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March 19, 2011 02:08 PM
In Response to Justin: Forever Young

Beth, I think you hit the nail on the head with Megan. Megan and Justin have very similar popularity curves. And since Megan is, at its root, a nickname it does have a perpetually young feel to it.

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March 17, 2011 11:59 AM
In Response to Justin: Forever Young

Do you think that Mr. Timberlake will change the image of the name as he ages? Now, he's still hip and young (30) but is also a power player now that he has shifted from pop star to producer and actor. I don't see him fading into the background like Gaurini. Will a 40 or 50 year old Justin Timberlake make people view the name as more grown up?

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November 2, 2009 08:04 PM
In Response to Counting People, Counting Names

I have a friend who uses patronymics for his phone book name. His name is John and his dad's name is David, so instead of John Lastname, he goes by John Davidson.

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September 4, 2009 05:02 PM
In Response to Romantic pen names: when the author is a character

Thanks for all the posts, Anna. I really should look at the actual journal article. However, I don't have any journal/database subscriptions and I don't want to pay to view it. At least they are comparing female voters to female judges, even if they can't directly compare female lawyers to female judges. I'm still itching to know if they did anything to control for socio-economic status. I'd also love to see this data for a state outside the South.

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September 4, 2009 02:52 PM
In Response to Romantic pen names: when the author is a character

So, from that snippet Anna posted, the researchers don't know the judges' or bar members' gender and are just comparing the total nominal masculinity of all judges' names vs. all lawyers' names. Am I getting that right? Wouldn't that just prove that judges are more likely to be male (due to gender bias, mommy-tracked female lawyers, etc.)?

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September 4, 2009 11:55 AM
In Response to Romantic pen names: when the author is a character

@Tirzah Perhaps the results of that study would be different if it didn't take place in the South. In the South, there is a tradition of old, wealthy families giving girls a "masculine sounding" family surname. These girls will already be off to a better start at birth because of their family's resources. I wonder if socio-economic factors were controlled for in the study.

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September 3, 2009 01:59 PM
In Response to Romantic pen names: when the author is a character

Thanks for the comments so far! Another question, are the -sa endings too repetive with Louisa Mariposa? And is Felicity Mariposa just too much since it would mean "Happy Butterfly"?

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September 3, 2009 12:00 PM
In Response to Romantic pen names: when the author is a character

I have a question for my fellow NEs. How weird would it be to use Mariposa as a mn? I definitely want to honor my grandmother, Marie, who loved butterflies. Mariposa, of course, is the Spanish word for butterfly so I think it is a nice nod to both her name and something she loved. But is it too out there for a family with no known Spanish or Latino roots? Another consideration is that Mariposa is a slang word for a homosexual male, analogous to "fairy." I don't think this would be a problem for a girl. We are thinking either Louisa or Felicity as a fn. The second middle name (my maiden name) sounds like "worth" and the last name sounds like "Holland." What do you think? Should I just stick with Marie as the mn?