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[shalanna]

Sometimes when people say they need more action than my books provide, they're actually objecting to the kinds of passages I read novels for. For example, I read novels to hear the little asides that characters may come up with, or the observations they make. That doesn't happen so often with movies--it's a book thing. Here's one of the passages I suspect is "slowing down" the readers who are action-oriented.

We sip orange sherbet punch and play a silly game about baby names. Did you realize that the top ten baby names have changed over the decades? Yes, "Shirley" and "Hazel" gave way to "Linda" and "Karen," followed by a virtual wave of "Jennifers" and "Mallorys," who yielded to the "Tiffanys" and "Brittanys," who have now given way to "Madisons" and "McKenzies" and other former surnames; I suspect the next wave will include "Berengaria" and "Tristesse," or it will if I have anything to say about it.

Well, *I* thought it was funny.

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[pameladean]

Those are my favorite bits too.

But you knew that.

P.

(It's mildly funny, and really just reeking with character. I don't know what these complainers want, and you know, really? I don't care, either. Let them read, I dunno, whoever.)

[madwriter.livejournal.com]

Especially funny to me as I know single-digit aged Madisons and MacKenzies. :)

And I think my firstborn son's middle name will be Wikitaw.

[kicking-k.livejournal.com]

Yes, I thought it was funny too - although it's odd: the first couple of "waves" hold true for the UK as well, then it all diverges. Ours would go "Kate and Laura...Charlotte and Rebecca...Ellie and Molly". Though we are undergoing a rash of deliberate misspellings at the moment. Don't parents realise what a pain it is to have to spell your name all the time?

But it's odd, the way names become popular. My sister was one of four Lauras in her class (and a Laurie and a Lauren); my boyfriend's two best friends share Jonathan with him. Our parents thought they were being reasonably original. My brother, on the other hand, would have been called Marsaili if only he'd been a girl. That's pretty unusual.

I'd like to call a daughter Rowan, if I ever have one. Berengaria is a great name though. What would you shorten it to? Berry?