/good friend found out this afternoon that she and her husband will be welcoming their first child, a girl, into their family in September. Based on prior conversations I'm about 95% sure that the name will be Riley Ann. What do you Gus think?

It's not my style, personally, but I can't really put my finger on why. Maybe Riley seems overused, I'm not sure. Dad's name is Ryan, and my friends middle name is Ann...if that changes your opinion any.

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Two "What do you think's" in a day?

[r0ck-y0ur-s0ul.livejournal.com]

Sorry to post again so quickly but I just found out another baby girl is on the way (this one is the niece of a friend).

Name will be: Auden Claire

Thoughts? I actually kind of love it.

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Switch it up?

[raze--the-rose.livejournal.com]

I recently saw a name of a customer at work: Takoda. I can only assume this is just a switch up on Dakota; maybe somebody liked Dakota but didn't want to name their kid after a state? What do you think?

And just for amusement, another customer's name was Jeff Leppard. Which of course made me think of Def Leppard. I wonder if his parents did it to him on purpose?