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[how-obscure.livejournal.com]

I ate out last night and two names of waitresses stood out to me--Linnette and Gennifer. Linnette has a nice sound and isn't something you hear often, but I think I would prefer the spelling Lynnette. Isn't that the traditional spelling? Now, that doesn't even look quite right to me... Gennifer is just gross to me.

Completely unrelated (because I noticed as I was about to post that it could be taken as a commentary on waitesses), but does anyone know of a site that has information on names and socioeconomic status, either by mean or mode?

Also, I have a nephew now. His name is Colton James. It sounds fine together, but I don't really care for the name Colton. Ah well, he's a cute little bugger anyway. ;)

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[penguiny7.livejournal.com]

Linnette seems kind of trashy to me, but it looks nicer than Lynnette.

Gennifer doesn't really bother me. While I don't condone misspelling names, I like Gs much better than Js and spelling Jennifer with a G makes it closer to its original form, at least.

[how-obscure.livejournal.com]

You do have a point on the G/Jennifer thing, but I still get bothered some because it's not the standard English spelling.

[penguiny7.livejournal.com]

I totally understand your seemingly irrational irritation with it. I'm the Queen of such things, myself. :)