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Login/Join to Participatethe henna lady
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Location: WNY, USA
Okay, do you ever find that you have patterns to the names of the people in your life?
For example, the women in my life all tend to have uncommon names...Reed, Allyson, Noelle, Denise, Pauline, Bernice, Paula, Irene, Danielle, Michie, Rafiqa... none of these are really common names, at least not around here.
However, the men tend to fall into patterns.
I know no less than 6 Jims. They all are fun loving, tend to be fix-it guys, very inventive, kind and giving.
I know about 5 Christophers, and they all preferred to be called Chris. They are all extremely artistic, mellow, nature loving, inquisitive, caring, adventurous and all of them have a great sense of humor and quick wit.
I know 4 Marks. Each of them plays it safe in life, tend more towards 9-5 living and computers. They are the strong types, but are very social and funny.
Now, I am not saying this is true for every person with those names. I just found it extremely interesting how I have such extreme repetitions with similar personality traits (obviously each is still a very unique individual though) in the males, but the women are all quite diverse.
Anyone else run into something like this?
I think it is really interesting but it gets confusing when I tell stories! lol
Pele
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Pooh-Bah
1,785 posts
Location: Bristol, United Kingdom
My boyfriend is called james, along with about 8 other people i know, its very confusing! They are all very different.
I have had three bosses called steve, all with big holes (flesh tunnels) in their ears.
I also used to know three dans who all owned triumph cars
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You see..."I wonder, why Luci wasn't here today...?" "Why, she WAS here - look overthere, here she comes." "No, I don't mean this Luci, I was talking about that one with brown hair, tall..." "Well, she has a lot of schoolwork recently - being at university..." "Neither this Luci - it's the one at highschool...remember?" ... ... ... I'm doing kung fu for two years and I khow some three or four girls called Luci from there...:)
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Location: NY
Most of the girls I know have slightly uncommon names. Mae, Samara, Priya, Sharde, Rosemary, Brooke, Serena, Eleanor. There are a few boys that have uncommon names, but it is either because
A) Their parents are from another country
B) They are the third person in the family with that name.
Here's an example of the joys of confusion in my (now) old school:
"Rachel, please answer #6."
(silence)
"Oh right! I forgot there were three of you."
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Carpal \'Tunnel
6,942 posts
Location: London, UK
hmmm i know loads of people called sam but we're all pretty differnt
i know several claires and they're all a bit mad but not in a bad way
um... i know one otter but shes just unique
i dunno i think most of my friends are unique
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Draco Iracundia
784 posts
Location: Adelaide, Australia
in my grade three class there were three of us with the same name. It was very interesting when the teacher would yell at one of us, the other two would jump.
I've found that you can associate certain traits with names, but not always.
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Carpal \'Tunnel
3,533 posts
Location: Hampshire College, MA, USA
I sort of fit into one of Pele's catigories, but I don't particularly feel like divulging my real name so I'll just leave you wondering.
-James
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Scientist!
578 posts
Location: Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
I've dated Two Pamelas and Two Jessicas :P
My brother is dating a girl named Melissa (for like 6 years now, I expect they'll hitch up). And for a year and a half I also was dating a girl named Melissa :S It was kinda strange while it was happening.
But in the way Pele was mentioning, The other Graham in my group of friends is almost exactly like me, to the point of same body size/build, and even close to the same voice :O We are both incredibly athletic, but it's the fine details that make us very different people.
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Draco Iracundia
784 posts
Location: Adelaide, Australia
Family friends Chris and Elisa got married and Elisa's brother also called Chris, was dating a Elisa as well. Was very confusing tring to have a convo.
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Still wiggling
5,967 posts
Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland (UK)
"Claire? Anything common about us?"
We're common as muck
There were 7 Clare/Claires in my school year.
Puh. If I'd been a boy I would be Patrick or Conor.
Clare x
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Sparkely arty Mormon rainbow fairy
933 posts
Location: infront of you, United Kingdom
There was 4 gemmas in my child development class...There are 3 at my work. I know 2 curtis'es, 4 chris'es, 3 sarahs 2 laurahs, and 4 nathens.
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Tosser
1,712 posts
Location: Bristol,UK
I went out with 2 Rebeccas straight after one another which was a little odd, if forgiving in the bedroom
Still wiggling
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Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland (UK)
Mr Chutney!!!!
For Shame!!!!
