Lexie poll?

Names are difficult, you have to think of the teasing factor, the initials factor and then some have family tradition to think of.

Being the 14th great grandchild and 8th grandchild, all the family names (that are any good) and all used up, well, there is Berryl, but that AINT happening.

I think we are pretty set with names for a boy or a girl now, although it appears that one of my boy names is an American place name too ;p

Are you going to tell us?

Choose a name by clicking [_here_]

R2

That is pretty funny!

Nope - not telling you only have another few weeks to wait anyways

R2 - that thing named my child Mercedes and Damien.

Dang, what if I die before then? I'm old, you know!

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Originally posted by Bartelby:
R2 - that thing named my child ... Damien.

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Hmmm - wonder why... 666

R2

Trees?
Oak, Elm, Horse Chestnut, Service?
Australian place names? Wagga Wagga, Bondi Beach?
American place names?
Rhode Island, Tombstone, Murfreesboro, Sioux Rock, Mount Ida?
The other kids at primary school will have a field day!

Suggestion to all new parents. Get your child tattoed with 666 on their head whilst they're too young to remember. Then watch the fun when they discover the tattoo in later life (they need to have seen The Omen at some stage for best effect).

R2

Hey Mike, I used to live in Murfreesboro! Nice place, but the child could be 12 before he learned to spell it!

Add Asia to the list!

Hi Serenity
Good job people in Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch don't name their kids after their place of birth! Just think what I would have to do to my database structures!
(Village in Anglesey, UK, referred to as Llanfair PG, with a much-photographed sign)

Mike, I'm not old enough to pronounce, forget spelling it! LOL!

That's in Wales for those that don't know - it's part of the British Island where it rains a lot and is mostly populated with sheep.

R2

I'll bet they(not the sheep) had a good laugh when they named it!

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Now "Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwll Llantysiliogogogoch" can proudly join other famous names on the world wide web.

Residents of the village - whose name means St Mary's church in the hollow of the white hazel near a rapid whirlpool and the Church of St Tysilio of the red cave - now hope that visitors from all over the world will be able to learn more of their community.

Stunt

The village is no stranger to self-promotion - the name itself was a publicity stunt.

Until the 19th century the village on the island of Anglesey was known as Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll (St Mary's church near the pool by the white hazels).

But with the advent of the railways and the development of a line between Chester and Holyhead, a local committee was formed to devise ways of attracting trains and tourists to the area.

Unfortunately, it is not clear who actually came up with the new name, but it is thought to be the invention of a cobbler from nearby Menai Bridge.

The village now retains its original name on sign posts, but it is known in Wales as Llanfair PG.

With the latest internet venture, it is clear the tradition of finding new ways of attracting visitors to the village has not waned.

If you go to Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwll-llantysiliogogogoch and ask nicely, the lady at the tourist information office will pronounce the name of her town. She gets asked that question at least 30 times a day. Originally the town had a shorter, easier to pronounce name: Llanfairpwllgwyngyll.
In the 1880s, in a joking attempt to attract tourists, a tailor added the rest of the syllables, bringing the total length to 58 letters.

Well now the longest Longest URL Address in the world is really going to make people visit the town.

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http://llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.com/

http://llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.co.uk/

R2