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I love Bridget. It's so charmingly clunky.

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My sister had a friend in high school named Bridget. This was in the 1970s. Bridget's identical twin sister was named Kirsten. And now that I think of it, I've always forgotten about Bridget and Kirsten when I've answered "What are the names of twins you've known?" posts.

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True story: My paternal grandmother was born in 1900. Both of her parents were immigrants from Ireland. They wanted to name my grandmother Bridget. My great-grandfather said that it was a good Irish name. The woman who was going to be my grandmother's godmother objected. (I do not now remember, if I ever knew, what relationship this woman had with my great-grandparents.) She said, "If you name that baby Bridget, I will plop her down on the font in the middle of the ceremony and walk out of the church." So they named her Agnes instead. I've always wished it were Bridget. It would have gone so well with her very Irish last name.