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*Snow walks up to the bullitin board and tacks up a list of names, then makes her announcement*

All right, everyone, you've all been asking what I'm going to name the kids, and I'm just now thinking about it, so I've put up a list for everyone to add thier suggestions. *sits down*

*the list reads:

Nanami
Eli
Zephyr
Gale
Mistral
Tala
Cirocco
Ciro
Millie
Milly
Wade
JANE
~~BILLY~~
Skylar Hops Perdition
Hope Purgatory
Charles
Edward
Julia
Billy
Merci
Incardine
Violet
Indigo
Carmine
Dieb
Chalinda
Ellisande
TAlanna
Pual
Burninator
BARBIE is a harpy
Utena
Lyra
Saavedra, Benecitta, and Eleyna for the girl, and Matteyo for the boy
Auroia.. or even Molly
Just don't go the 'famous artist' route.
Nothing good comes from that.
Rincewind.
Jonah.
Serendipity.
Christine.
Philippe. Or Philip, if you like the English version.
Oedipus.
Aeneas.
Dido.
Daina(song),
Shiri(my song),
Melody,
and Aoide(to sing, Tere's original name) for the girl.
Zimri(my music),
Liron(my song),
Enlil(lord of the wind),
and Zephyr for the boy
Ook.
I like Zephyr. And Julia.
Aloysius.
Genevieve.

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*writes down "Milly" and "Wade"*

*notices the list in passing, and raises an eyebrow before firmly adding "JANE" and "BILLY"*

...Someone's got to have mercy on those poor kids...

You call that mercy?

Better than being called Skylar Hops Perdition or Hope Purgatory or somesuch nonsense.

Nanami is a wonderful name.

Right. If you want to sound like a sort of seaweed product, that is.

*glares*

Hob? I am named Snow White for fuck's sake, my sister is Rose Red, my ex's actual name is Prince Charming . . . Fables do not tend to have normal names.

*looks triumphant*

Hob isn't normal, either.

*scowls*

Robert. Robert is a perfectly normal, good, old-fashioned name, as was Hob if you happened to be named it in the 14th century.

And as for Fables, 's probably why they all end so badly. Crises of identity, complexes about whosit and whatist. No wonder. Surprised they haven't all killed each other off by now.

Not that some haven't tried, but we get along well enough together most of the time. And names like ours were perfectly normal back in the homelands.

No, it's a terrible name.

*glares daggers at Anthy.*

Don't get me started, sweetheart.

Why not?

Cos you're named Anthy, is why. Anthy. Sounds like someone tried to say Anthony and halfway through got drunk and missed a few letters. Wouldn't go mocking other people's names if I were you.

It's Greek. It means flower. It's a perfectly good name.

Nobody thinks it sounds like Anthony where I'm from.

And where's that, exactly? Cloud Cuckoo Land?

No, Japan.

Ah. I see. And is everyone in Japan wearing bindis, these days?

No. What does that have to do with anything?

Nothing. I simply hoped it would piss you off.

Oh. I'm sorry to disappoint you.

*Elizabeth notes the conversation by the bulletin board and walks over.*

Robert is a perfectly sensible name. There is naught wrong with it in the slightest.

*She adds the names 'Charles', 'Edward', and 'Julia' to the list, and smiles as she notes Hob's addition of 'Jane'.*

I must own a certain partiality for 'Jane', as the name is that of my elder sister. It is an excellent choice.

*wanders past and scribbles out "Billy"*

*After listening for a moment to the conversation by the list Fleur adds "Merci".*

*Adds his own suggestiosn to the list*
Incardine
Violet
Indigo
Carmine

After talking with Snow, Moiraine adds the following names and their translations from the Old Tongue:

Dieb (wind)
Chalinda (sweet girl)
Ellisande (rose of the sun)

*Paul adds "Pual".*

*adds "TAlanna"*

*adds "Burninator"*

*Seconds "Burninator"*

*writes BARBIE is a harpy*

*giggles at his own cunning*

*runs away*

*writes "Utena" and "Lyra" in very small letters*

[passes it, and writes down Saavedra, Benecitta, and Eleyna for the girl, and Matteyo for the boy]

[pauses at the last name he wrote and smiled] For you, frato meyo [he murmers and continues on his way]

Auroia.. or even Molly*snickers*

*sees post on bulletin board*
Kids names huh?
*writes*
Just don't go the 'famous artist' route.
Nothing good comes from that.

Rincewind.

Jonah.

Serendipity.

*Meg sees the sign and writes down her two cents.*

Christine.

Philippe. Or Philip, if you like the English version.

*She pauses, surveys her work with a satisfied nod, and goes away again.*

Oedipus.

Aeneas.

Dido.

Hmm...Lovely names most of them, but some lack music...

*She ponders a moment, then adds her suggestions.
Daina(song),
Shiri(my song),
Melody,
and Aoide(to sing, Tere's original name) for the girl.
Zimri(my music),
Liron(my song),
Enlil(lord of the wind),
and Zephyr for the boy*

Ook.

Tom writes:

I like Zephyr. And Julia.

My mother's name was Julia.

Aloysius.

Genevieve.

Ananda and Connor.

I suggest John/Jack/Hans/Ivan for the windboy (a good, solid fairy tale name frequently given to boys) or Peter (another fairy tale name (http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/norway133.html), and after Lord Peter Wimsey, who helped deliver the twins) with any of the following as middle names:

Aeolus (ruler of the winds)
Africus (the southwest wind of rain and storms)
Auster(the south wind)
Boreas (the north wind)
Corus (the northwest wind)
Eulus (the southeast or east wind)
Favonius (the west wind)
Iapyx (the west-northwest wind)
Zephyrus (a warm west wind)

For the girl--Elise, perhaps, after Elizabeth Bennet, who delivered her? The princess in "The Six Swans" is variously called Elsie or Elise, depending on the version.

If that doesn't suit, maybe Maria (one of the names that Snow White is given in Italy (http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/type0709.html#maria)), Lisa (the other name (http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/type0709.html#youngslave) given to Snow White in Italy), Anne (the sister of Bluebeard (http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/type0312.html#perrault)'s wife) or Catherine (Catherine and Her Destiny (http://etext.library.adelaide.edu.au/l/l26pf/chapter21.html) from Andrew Lang's The Pink Fairy Book).

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