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veteran
1,389 posts
Location: Guelph, ON, Canada
I know 5 or more Lindsays... But sometimes with different spellings, unlike mine. And they are all very, very different than I am.
That makes me happy
Other than that, nothing much...
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I went out with 2 Rebeccas straight after one another which was a little odd, if forgiving in the bedroom
Bwahahahahahahaha! Brilliant! 
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Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
'Julia' and 'Brian' are my two cluster names it seems. Used to be 'Kim' as well, but that has dimished greatly. I get a lot of 'stephanie' types parading around as "steffie" as well. Oh, and I just can't escape "anna" no matter where I live.
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newbie
20 posts
Location: United Kingdom
do often find if you forget someones name the only name that u can think of is dave.....no matter what the sex
i used to have a boss called chris,who during my 3 year time working there i didnt once call him chris......just dave
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Location: Bethnal Green, London, England (UK)
I went to Uni with 6 other Tom's! in the end lecturers were calling us by our nicknames.
I've never me a nice "Kim"... has anyone else?
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899 posts
Location: playing with traffic
Oooh Daaave, yiou're my wife nooow Dave.
Peg Dave?
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the henna lady
6,193 posts
Location: WNY, USA
Written by: Fearpig
I've never me a nice "Kim"... has anyone else?
Two very nice ones.
One questionable one because I really don't know her.
One is qualifies as a zilla-beast.
But I am not close to any of them
Pele
Higher, higher burning fire...making music like a choir
"Oooh look! A pub!" -exclaimed after recovering from a stupid fall
"And for the decadence of art, nothing beats a roaring fire." -TMK
mischeivious pixie
291 posts
Location: Sydney, Australia
i do, he's was a leetle strange lol
both me and my sister went out with people called justin...i used to get confused as to which one i was sending text messages to!
"I dont want no fatty bumbum, i want a lean mean shagging machine" anon
"I'm sweet and wholesome with a little bit of filth thrown in"
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Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
I've met lots of nice kims.
heathers always screw me over though
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Location: playing with traffic
Written by: spacey
i do, he's was a leetle strange lol
Just a leetle? Not a lot
(and "was"?? Don't you know me anymore? Am I dead? Or is this all a dream?
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Pooh-Bah
1,785 posts
Location: Bristol, United Kingdom
Written by: twofingerfreedom
do often find if you forget someones name the only name that u can think of is dave.....no matter what the sex
i used to have a boss called chris,who during my 3 year time working there i didnt once call him chris......just dave
In Taunton a few years ago everyone seemed to be calling everyone else dave...it then developed to ninjadave, smokeydave, tokeydave, littledave, bigdave..everyone having their own dave name, glad thats over!!
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Location: canadian in canada
does anyone know another 'jubal' or 'angelique'? are they your favourite people too?
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Sporadically Prodigal
2,758 posts
Location: Sydney, NSW, Australia
All the women in my monthly sister circle end in an "ah" or "e" sound:
Leah
Nissa
Lissa
Sarah
Nuala
Kylie
Mary
I know 5 Ben's. My first real boyfriend was Steve - my little's sister's current (and first proper) boyfriend is a Steve.
I have so many "J" and "B" entries in my mobile phone, it's ridiculous.
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Location: North Shore, New Zealand
i onced worked with 3 angelas and i was housemates with 2 of them there were only 5 of us in the whole office
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i dont know about names, but i realised out of 5 guys i'd consider boyfriends...3 were saggitarians!
i would have changed ***** to phallus, and claire to petey Petey
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Sporadically Prodigal
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Written by: Rouge Dragon
i dont know about names, but i realised out of 5 guys i'd consider boyfriends...3 were saggitarians!
Totally understandable Rouge! Sagittarians are, quite simply, the best of the best.
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Written by: flash fireWritten by: Rouge Dragon
i dont know about names, but i realised out of 5 guys i'd consider boyfriends...3 were saggitarians!
Totally understandable Rouge! Sagittarians are, quite simply, the best of the best.
no arguments here
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Location: In your head. (Tasmania, Australia)
hmmm
i found in humanities there is a lot of confusion when the teachers asks 'josh' to answer a question.....we have three of them in the one class.....also two melissa's and two mathews and two bianca's
funny that i have never met anyone with the same name as me...who would have thought that Taya would be such an un-common name?!
oh yeah and i feel special....im the only person in the world with the name Taya Ketelaar-Jones....its true!!!
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