Ahchay wrote:
Anyway, my point? I left it here somewhere... Oh yeah. I actually think that pregnancy affects the brain, and names that you would normally cross the street to avoid start to feel perfectly normal to a highly hormonal eight months pregnant female...
She seems absolutely rock solid on the whole 'Elliot' thing.
Your mention of the registry office reminds me of Dad's naming saga. My grandfather was a beery ex-military West Country man. Despatched by Gran to the registry office in Plymouth he took a little detour into a selection of local pubs and betting offices. Sometime later he finally barrels into the registry office, the following account is true:
Grandfather (posh military officer accent): 'Ah right hello there old boy, come to register the birth of me new son'
Registray heaves out the relevant books.
Registrar (1940s chirpy bit-part actor voice): 'Right you are sir, and what's the little nipper's first name?'
GF: 'Oh? Umm, bugger. Can't entirely recall. Do you really need to know?'
R: 'Well it is normal procedure sir.'
GF: 'Right oh, in that case we'll need to think of one then won't we?'
R: 'I don't usually, erm, its not part of my...'
GF: 'Alphabet, we shall use the ruddy alphabet, what's in the A's?'
R: 'Arthur?'
GF: 'Arthur? Yes splendid, the little chap's name is Arthur. Excellent'
R: 'Any middle names sir?'
GF: 'Oh, right, hadn't bargained on that. Lets stick with our old friend the alphabet then shall we? Where next?'
R: 'B sir?'
GF: 'B, yes, splendid, smashing suggestion, B, right, what have we got in B?'
After much brain wracking the two of them could only come up with things like 'Bertie', 'Bernard' and 'Bertram', all of which seemed ridiculous to Grandfather who then suggested they move onto the 'C's. That's why Dad's birth cirtificate says his name is 'Arthur Charles ...' on it.
Grandfather gets home and gives the certificate to Gran. She goes fucking spare and the family are all told in no uncertain times that the child is to be called 'Timmy'. Which they all do to this day.
Then at 18 Dad changed his name by Deed Poll to 'Alec'.
got me to thinking about kid names.
She has been Liz ever since 
And it certainly is not a good firstname for anyone in my opinion.
