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A cellist in our community orchestra procured a daughter recently: Camille Elizabeth joined brother Samuel Edward this Friday. Other names in the running were Charlotte, Emily, Amelia, and Octavia (briefly). They picked Camille because it was "classy and not too common," and there was a famous French prostitute named Camille-- "kinda cool." (The second point may have been in jest.)

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I am pleased enough; their thought process was sensible. I wish they hadn't chosen Elizabeth, but oh well.

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I found a local BA of a kid named Dylan Thomas (possibly not an accident, but his brother is Jaden), which made me giggle and also brought to mind my government teacher. We were talking about names. He's William Blake "Blake"; apparently, he came home excited one day from English class and asked his mother if he was named after William Blake. "Who?" "The poet." "I don't know who you're talking about." "Well, I know where you got William [grandfather or something], but what's Blake?" "To be honest, my favorite character off of Days of our Lives."

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On a side note, I've been seeing a lot of local Hugh's. This pleases me. Has anyone else seen an upsurge in Hugh's?