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[Opinions] Elphinstone
by Ciarda
10/29/2006, 2:19 PM
WDYT of Elphinstone?It's generally a surname, but I've recently seen it as a first name of an author as well.Boy or girl? Too much for a first name?
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- Sabrina Fair (rainbowstars)
10/29/2006, 2:20 PM
Maybe as a MN, it'd say boy.
"a boy's best friend is his mother" - Norman Bates in Psycho
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- dondonsae   +2
10/29/2006, 2:24 PM
*gasp*Im sorry but this is a horrible name for either gender, really dont like it.Check Out Blinkyou.com for thousands of custom glitters and layouts
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- Lizzie_Jay (guest)   +1
10/29/2006, 2:30 PM
first impression - Elephant Stone
second impression - too many possibilities for teasing
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- DLB
10/29/2006, 3:06 PM
I agree.
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- mirfak
10/29/2006, 3:38 PM

Pretentious, putting on airs - to me. A "nobility" name. Boy.- mirfak
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- Bex
10/29/2006, 3:42 PM
Yikes, thats too much even for me! Maybe as a boys MN~*~*~ BeX ~*~*~
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- Julia_Gabrielle
10/29/2006, 5:42 PM
It sounds like the name of a male character in an online role playing game, or the internet persona of a pretentious high schooler. I'd venture to guess the author's first name was not really Elphinstone, but a pen name. In any case, totally laughable on a person.
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- Cleveland Kent Evans (clevelandkentevans)
10/29/2006, 6:40 PM
Would this author be Elphinstone Dayrell? If so, he was born in 1869 and died in 1917, and the books he wrote all seem to be about Nigerian folktales. It was more common for men to have unusual surnames as given names back then. I think today it would be a little much, unless you were related to Mr. Dayrell himself.

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- Laurea
10/29/2006, 6:53 PM
I'd have to say that a surname like that should only be used on people with it as a family name. Plus, I believe it'd be best as a middle name, tho calling the child by it might be okay IMO.
      *laurel*Girls: Ophelia Margot, Margaret Eloise "Midge"
Boys: Stellan Aubrey Oswin, Camden Montgomery
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- lilbabylaura101
10/30/2006, 2:19 PM
Oh my goodness yes it is too much that is outrageous I wouldn't touch that name with a pitchfork aaagh I think I just choked on my own disbelief!
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- Amanda Frances
10/30/2006, 4:13 PM
It's... interesting. Seems like a combo of Alvin "elf friend" and stone. Is it pronouced EL-fin-ston or el-FIN-stu-nee? Probably a name for a girl. Nickname Elle?

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