Sports Edition: The Washington Nationals

[redfield79.livejournal.com]

Just watching the game and realized that some of the spellings are a little odd. Mostly not that bad though.

47 Gio Gonzalez // My nickname for him is NatGeo.
15 Dan Haren
37 Stephen Strasburg
27 Jordan Zimmermann
58 Fernando Abad
36 Tyler Clippard
46 Ian Krol
59 Tanner Roark // Just bolding because is this a common first name? I always saw this as last only. But then maybe my childhood show Full House is the reason for that. Haha.
35 Craig Stammen
22 Drew Storen
29 Rafael Soriano
40 Wilson Ramos
24 Kurt Suzuki
20 Ian Desmond
25 Adam LaRoche
 1 Steve Lombardozzi, Jr.
 6 Anthony Rendon
18 Chad Tracy
11 Ryan Zimmerman
33 Roger Bernadina
 7 Scott Hairston
34 Bryce Harper // Y.
12 Tyler Moore
 2 Denard Span
28 Jayson Werth // Y.
64 Xavier Cedeño
51 Erik Davis
38 Taylor Jordan
57 Nate Karns
52 Ryan Mattheus
43 Ross Ohlendorf
50 Matt Purke
-- Tyler Robertson
41 Sandy León
23 Jhonatan Solano // What?
 8 Danny Espinosa
26 Jeff Kobernus
14 Chris Marrero
10 Corey Brown
3 Eury Pérez // Interesting, never heard it before(other than on this team).

I bolded the ones that raised an eyebrow. Werth and Harper are my favorite players but WHY THE Y!? lol.

Possible Nickname?

[how-obscure.livejournal.com]

I have liked Gregory on and off for years, but I have recently fallen in love with it. I figured it would have to get a middle name slot if it was ever used because I really don't like the nickname Greg. Well, today, I saw a poll on BtN that was all about unusual nicknames, and one of them was Rory for Gregory.

WDYT? Could Rory work for Gregory? I'm really kind of liking it, myself!

New Cousin.

[roxtarrr.livejournal.com]

I just found out what my aunt will be naming her daughter who will be born in the next 2-4 weeks (they might induce a little early).

Brooklyn Grace

The story behind it is that she loved the name Brooke but he wasn't about it. As it turns out his mother's name is Linda which my aunt isn't crazy about but she does like Lynn, so they are combining the two to make Brooklyn. And he loves the name Grace and my aunt likes it but didn't want it as a first name.

She also mentioned that they will actually be using Brooklyn - not Brooke as a nickname. That being said, knowing my family... she'll likely end up being called Brookie a lot.

I like Grace better than Brooklyn but I do like both names - just not sure how I feel about them together.

Her older siblings are Carlie Marie and Joey.

Recent Family Addition

[winterjameson.livejournal.com]

I meant to post this a lot earlier, but life does what it usually does and I didn't get around to it until now. One of my cousins gave birth to an adorable little girl in May that she and her husband have named Rory Carolyn. I like it.

Birth Announcement

[charuby.livejournal.com]

A girl I used to work with has just had her first child, a little girl called:

Acacia

I like the fact that she went with something unusual but not made-up or silly, and it's a nature name, which is a plus. I don't think it rolls off the tongue that well though, and the child is going to have to keep correcting people with the spelling AND the pronounciation. Someone has already misspelled it Accica. WDYT?